Sunday, April 28, 2019

Novels from India: The saints brought rain to the famine villages - what happened next?

Since ancient times, many civilizations have been accustomed to worshiping idols, murals, sculptures, animals, and sometimes even human incarnations. Especially in India, worshipping saints is very popular as Swamijis [the embodiment of God]. At the same time, some saboteurs never believe in this form of worship. There are also some middlemen who sing "If you think it's just a stone, it's a stone, if you think it's the same as God, it's God" and then repair the responsibility with personal judgment. This is a story about a villager who worships Swamiji. He also has opponents. The story covers the theme "Who wins the war'".

Suri, the young man in his twenties went to his hometown after completing a few years of graduation.

Suri is the abbreviation of Surya, once again abbreviated as the full name Surya Narayanan. Surya Narayanan means the sun god, Suri was born to worship the sun god, the same name belongs to him

Su Rui's ultimate master is his grandfather, a retired school teacher. If there is any clarification, he will only contact him and his answer will be final.

In addition, for the special problems faced by the village, only one old timer can be answered.

The village of Kulingi did not rain for ten years. The word Kurinji means the hilly area. Kurinji residents have never seen the cloud for ten years. The land becomes barren and the plants become dry. Due to thirst and hunger, the first animals began to fall to the ground and died. Then the newborn baby begins to die. Unfortunately, parents take milk from poisonous plants and kill newborn babies. Due to crop failures, farmers' suicides could not afford to lose, and the situation became the worst.

"Grandpa, why isn't there rain in our village?" is his problem. Rainfall is present in all surrounding villages, only Kurinji does not. The answer he is looking forward to is that this is because the rain on the mountain is coming, but the answer is completely different and unexpected.

"My grandson, you study in the town. You don't know what happened here," his grandfather told him.

"What happened?" he asked curiously.

"This is because of the curse given by the saint"

"What?" Suri was shocked. "This is the 21st century, you are talking about curses," he asked incredulously.

"You don't know, he has such a mysterious power. These bloody villagers have caused his anger and curse, which is the cause of this tragic situation."

"I'm sorry Grandpa, I can't believe this," Su Rui asserted.

"Please lend me your ear, listen to the complete story and you will believe it." The old man began to describe the incident as a story.

"No one knows where he is from, he doesn't know his name, his age, etc. One day, a villager saw him sitting on the top of the mountain and he escorted him to the village. On the face he saw without shaving, he I thought it was a saint and began to worship him. Soon the villagers lined up to worship him and they were full of confidence in him.

The days he spent here are a golden age for us. The rainfall is very large, the crops are flourishing, and all auspicious things happen in the village. The villagers contributed their locusts for all his blessings. They began to believe that God personally sent God's people to solve all their problems. They prefer to call him more respect for Swamy or Swamiji.

Muthu doesn't like this. He worked as a participant in the military canteen and returned after a short service. He prefers to call himself a veteran. He declared himself a destroyer and questioned all the events in the village.

His main goal is the gods. He began to abuse the locals who worship unknown visitors as the embodiment of God. The villagers are admiring him because "all good things happened after the visit to Swamiji." But he refuted this claim, claiming that many unfortunate incidents and deaths occurred after his visit. "Does your Swamiji take responsibility for these unfortunate events?" he asked.

On one day, there was a lot of turmoil in the village. People ran out of the house to see what happened ["I also rushed to the scene", Grandpa.]

The scene we witnessed was terrible. A 30-year-old village lady filled her with her long hair. She crawled on the road, crying and praying for mercy. Several people abused her because of the unacceptable vulgar comments.

Pulling her Muthu, when they arrived at the house of the village chief called the village munsif, he took off his hand and he rushed outside to ask about it.

"Munsifji, you hear this treacherous thing, investigate and properly punish the guilty person," Muthu growled.

"Wait, I will hear, let me first see who this lady is."

The village chief was surprised to see Valli, a servant maid who had helped everyone, especially Swamiji.

[At this point, Surrey interfered with clarification. "Which grandfather Valli? She...?"

"Yes, you guessed it. When you were a very small boy, Valli worked in this house like your maid."]

"What happened to Valli? You have to tell us." asked the village munsif.

The answer is only silence.

"How could she tell her? She is a sinner," Mutu snarled again.

He said that the village chief appeased him "don't interfere and let her talk."

The answer is only the sound of sobbing.

"She won't open her mouth and let me say"

The villagers looked at him anxiously.

"She is pregnant now."

The bystander was shocked.

"Yes, she is not married now, but she is pregnant for three months.

"Who...? You tell us"

He pointed to the saint sitting on the nearby platform and sat under a banyan tree, shouting: "This is the father of the baby lying in her womb."

Everyone was shocked.

"Muthu, don't say rubbish. He is our Swamiji"

"Swamiji! Ha, ha, ha..." Muthu laughed. "Is a sex fanatic who rapes an unmarried girl your Swamiji?"

Some Swamiji supporters opened their mouths. "Mu Tu, don't blame the saints."

"I blame, let myself answer this question."

Swamiji remained silent.

"You know that Swamiji remains silent today. So today I deliberately chose to create trouble."

"And let Valli say her version."

"Valli, now you tell us who is responsible for this"

Valli pointed silently at Swamiji.

Shock and suspicion are rising.

"Valli, don't bluff, we will kill you with stones..."

They began to collect stones.

"Stop, if someone attacks her, I will shoot you..." Muthu took the rifle, which is the only evidence of his military connection, which he used to kill birds.

"He is the culprit. He destroyed the life of the poor girl who helped him."

The wind has changed direction. There is a whisper. People don't know what to do.

The sage came down from the platform and began to walk towards the hillside.

"Where are you going? You also bring Valli," so Muthu ordered Valli to accompany him.

Then the most unexpected event happened.

A young man from somewhere rushed to Swami and killed him. "Swamiji, please forgive me, I am for this reason. I have to keep silent because Mutu threatens us both. Please forgive me."

So he said that he bowed in front of the crowd.

The villagers changed their goals. They began to polish Muthu with stones. No one was afraid of his rifle, he had to flee and never saw it in the village.

Within thirty minutes, the young man beat the knot into Valli, and the village chief declared that they were legally married.

But Swami did not return to his position. No amount of persuasion prevented him from deciding to leave the village.

He walked quickly, climbed up the Kurinji Mountain and disappeared on the other side of the mountain.

This is what happened ten years ago. Once the saints leave the village, the rain fails, all births and prosperity disappear, and we live in eternal sorrow. God punishes us for doubting Swamiji."

Grandpa completed his narrative.

"Oh, I am sorry to hear all these grandfathers.

"Yes, some of us placed him in Tirupati [one of the most sacred temple cities in India]. We convinced him to come back. But he bluntly rejected his own promise"

After a while, Suri said: "Grandpa, I will visit him with some villagers and convince him to come back."

"Yes? I am very happy," my grandfather answered happily.

Next week, 20 villagers began to fight against Tirupati. Travelers include family members, women and children. People who saw Swamiji earlier guided them.

The temple town of Tirupati is located on the top of the hill. It is only 200 km from their village. They first took the train to Tirupati. Regular bus service is provided and after an hour of travel they arrive at the temple.

A villager took them to the place where Swamiji lived. It is near the water waterfall. When seeing the crowd, Swamiji raised his eyebrows. Suri explained the purpose of their errands. He seemed to be keeping a vow of silence that day. The villagers prayed for his mercy, but to no avail. Then a woman stood up and declared that "If you don't come with us, I will jump into this waterfall and die with my children." Almost everyone agrees with her suggestion. They made a firm decision that they could jump into the waterfall and die, rather than returning and dying in a famine.

Su Rui explained the situation to him. Everyone is waiting patiently.

Finally the miracle happened. Swami stood up and after signing them, he began to walk.

"Oh, finally Swamiji agreed to come with us." The villagers jumped up happily.

Arrange to receive him at the train station ten kilometers from Kurinji. He started walking from the station.

The sky is already dark...




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