RaaRaa-21 - The Center

Thousands of years back...

In the Kingdom of Masaka...

If someone is near a revolving table and nectar is placed on one side and poison on the other, then the chances of getting the nectar is equal to the chances of getting the poison.
Life is just like that. Happiness and Sorrows have their cycles too.

Masaka Kingdom was going through a very good phase. The Kingdom was very much prosperous and everyone was happy with their work and life.

One day during the rainy season...
There was sudden cloudburst and massive flood. Many people suffered due to this.
Along with this, there were huge number of lightening as well and many got killed due to this.

The King called for a meeting and asked the advisers if there is any solution to save the people from lightening. The advisers replied that it could be controlled by planting more number of palm and dates trees. As the height is more, the lightening would 1st strike those trees.
As per King's order, more number of palm and dates trees were planted.

After few years...
It was not a rainy season. But there were sudden white clouds in the sky and massive lightening started which burnt the trees and many people died in Masaka Kingdom and in the near and also distant Kingdoms. And the sudden lightening continued many times. There was a discussion among the Kingdoms regarding this.

Finally, the King of Masaka had to call for a specific group of intellectuals (sadhu/dhyani). The sadhus analysed the matter and came to a conclusion that the lightening might be having some unknown force behind it. They told to the King to contact other kings from distant lands and to plant huge number of plam and dates trees and they would make the trees powerful by their Sadhana.

Masaka being the CENTER, plam and dates trees were planted in seven directions from Masaka to other Kingdoms.
1) Kingdom 1 - Towards North - 3500Km
2) Kingdom 2 - Towards North-West - 3700Km
3) Kingdom 3 - Towards West - 3000Km
4) Kingdom 4 - Towards South-West - 2800Km
5) Kingdom 5 - Towards South-East - 3800Km
6) Kingdom 6 - Towards East - 3600Km
7) Kingdom 7 - Towards North-East - 3600Km

Then the team of sadhus traveled in all seven directions and started making the trees more resistant to lightening by their sadhana. It took few years to complete the task.

In future, whenever there was sudden lightening, the trees used to get hit by it and no people were dead. It continued for few years.

Then the unknown force behind the sudden lightening acted in a different manner. There was huge number of lightening, particularly on the path to north Kingdom, happened for few years continuously which broke the northern spoke of the circular shape created by trees and the sadhana of the sadhus.
This time, the sadhus were not able to find a solution for this.

Slowly the lightening started striking the spokes of the chakra/circle one by one making the chakra weak.

And the years passed...

Slowly, most of the spokes (the trees planted in different directions and empowered by sadhana) almost got destroyed and disconnected from the Center.

And Masaka Kingdom became alone. The target of  the lightening (or if any unknown) was only Masaka.
In present day too, there are huge number of lightening strike on Masaka and many people die.
No one is sure as to why it happens particularly on Masaka and those intellectuals are not there to save the people.

One day, an elderly person came to Maput (capital of Masaka). He was very hungy. The locals offered him food. While having his lunch, he asked why the people looked sad and came to know the reason.
Then he told to the people "If the tall trees like palm and dates trees are planted, it can attract the lightening towards it and save people. Don't wait for the yesteryear intellectuals to come and save you."

Note: This a fiction. 

Cheers
Ashish Kumar Nayak
Ashish Sarangi

A'AABOMA-3 - The Intellectual Chora

Long time ago there was a child living in Masaka. His name was Kuchu. He was very brilliant in his studies. At the age of 11, he mastered himself in holy books. Not because he was interested but because of his great grandfather, who at the age of 89 wished to listen the religious scriptures from his great grandchild. Kuchu was very closed to his great grandfather. After school Kuchu spend time with him. They both discussed a lot of things with each other. 

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6 years passed.....

Kuchu was 17 years old now. His best friend, his great grandfather was 95 years now. One night, great grandfather passed away. Kuchu was sad. But in spite of this, Kuchu topped in his exams. He told his father that he would like to study engineering. His father agreed. Kuchu again topped in his engineering. After completing his engineering, Kuchu went to a foreign country for further training and research. One day in the laboratory of that foreign institute, he found something new in that field. He didn't tell this to his co-researchers and experts. In the night, he went to draftsman. Kuchu gave some money to him and also his rough sketches with dimension. Within two hours his drawing was ready. 

Again Kuchu went to lab to cross check if he missed something. And yes, he missed a lot of things. So, he took all the original drawings with him and immediately went out from that sight. Within next 5 years, he crossed the boundary of that country and select sea route to return to his motherland, Masaka.

After 15 days, he returned to his home. He worked with various organizations and did very great research on those drawings. In the subsequent years, Kuchu's theories based on those drawings made revolutions in the state of Masaka. The state was benefited a lot.

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Time passes.....

Kuchu was very old now, 85 years old. His grandchild, Pocha, was very much fond of him. Kuchu was a role model in his family and especially for his grandchild. One day, Pocha asked him about his inspiration. Kuchu narrated all the story to him. Pocha was surprised and asked him, " GrandPa, why you stole the drawings?" 

Kuchu replied that I never stole them and to understand all these things you have to listen me. 

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Kuchu started his story. It was almost 150 years back, when my great grandfather was very small, some foreigners used to come to our house. They were doing researches on our religion and scriptures. The grandfather of my great grandfather helped them. The foreigners used to translate those scriptures in their language. But grandfather of my great grandfather was very clever. He did not show them all the scriptures. Those researchers came to know about this thing. One fine day, those foreigners took all the literature with them along with various drawings and went to their country. They never came back. They did a lot of research in the field of science and technology, those research were based on our literature. And now, that country in one of the best in the world in field of science and technology. But look, where are we. I came to know about this event from my great grandfather. And on that day, I decided to take revenge. All these events were part of my revenge. Frankly speaking I never planned these, these happened eventually. Those were The Intellectual Chora. 

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Ashish Sarangi

Ashish Kumar Nayak

* In Odia language, Chora means a thief.

* This is purely a fictional story. Any resemblance to a living person or dead is just a coincidence.

RaaRaa-20 - The Magnet Temple - Part-2

Hi Friends,

Please read the Part-1 https://ashishkumarnayakodisha.blogspot.com/2018/11/raaraa-19-magnet-temple.html before reading this blog.

Let's learn few more aspects of The Magnet Temple.

The whole structure of the idol/statue was like the one in the below photo.

It was carved out of a single stone. The base was like a horizontal slab with a vertical triangular portion over it. 

In the middle of the vertical triangular shape, you can find a cube shaped structure.

And, the "idols/statues" were carved on both sides of it.

So, there were two statues of two Gods, not one! But why? No concrete reason behind it.

If there were two statues there must be a way to move behind the floating statues. 

The bridge-like structure was extended so that people can take a round of the idols/statues, and can view both of them.

Few more questions arise here. 

Was the iron block (where statues were carved) rotating like a clock? 

Were the magnets able to rotate the statues based on 24-hour time?

Was there any technique that the magnets work according to the impact of the sunlight?

Well, This is beyond our imagination!!!

Is the story over here or did we miss anything?

Check the poles of the magnets. The opposite poles faced each other (South pole of the top magnet is facing the North pole of the magnet at the bottom). 

This was the reason why the builders/engineers were not able to place the magnet at the top as opposite poles attracted each other and magnet on the top crashed on the ground every time.

The chief was very much worried for that reason!

One day...

A school kid visited there. His brother was working there and as his brother fell ill, he came to inform the chief.

He asked the chief why he was worried. The chief explained the situation to him. The kid then analysed the magnetic structure based on his school studies.

He explained that the reason behind the failure was the "opposite poles of the magnets facing each other". He suggested to place the magnet at the top in such a way that the same pole of both the upper and lower magnet would face each other so that there would be repulsive force instead of the attractive force. And, any pole of the magnets would attract the statue made of iron stone.

And the magnets were placed as in the below photo.

The magnets were successfully placed and the temple was built.

The process of the destruction remains the same as mentioned in the 1st part of the blog.

But what happened to the scientists/architects/engineers/sculptors and the kid who designed/built such a grand temple?

No clues about that!

Did they go somewhere else and built such massive and scientific structure?

That is a mystery!

Time passed and the ruins of the temple are still there but silent.

It is told "Time passes but photo remains" which means, the time will pass but the photo taken in the past will remain for"ever".  

Similarly, the ruins of THE MAGNET TEMPLE are like those photos taken thousand years back but no one can see anything in it due to the multiple stories written intentionally about the destruction of the temple!
This story about the temple is also a story, not HiStory.

Note: This is a fiction which is inspired from a temple in Odisha. This blog does not speak anything about any proven history. But, whatever might the history be, if there is any research on the science behind the temple which is currently in ruins, then it will yield good results in future.

Cheers,

Ashish Kumar Nayak

Ashish Sarangi

RaaRaa-19 - The Magnet Temple

1000 years back...

In the Kingdom of Masaka...

That was the time when the art and architecture was at its peak.

One day, the then King called for a meeting of scientists and architects.
Everyone gathered at the King's palace.
The King asked one question "If a hole is made on the earth from one side to the other and a stone is dropped in it, then what will happen?"
Everyone started thinking for long time!
Then the king asked "Any answer? Anyone?".
There were few answers as below but no one was sure...
1) The stone will move to the other side
2) The stone will move to the other side and comeback to the same side
3) The stone will move to the other side and comeback to the same side and then move to the center and stay there
4) The stone will move to the other side and comeback to the same side, then it will continue oscillating etc...

Then the king told, "Start the research and let me know after one year.".
The king funded for research work and the scientists started their job.

Six months passed...

The scientists found something different. They rushed to the King and explained him about the invention. The king was very happy. He called for the architects and told them to work with the scientists and design a temple based on the invention.
The architects and scientists worked together and the plan was ready.


Base tantra of the temple...Octagon...

Main temple building...

Position of the magnets and the idol/statue:- A powerful magnet was placed on the ground and another equally powerful magnet at the top with the opposite poles of the magnets facing each other. The idol/statue was made up of iron stone. Due to the attractive force of the magnets, the idol remained floating in the air but it was not stable. So, Eight medium size magnets were placed on eight walls of the octagonal building. These eight magnets made the floating statue stable in one place in the air.

Cross sectional top view of the temple...

Cross sectional side view of the temple...
From the NataMandapa, there was the staircase connecting the main temple (Garbha Gruha).
And also, a bridge-like structure was made so that people can walk near the idol/statue as the statue was floating in the air.

And the temple was built.***

500 years passed...

That was the time when the fate of Masaka kingdom was going to be drastically changed.

After 2000s of years long fight against invaders, Masaka came under foreign rule.

A folk tale is like this:- The temple was built near the sea. The foreign ships used to voyage near the coast. Due to the magnets in the temple, the compass did not show the correct direction to the sea sailors. So the foreigners decided to remove the magnets. They also did not face any opposition as Masaka was under foreign rule that time.

They 1st removed the eight medium sized magnets on the walls of the temple.

Then the powerful magnet on the ground was removed. 

As a result, the idol/statue got attracted by the upper magnet and the sharp pointed portion of statue collided with it and developed cracks in it.

Then the idol/statue was tied with a rope and dragged to the ground slowly against the magnetic force and taken away.

Then sharp/pointed iron blocks were placed on the ground which got attracted towards the magnet at the top and collided with it resulting the complete destruction of the magnet.

As the magnets were controlling the whole building and got removed, the temple walls started collapsing with time and the whole temple got destroyed.This is one story behind the destruction of the temple. There are multiple stories/legends too. No one is sure which story is a history. Anyhow, as many histories are HisStory, so finding the actual history is next to impossible.Note: This is a fiction which is inspired from a temple in Odisha. This blog does not speak anything about any proven history. But, whatever might the history be, if there is any research on the science behind the temple which is currently in ruins, then it will yield good results in future.Cheers,Ashish Kumar NayakAshish Sarangi

Read the Part-2 of The Magnet Temple here.->  https://ashishkumarnayakodisha.blogspot.com/2018/11/raaraa-20-magnet-temple-part-2.html

A'AABOMA-2 - The C

There was a cold country. In that country some thousands of people lived. In summer season, weather was awesome but in winter season, they had to struggle a lot. One day, Adrianshu, the priest and a famous teacher called Chimpan. Chimpan was a twelve year old boy, but brilliant in studies. At this tender age, he mastered himself in mathematics, astronomy, economics and their holy book. Adrianshu told Chimpan that you have to travel lot of places and have to choose a place where we all can go and live happily, since the persons here were not able to adjust themselves in the winter. Chimpan was surprised on his decision but later agreed. He took their holy book and some poisonous herbs with him, as a secret weapon.

He traveled for next twelve years. He visited lot of countries. Learnt their languages and made him mastered in their religious scriptures. When he was 24, he found a suitable place. That place was having summer and winter season, almost equally divided. And most important thing is that, in that place, they don't have to face chilled icy air waves. That place also had mountains, rivers, sea, sea ports and forest. Chimpan was excited to see all the things in one state.

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He spent some days and nights on the streets, only to learn their language and culture. And while begging for food, one day, he met with Munika. Munika took him to his home and after couple of days, Chimpan asked him about a job. Munika was a gardener in King's palace. He told Chimpan to be prepared for next day. 

Next day, Munika took Chimpan to palace. That was really huge. Chimpan was surprised to see that. They met with Mumika. Mumika was the minister of palace's affairs. He looked at Chimpan and got impressed. Chimpan was tall and handsome with all kinds of masculine features. After some time, he agreed to keep Chimpan as a gate keeper. Chimpan started his job. He was very much obedient in his duties and responsibilities and so Mumika asked him if he can fight. Chimpan nodded and immediately he was made soldier. 

One day war took place with a neighboring state and Chimpan fought that war bravely. He killed almost one third of enemies alone. The king was highly impressed. He asked him to get a wish. Chimpan told him that he wanted to be his commander. King agreed. Within one year, he was made commander. Other soldiers and commanders felt jealous on him. But King made him commander to look after internal security, as if he had some doubts on him. After some days, he went to minister of internal security and asked him for leave of one month. Minister granted him leave. He immediately rushed to his native place.

He met with his parents and Adrianshu. Adrianshu was very old now. Chimpan briefed him about his travels and how he found that suitable place. He even drew a route map. Adraianshu told him that now it’s a perfect time, you immediately retuned back and started preaching our concepts and try to capture their minds, especially the young minds.

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Chimpan returned within twenty days and resumed his duties. He started to make himself friendly with teenagers and teach them his own astronomy, economics and more importantly his holy books. The students were also excited as they were learning a lot of new things. He taught them about some new social systems and some new scriptures. With help of them, he developed a new language and started writing in that. In a very short span of time, he translated his all documents and told his students also to communicate all these things to their friends.

One day, during his regular visit, he went to a temple. He met with the priest and surprised when he came to know that his father was a sweeper in the palace. He immediately questioned him and told him that it was not good, as his father was a sweeper; he also had to be a sweeper. The priest was surprised. On the same day, he met with a cobbler whose son was a state minister. In the evening, he told his students about this and polluted their mind. He told them that son of a priest had to be a priest, son of a businessman had to be a businessman, son of warrior had to be a warrior and son of a sweeper or a cobbler had to be a sweeper or a cobbler. This message was spread like a fire. One day, the main priest came to the minister of internal security and told him that he would like to have his son as a new priest. Minister got surprised. He told the priest to wait for some time. On the very next day, the main businessman of the state came to minister and told him the same thing that he wanted his son to control the business of the state. Minister was surprised again. He met with the King and told him about the events. The King was also surprised. He asked him to look into this matter. After some days he told the King that all such non sense was spread by none other than Chimpan. King got furious and asked him to arrest Chimpan. Chimpan got arrested and King told the minister to hang him in the street in front of everyone so that in near future nobody could think of such things.

Chimpan was hanged in front of everyone. All the young ones got furious. They all were sad and after some days an internal war broke out between the sympathizers of Chimpan and of the State.

At the same time Adrianshu asked his king to attack them as they hanged Chimpan. They attacked and due to lack of unity of the opposition, they won the war. Within few days, whole culture was changed, holy books were changed, system of education changed and in a nut shell whole system was changed.

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The name of this blog is The C. Whether you want to like your Culture or you want to be like Chakan, depends on you.

Cheers,

Ashish Kumar Nayak

Ashish Sarangi

RaaRaa-18 - The Illusion

Some thousand years ago.....

In the state of Masaka....

There was lesser known village in the state of Masaka, It was known as Kansyapura. It was inhabited by only hundred people. There were few kids also. They played together all kinds of games and interestingly they took their lunch and dinner together. One small school was also there, where they all studied. That village had a small but beautiful temple of Lord Raaga. Every year, they had to face cyclones. So one day, they all gathered in the temple and discuss what to do, as cyclone was damaging their normal lives. After a strong brainstorming, almost half of them decided to migrate. One day they all were migrated to capital city, Masakanagari, along with respective families. Before leaving their village, they all made promises in front of Lord Raaga that they will come back to the village after establishing themselves in the capital. Now only half of the population stayed back and one kid left. That kid felt lonely as he missed all his dear friends. One day he cried a lot and his father then told him not to worry as in very few days he would have some new friends. That kid relied on his father and started living in his own dreamy world. One fine day, his father decided to take him to a new school in Masakanagari for further studies.

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One another village was there, known as Tamrapura. It was densely populated and close to Masakanagari. As that village was close to capital, they were able to do business with different kinds of persons. They were very rich also. A small kid was living there. He used to live in his own world. He never communicated with other persons and kids. He never used to play the games with them also. One day, some people heard him singing. When they approached him, he lied. He didn’t have friends. Practically he was living in his own utopian world.  That village had a very big temple of Lord Raaga. Near the temple, there was a big pond. That kid used to sit alone near that pond. His father was very much worried with his strange behavior. So he decided to move to Masakanagari, so that in the new atmosphere the behavior might be changed. Before leaving, he with his son went to the temple of Lord Raaga and prayed. The kid was surprised on this decision of his father and  felt sad as he had to miss his beautiful world. But something else was written in his destiny.

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One day, the kid from Kansyapura went to new school in Masakanagari. That school was near about 600 years old and supposedly built by none other than the great Jatamanu. That school was very big. In that school there was a very big temple of Lord Raaga. A very big pond was also there. He felt happy in that atmosphere. Suddenly he made an eye contact with another kid. He smiled but didn’t get the response. That kid was also with his father, from Tamrapura. He was look sad. After their admission, they both allotted the same room. After having dinner in the mess, the kid from Kansyapura tried to interact with other kid but he didn’t get the response. He waited but after some time he went to sleep. On the next day, both went to their respective classrooms. The kid from Kansyapura was three years elder then the kid from Tamrapura. That day was very hectic for them. Both handled that day very actively. The kid from Kansyapura made some new friends but the kid from Tamrapura didn’t interact with others. On that night also they didn’t have any conversation. The kid from Kansyapura was worried as he wanted to have some conversations but no one is there. On the next day, he went to the Principal and told him about this. He eventually asked him to change his room. Principal told him to wait. During the lunch break Principal went to take a round. In the canteen he was delighted to see that both the kids were having lunch on the same table. He went to them and said, “Ajaketu, please come to my room after lunch”. They both looked at him and then at each other. After lunch, hesitatingly, they both entered in his room. While entering they looked at each other surprisingly. “Do we share the same name”, the kid from Tamrapura thought in his mind. Principal confirmed that they both share the same name and told them to be friends with each other. Both nodded. After dinner they both spend the sleepless night while interacting with each other. They both had lots of common things. They loved to sing, loved to write and had common crazy ideas. The kid from Kansyapura told him that from now we were brothers. In the school also, to avoid confusion, they were now Ajaketu Sr. & Ajaketu Jr. Ajaketu Sr. was good in athletics & poetry and Ajaketu Jr. was good in drawing and cooking. They were also the ardent followers of Lord Raaga. Also they loved Masaka very much. So, one day they decided to pen down their crazy ideas. They collected palm leaves and started writing. They wrote a lot of things related to their crazy ideas and crazy world, including the wars that took place in the past, the art & culture and Lord Raaga. They wrote long articles with detailed drawings, sometimes in poetic forms. They avoided sports, music and religion strategically.

They writings were appreciated throughout the Masaka. After completing their education, they both became exponents in scientific world. After a hectic scientific life, they interact with each other every night and continued their writings. They both were regarded as genius. After twenty years, they decided to compile all their writings in pothis. So they did the same and there were more than fifty pothis in just twenty years. After another twenty years they were having more than one hundred and fifty pothis to their credit. They also traveled a lot while writing and visited their native villages several times.

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Another couple of years passed. Ajaketu Sr. was now sixty five years old and Ajaketu Jr. was sixty one years old. Suddenly one day the entire Masaka was shocked. There were several drummers in almost all villages and in all cities making announcements.

“Listen listen listen…. Ajaketu Sr. is now the President of an Extremist Religious Group and Ajaketu Jr, is the President of rival Extremist Religious Group.”

“Listen listen listen…. Ajaketu Sr. is now the President of an Extremist Religious Group and Ajaketu Jr, is the President of rival Extremist Religious Group.”

Although they stop writing at that age but continued to interact secretly with each other. In various functions they never interacted with each other and slowly and slowly they were regarded as the rivals.

But they were smiling and had lots of friendly discussion during their secret conversations that took place in the middle of night. As they know that was the perfect time to earn some Artha (Money) and religion was the best mode for that earning.

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After thousand years, some people came to know about them. They tried to collect their writings and were in the opinion that those were not their crazy ideas but those were all part of our history, WHICH WAS CERTAINLY NOT……..

Cheers,

Ashish Kumar Nayak

Ashish Sarangi

RaaRaa-17 - Simbaha

1000s of years back...

In the kingdom of Masaka...

There was a mighty king known as Kucheku. He was made king at the age of fifteen. Within next five years, he defeated several enemies. He was also a master of Tantra, Medicine and Mathematics. He developed various new ports and controlled the maritime business. His army and navy both were very much strong and due to this nobody dared to attack the Masaka. He wrote several sacred texts which were taught in the colleges of Masaka. On tenth year of his coronation, he married with his cousin, Nimilata.

He had a son, Kumeku, a daughter, Nimika. Both were twins. Nimika was very much interested in Astronomy, Architecture and Mathematics. Kumeku was fond of animals. He had lot of rabbits, dogs, elephants and cats in his palace. He was not interested in studies and that was a matter of concern for Kucheku. But the queen, Nimilata, told the king not to be worried as Kumeku was still a kid of mere 10 years.

10 years passed.....

Both are 20 years old. In the meantime, Nimilata passed away. Nimika, now an expert in astronomy, architecture, mathematics and geography. She also helped her father in administration. Kumeku as usual, spend most of his time with the animals. He used to play with them and tried to communicate with them. He was still least interested in the administration roles and studies. Kucheku was more worried about him now. As for every critical situation and important decision, he was bound to consult with Nimika. Nimika earned a lot of respect among the ministers and citizens also, as she regularly visited the different parts of state. She made several committees and ordered to make several temples of Lord Raaga. She also introduced special subjects of architecture and astronomy in various schools. She proved to be a good administrator. She with the permission of her father also opened up new hospitals. 

Kucheku was 55 years old now. One night he called both Nimika and Kumeku. Kumeku was little late on his arrival and Kucheku was furious on this. When Kumeku arrived, kucheku asked him that why he was so late. Kumeku politely replied him that he was busy with his animals. Kucheku got irritated with his reply and asked him to leave immediately. After couple of minutes Nimika was also told to leave, without any discussion. Nimika got disheartened. She went to his brother's palace. But she was shocked. Her brother was playing with a lion. Without any further inquiries, she returned to her palace. For almost a month she went to her brother's palace, watched him secretly and came back. She was surprised as well as worried also.

One day, Kucheku called all the ministers and influential persons of the state in his special assembly. Something was going on in his mind. Nimika was worried. Council of ministers were also worried as this was a special assembly. Kucheku was going to make some important decisions today. When king nodded, the functioning of assembly started. Nimika asked him, on behalf of all the esteemed dignitaries, about the purpose of this special assembly. Suddenly a messenger arrived and told him to wait and listen to him first as he was having some important things to tell them. King nodded again. The messenger open a cloth and showed that to king, that cloth was having a seal of Manraila. It was a message from the king of Manraila. The Manraila was a southern state sharing boundaries with Masaka. It was a declaration of war against the Masaka. Kucheku accepted the challenge and told his ministers to be ready for the war. His eyes were again searching for Kumeku but he was not there.

War broke out... 

Mantabhi, the king of Manraila, was known for his strategies whereas the Masakans were famous for their elephant troops and foot soldiers. With his special strategies Mantabhi was marching ahead everyday. Kucheku was worried as that war proved to be disastrous for Masaka. Almost every day, they lost some warriors and soldiers. Mantabhi made a strategic plan to attack directly Kucheku. 

The next day, Mantabhi along with his specialized commanders encircled Kucheku. Mantabhi was ready with his weapons to attack Kucheku. Kucheku was frightened, for the first time in his entire life. Suddenly a miracle happened. A lion came in between Kucheku and Mantabhi. Someone was riding that lion. But they all were not able to see who was riding the lion, as the speed of lion was too much and the face of rider was also covered. Immediately, one hand popped out and Kucheku was taken away by someone who was riding that lion, from the war field. In the next moment, that warrior again came and vanish. Mantabhi was shocked as he was surprised to see such an act, he was thinking who that person can be. He told his commanders to be alert. 

In the next moment, they heard roaring sounds of lions. Now, they saw a chariot. That chariot was pulled by seven lions. Kumeku was standing tall on the chariot. Mantabhi was surprised as he was not aware of heroic activities of Kumeku. Kumeku, also never did such things anytime before that war. Immediately, he took his weapon and killed all the commanders of Mantabhi. In the very next moment, Kumeku took out his sword and killed Mantabhi. There was a moment of joy in the camp of Masakans. Kucheku was standing in front of Kumeku with tears of joy in his eyes. The whole army was shouting " Kumeku... Kumeku... Kumeku... Kumeku...". They all went to the palace and relaxed. 

The next day....

Kucheku ordered the grand celebration in the state for next seven days. On the seventh day, he declared Kumeku as the next king of Masaka. Nimika was appointed the special adviser of Kumeku. Kucheku went to the port city of Maput. He spent his rest of life worshipping the Lord Raaga. Later on Kumeku was known as Simbaha in the entire landmass, a person whose vehicle (bahana) was lion (Simha).

Cheers,

Ashish Kumar Nayak

Ashish Sarangi