PAHELI : A MYSTERY

THE PREDICTION

WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN REASONS TO TAKE BIRTH, BUT MANY OF US ARE UNAWARE OF IT...

KASHI WAS ONCE AGAIN CELEBRATING, THE MAHAKUMBH; IT’S CELEBRATED AFTER EVERY 12 YEARS. MANY PEOPLE GATHER TO GAIN PUNYA. 

MAHA ALSO WANTED TO ATTEND, THE MAHAKUMBH SO SHE FORCED VANSH TO LET HER GO.
“IT’S NOT SAFE FOR YOU; YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HANDLE SUCH A HUGE CROWD. I CAN’T LET YOU TAKE ANY SORT OF RISK AND ATTEND THE MAHAKUMBH” VANSH SPOKE IN A WARM WAY.

“FOR GOD SAKE, VANSH IT’S FOR THE WELL BEING OF OUR CHILD, I WANT OUR BABY TO BE BLESSED BY MAA GANGA. PLEASE SAY YES, LET'S GO TOGETHER” HER PUPPY EYES MELTED VANSH’S HEART AND KNOWING HOW STUBBORN MAHA IS, AT LAST HE AGREED.
THEY WENT TO TAKE PART IN THE AUSPICIOUS EVENT; UNAWARE OF THE TRUTH THAT MAHA’S STUBBORNNESS WOULD MAKE THEIR LIVES MISERABLE.

AS SOON AS THEY REACHED THE AUSPICIOUS  PLACE OF MAHAKUMBH, THEY TOOK BATH IN HOLY GANGA. THEN THEY MET, A HINDU GURU NAMED “MAHARAJ” WHO WAS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS DIVINE POWER AND PREDICTIONS; WHO CAME FROM MADHUPUR TO PARTICIPATE IN MAHAKUMBH. 

 AT FIRST VANSH DIDN’T WANT MAHA TO MEET MAHARAJ, AS HE DIDN’T BELIEVE ON SUCH THINGS; BUT FOR HIS WIFE’S HAPPINESS HE STOOD THERE GIVING A PLEASANT SMILE TO HER.

AS SHE WAS CARRYING AN UNBORN  MYSTICAL ESSENCE IN HER WOMB, SO MAHARAJ WAS DRAWN TO THE SUPERNATURAL POWER AND BECAME FASCINATED.

“WHAT KIND OF SIGN DOES GOD WANT TO SEND, YOU ARE CARRYING A DIVINE POWER BUT YOUR BABY IS FULL OF RAGE. THIS BABY DOESN’T ONLY CARRIES  BLOOD BUT WRATH IN IT’S VEINS”.
THEN HE SLOWLY MOVED TOWARDS HER AND AS HE TOUCHED HER WOMB. HE SCREAMED “HE IS BACK, BE READY FOR THE SACRIFICES ONCE AGAIN; KASHI WILL HAVE TO SUFFER. HIS SUCCESSOR IS BACK, VIKRAL IS BACK” AS HE SAW SOME GLIMPSE OF VIKRAL.

THE WORD ‘VIKRAL’ WAS ENOUGH TO MAKE PEOPLE SHIVER WITH FEAR. 

AFTER VIKRAL KILLED HIS OWN FAMILY, HE WAS EAGERLY WAITING FOR ROHINI KALA FOR YEARS. BUT AFTER FEW YEARS, NO ONE KNOWS WHETHER HE WAS ALIVE OR NOT. SO, THEY STARTED BELIEVING THAT HE WAS DEAD; AS NO SACRIFICES WERE
MADE IN PAST FEW YEARS NEITHER, ANY ROYAL FAMILY WAS ALIVE THERE TO RUN THE EMPIRE “KASHI”. YEARS PASSED AND THERE WAS NOT A SINGLE PEEK OF VIKRAL. 

BUT NO ONE HAD FORGOTTEN, HIS TERROR WHICH HAS PASSED FROM GENERATION  TO GENERATION LIKE A HEREDITARY CURSE.

MAHARAJ’S WORDS FROZE EVERYONE’S BRAIN. “STOP PLAYING AROUND! I TOLD YOU NOT TO MET THIS HOAX” VANSH FREAKED OUT LOOKING TOWARDS MAHA. BUT BEFORE MAHARAJ COULD SPEAK OUT THE MOB TRIED TO HARM MAHA. 

SUDDENLY, THE CROWD STARTED MURMURING “IF THIS CHILD IS REALLY THE SUCCESSOR OF VIKRAL HE HAVE TO DIE, IT HAS NO RIGHT TO STAY ALIVE”.

IT MADE VANSH ATTENTIVE, BEFORE ANYONE COULD HARM HIS FAMILY HE STOOD UP AND STARTED MOVING WITH MAHA.

“BE CAREFUL AND HOLD ME TIGHT” VANSH SAID CLUTCHING HER HAND TRYING TO SKIP THE MOB. MAHA WAS CRYING CONTINUOUSLY, HER TEARS WERE ROLLING DOWN LIKE RIVER BREACHING IT’S BANK AND UNABLE TO BEAR THE TRUTH THAT HER CHILD WAS THE SUCCESSOR OF VIKRAL. 

“IT’S NOT TRUE, OUR CHILD IS OURS NOT VIKRAL’S, AND VIKRAL WAS JUST A STORY TO MAKE PEOPLE FEAR, HAVE YOU SEEN HIM?” VANSH TRIED HIS BEST TO CONVINCE MAHA.

BUT AS TIME PASSED, THE SITUATION STARTED BECOMING WORSE, FOR ANY SINGLE HARM PEOPLE SIMPLY  BLAMED VANSH AND HIS CHILD. CITIZENS MADE THEIR SURVIVAL DIFFICULT AND SOME OF THEM EVEN TRIED TO KILL HER CHILD BY POISONING MAHA.

“LET’S MIGRATE TO MY HOMETOWN OR ANY NEW PLACE” MAHA SAID. 

“WAIT FOR SOME TIME, EVERYTHING WILL BE ALRIGHT. THEY ARE OUR OWN PEOPLE AND FAMILY AND THEY WILL ALSO ACCEPT THE TRUTH; WILL GIVE BLESSING TO OUR CHILD” VANSH SAID LOOKING TOWARD CALENDAR HUNG ON THE OPPOSITE WALL. 

BEFORE VANSH COULD THINK OF LEAVING HIS HOMETOWN, ALL THE CITIZEN GATHERED & BURNED DOWN HIS HOUSE, LUCKILY THEY ESCAPED AND TOOK SHELTER AT NEARBY NURSING CENTER.

NOTHING CHANGED AND THEY HAD TO LEAVE THEIR HOME, AFTER MAHA GAVE  BIRTH TO PAHELI.

*FEAR IS CONSTANT, IT KILLS OUR HAPPINESS…