• Nagendra Prasad Maurya

The present research paper is a humble attempt to discuss salvation as a major cause of concern into the novel ‘Siddhartha’ by Nobel Laureate Herman Hesse. As it is evident from the beginning of the novel, the boy Siddhartha is not at inner peace into his worldly life and is always in search for something missing. He leaves his home, along with his friend Govinda to find out that missing link. The whole story of the novel revolves around his search for the inner peace. The novel presents many occasions of the inner conflicts to which the lead character Siddhartha goes through. He leaves his home as he is unable to get peace by following various religious ceremonies with his father. Then he joins Samanas and practices their hard rituals by remaining without food for many days. Here also he does not get the spiritual peace and finally returns back to the worldly life. He leaves that life too, and finds solace in the company of Vasudeva the ferryman, who guides him to inner peace by learning from the river.

Salvation, inner peace, ferryman, self-discovery, spirituality etc.

"Treatment of Salvation as a Major Theme in Herman Hesse's Siddhartha ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 4, page no.l397-l405, May-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2304B60.pdf

"Treatment of Salvation as a Major Theme in Herman Hesse's Siddhartha ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 4, page no. ppl397-l405, May-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2304B60.pdf