Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Episode on Saturday, November 17, 2007

Is it you Arjun? Prithvi hears a voice in the palace, 'it has been four years since we met, all these days did you not remember me? my friend.' Prithvi finds where the voice is coming from and goes to the person and recognises,
indeed it is Arjun , they are glad to see each other and embrace.

Meantime the Pujari enters the palace to relate what had just happened moments before. Mhj Tomar questions, who were they who took the golden statue from the temple?
The Pujari replies , by their attire they looked as they were from some other land.
They kept on repeating Sultan Sultan!
Mhj Tomar is very annoyed, well this is very bad news indeed! This temple is very sacred and the Statue has such importance that the people will lose faith in our Kingdom if we don't get it back at once.
Prithvi, Arjun, Chander, and Pundir are listening to all this and are in deep thought what has happened?
Nanaji repeats it again, its our duty to protect and serve the Kingdom and the people .
Now if we cannot simply look after the temple then what kind of rulers are we? We will fail in the eyes of the people,
before that happens, Prithvi! we must get the SACRED STATUE back.

Prithvi and the gang set forth to look for clues, near the temple. Outside there are fresh horse-hoof prints in the moist soil. Prithvi is in dismay and again remembers Nanaji's words,
'what will the people say when they find out the statue is gone?'
Prithvi prays in hopes to get the statue back, he also remembers Sanyogita when they were protecting the statue from Bhimdev's men.

They advance forward into the forest till they come to come to a camp, gaurds are situated around. By the looks of their attire and appearance they identify these are the sultans men.They listen carefully from a far and figure that they are heading towards Kannauj.
Prithvi remembers his encounter with Jaichand when he had given him "Baksh".

They plan to follow behind the invaders .
But how will they do it? is the question.
For Prithvi there is no barrier that they can cross,
and disguise themselves with dirt.
They smear it all over their bodies and pass by crawling secretly on the ground unnoticed in the fields across the Sultans guards and enter Kannauj.

The four clean up and dress as the residents there.
While walking in the bazarre one stall keeper exclaims look at these gold coins that were given to me by that man he bought out all my goods . These coins mean nothing to me than just some rocks, there is no value.
Prithvi rushes towards the stall owner, where did that man go?
He went that away the stall owner exclaims!
Prithvi and the group sees him in the distance and runs behind him .
Finally the invader reaches towards the camp and tells somebody has identified us and is coming this way.
Its to late Prithvi has already confronted them ,
he says,
Just try and take our statue out of the country and then I'll show you!
Before they could do anything to them, these invaders slash their own throats and commit suicide.
The four of them go back to Kannuaj and pass the temple there, Sanyogita is standing near the bangles stall. They do not cross each other.
Prithvi enters the temple and prays again, he remembers Nanaji's words.
There is only few hours left for morning to get the golden statue back and return it to the place where it belongs, what will i do prays Prithvi. I cannot defy the public, he asks the Goddess to help him recover the statue.
At that instance Prithvi's eyes fall on the stolen statue which is surprisingly kept behind the present statue in that very same temple, how did it get there?
Jaichand enters the same temple by coincidence that very moment.