FYI
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From: T.V.Padmanabhan
To: Vaideekam Yahoo
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 8:02 AM
Subject: [Vaideekam] Gaya sraddham - in continuation I remember the name of the river at Gaya as Phalguni.
At Akshaya Vadam, we heard the following local story from the
bruhuspathi.
Lord Rama with Sita came to Gaya and wanted to do the pinda arpanam to his
father Dasaratha at this place. Leaving Sita near a tree, He went to
collect materials. As it took some time, Dasaratha appeared before Sita
and said he was hungry and asked Sita to provide him with some food. Sita
pleaded helplessness and asked Dasaratha to wait until Lord Rama comes with the
materials. As Dasaratha could not wait for long, Sita made pindams from
sand and offered them to Dasaratha and he enjoyed that food and
disappeared. When Lord Rama returned and heard this, Sita told Him that
trees, rivers, beahmins, etc. were the witnesses to this happening.
But when Lord Rama addressed them, they were silent except the Tree. Sita
cursed all of them except the Tree, and consequently, the Tree alone grew and
grew and stands even now to this day, but brahmins were cursed - they would
never be content however much they get from karthas - river was cursed, - there
is no water in it most of the time and it is dry - but the tree grows and
stands in all fame.
The above is subject to my memory being correct.
Adiyen Padmanabha Dasan
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