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Amar Chitra Katha is a colleclion of illustrated classics Ihal reldl slories from Ind ian mythology, history, folktale and legend through the fascinating medium of comics. Over 430 stories from all o~er India have been told in this series that has been endorsed by educationists and recommended by teachers the world over.
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No. 673 • Rs 30
ii'ii INDIA BOOK HOUSE
o Indi~ BooIo: Hou~ Pvl. lid. 1975 Reprinted: Augusl 2005 ISBN: 81-7508-198-8 Published ~nd Printed by I ndi~ Book Hou~ Pv1 lId, Millhalaxmi Chambers,
5 th Floor, 22 Bhulabhai O~i Road, Mumbai 400 026, India.
AYYAPPAN
KIN0 THE WIYILTHY RULER OF NO CHILDREN.
HIS SUBJECTS WERE WORRIED. HIS FJMB/TIOUS DIWIIN, HOWEVER.
15 NO HEIR TO THE THRONE, WHAT WILL BECOME OF U5 WHEN OUR KIN6 DIES?
o THAT HE WERE BLESSED WITH Ii
SON. r----"1 ~,..-' "'" . " SON
AS PIOUS AND 6 ENEROUS lttD4 AS HE J&!
WIlS HIIPP'T. ,------ --AS LON0 AS THERE 15 NO HEIR TO THE
THR.ONE, WHEN RA..JASHEKHRRA
orES HI5 KIN0DOM WILL
CERTAINLY BE MINE.
ALAS! WHO WI LL RULE THE KIN600M
AFTER ME?
FROM TffIlT OIlY
FERVENTLY TV LORD SHIVII FOR II SON.
MEIINWHILE, PIIR 11l" IIIY.THE EII7L
PENIIIVCES TO 08Tlt/N II BOON FROM LORD BRfJHMIl
VOU ARE RIGHT. MY QUEEN . LET U5
BE<?IN PRA'VIN6 TODAY.
'-"'~" LORD 8R~HMfj APPEARED BEFORE HIM .
MIIH15HI15URA Wl15
LET MY DEATH NOT BE CAUSED By ANY MAN ON THI5 EARTH.
l
YOU HAVE PlEASED ME MAHI5HA5URA .
WHAT ·BOON DO YOU 5E.EK?
EMBOLDENED BY THE BOON. MitHISHfi5llRfJ B£6fIN HIIRRSSIN6 fiLL ON EflRTH.
THE DEV~ HELD COUNCIL .
THIS ASURR MU5T SE DffiTROYED. BECf\U5 E OF BRAHMA'S BOON ,ONLY A WOMAN WOULD BE ABLE
TO DO IT.
THEN LET US EVOKE ONE WITH
OuR COMBINED
POWER5.
•
o DEVA5. 5AvE US!
A5 SOON ~ THe WOMI1N THEM-
WE WILL C"LL
HER CHANDIKf\
LIiU0!fIN6 I1LL THE WHILE, CHIiNDIKrJ
BeFORE:
DEV! ON EIIRTH. THE WHOLE WORLD WfTH FORCE.
l
DEVI ! 60 TO EflRTH
WHO 15 THAT 5ENSELESS WOMAN ,?60 BRINE'> HER
TO ME.
I\ND DE5TROY THE EVIL
MI\HI5H1\5URA.
BUT CHIWOiKA DEVI VIINQUISHED THEM IN N O nME.
HOWEVER, THE IlRMY Wil5 NO NlilTCH EITHER FOR CHIINOIKA
DEVI.IT wl'l5 SOON r=~~::=:: ROUTED.
,
Tl\KE THE WHOLE ARMY IF NECES~RY; BUT BRING HER HERE!
MIlHISHII5URII WIIS MilD WI TH IIN6t:R . HE IIPPRO/ICHED CHI'INDIKfl D£VI
THAT WOMAN HA560NE TOO FAR. I SHALL DESTROY HER.
HER.
HER MISSION IICCOMPLISHED, CHIINOIKA DEVIIt5CENDED TO ltC/WeN.
WHEN MIiHISHIJ THE WIFE OF MIiHISHfiSL/Rfi ,LEARNT OF HER.. HU5B1WD'S D£ATH-
I SHALL TEACH THE DEVAS A LESSON. IT WAS THEY WHO INVOKED THE DEVI.
MIlHISHI UNDERTOOK II DEEP PENIINCE BR.flHMfI eRllNTED tiER TliE BOON fiND VflN/StiED. 70 PROPITIIiTE LORD BR.I1tiMfi. HE
flPPEilRED BEFORE HER. ,.----- ---.1
MAHISHI' WHAT DO YOU
DE5IRE?
THAT I S HOULD NOT MEET MY
DEATH AT THE HANDS OF EITHER
VISH NU OR SHI VA I
8
MIIHISHI 8E6IIN TO WHOM WILL YOU TURN NOW? Tilt/NT/No THE SHIVA AND VISHNU DEW/S. ,----r POWERLESS ,--...... it ... ----
A6AIN5T ME.
SHIVII WIITr:HeD IINO IfE//RD fILL.
. ,
I MUST PUT I1N END TO MAHI5H"S
I1RROOJ1NCE..
MY DEIIOTEES-
~~~~~~~ R/1Jl1sHEKHI1R/1 AND HIS QUEEN. THE.Y LONe; FOR
A CHILD.
WE MUsT CREATE ~ !;ON WHO WILL DESTROY MAHI5Hr.
I WILL TI1I<E HIM THERE!
WHO WILL RERf't. lflE. 811BY?
A~ SOON AS THE INFANT w/lS·CREffTED
I -W ILL TIE 11-115 60LD BELL AR<;>UND HIe> NECK BEFORE I TAKE HIM TO EARTH.
HOIV AND QUIET
ITI5 HERE.
5lIOOENL Y HE HEARD fj FEEBLE WIlIL.
IfE 51lW Il IlLONEON It ROCK , POOR BIlBY !
DON'T CRY!
11
A BABY'S CRY? HERE?
IfE LOOICED AROUND,
NOTA SOU L IN '51e>HT, TO WHOM COULD IT BELON6?
WHAT SHOULD I DO<' SHOU LD
I TAKE HIN'r HOME? OR5HOULD I
LEI\VE HIM
YOU WILL K NOW WHEN HE 15 TWELVE YEARS
O LD.
HERE?' ."
WHILE HE DEBATED WITH HIMseLF II I e.<~HMIlN SLlDOENL Y /lPPEJ'IREO BEFORE
HIM.
BUT WHO 15 HE ?
DO NOT HESITATE, o KIN6.TAKE HIM HOME.
THEN WHEN THE BRl'lliNlflN WfiS flBOUT ro LEIWE-
WAIT! WHAT SHALL I C/ILL HIM '?
CRLL HIM liFTER BELL WHICH HAN05 KVUNU HIS N ECK .
RI'l<lflSHEKHflRfI TOOK MfiNIK/iNTliflN HOMe TO HIS QUEEN.
A CHILD AT LAST ! HOW HAPPY
l AM.
HE IS GOD'S OWN
61FT.
BUT R/I<lflSHEKHflRfI'", DI WflN DIDW'T THINK. so. ~----THE ACWRSED
CHILD! IT HAS UPSET ALL
MY PU~N5.
o o
r-____________ --~~ ____ --, !4~~~~~~~~~ __ ~ __ ~ THE TIME MIWIKIINTffltN'S STUDIES THeN THE 6URI./ 8ROU6HT. HIS BLIND
I WI'RE OVER, THE 6URLI KNEW THAT HE WIJS MllTE SON BEFORE M/fNIK/lNTHIJIV. /I DIVINE
PLEASE ACCEPT MY 6URUDAK.5HINA~
FROM YOU I WANT
Ccw\PflSSION. NOT THESE.
MANIKANTHAN. PLEASE RE5TORE HIS 516HT AND SPEECH .
FATHER! I HAVE BEEN GIVEN PI NEW LIFE'
N7ER THIS FIR.5T MlRflCLE MIINlt:lWTHIIN PERFORMED MIWY MORE. THE NEWS SPREflOll":D~ • ...F==::::-::;~;:;;;-;;;:~;;-;;;"""\
P' OUR FUTURE ~6 I HAVE NEVER SEEN .suCH A elFTED BOY.
A55URED. HE WILL SUCCEED THE
KIN6.
.. -
THE DlWIW, WHO OVERffEllRD TH£5E COMMENTS ...
TRIBUTE GIVEN BY A OISCIPl£ TO HIS TEACHER
. .. 60T RE.ALLY WORRIED.
I MU5T6ET RID OF THE BOY SOMEHOW.
~~
THE OIWIIN WIIS J/J8ILIINT.
THE THRONE E*iALL YET BE MINE !
RND THEN THE UNFORESEEN HAPPENeD. THE QUEEN (?AVE BIRTH TO Ii SON.
RLA5 ·! WHY WERE YOU NOT BORN ERRLlER? NOW YOU WILL NEVER BECOME KIN6. UNLE5S . •.
II FEW Ofl'rS LATER. HE WENr TO THE QUEEN.
"
MANI KANTH"N WI LL SOON BE TWELVE YEARS OLD .HE WilL LI THEN BE CROWNED
HEIR RPPARENT
WITH ' THAT. YOUR OWN OON WILL LOSE ALL CHANCES OF EVER 8ECOMIN6
THE RULER,
WHAT CAN I DO? IflM
HELPLESS .
WILLVOU 00 A5 I TELL yOU I? FOR THE SAo::E OF 'lOUR OWN 50N '?
r WILL . FOR MY 5Of\I J WILL DO
ANYTHIN0.
THE DIW/tN THEN WENT TV THE COUIi!.T PHYSIC/lIN.
DO FtS I TELL 'IOU RND 'IOU WILL6E WELL REWARDED.
5PEFtK!
THE QUEEN HAS A SEVERE HEADACHE. YOU WILL PRESCRIBE TI0RES6'S MILK AS THE ONLY REMEDY.
VERY WELL .
JUST THEN FI NlE55EN6ER (fiME 70 THE PHYSIC/FIN .
THE QUEEN IS IN A60NY. THE P;:: IN6
lIFTER THE PHYSiClIIN HIlD EXIlMINED THE QUEEN-
HAS ASKED YOU TO EXf\MINE HER IMMEDIATELY.
WHAT 15 THE QUICKEST
REMEDY?I CIlNNOT BEAR TO
SEE MY QUEEN IN PAIN.
THE Y REMEDY FOR I AILMENT is
TI6RE5S'S
T I6RE5S'5 MILK ~ ,..:..:-==-',--' BUT HOW ftRE
WE TO 6ET IT '?
MItNY MEN WENT &IT ItLL ReTURNEDUNSUCCESSFUL.
WE SAW A NUMBER OF Tl6ERB. BUT •• .
THEN, E XIICTL Y 115 THE WICkED OIWIIN HAD FOR£SEEN-
FOR MY MOTHER'S SAt:::E LET ME 60, FATHER .
FATHER,LET ME 00 ON THIS ERRAND!
BUT M/WIK/lNTHflN PERSISTED fiND RffoJII5HEK/fffR/l HAD TO YIELD.
MffNlKffNTHffN SETOUT fOR THE FOREST.
MANIICJ1NTHAN, NO! YOU ARE TOO 'fDUNE> .
ALL RI6 H T.
MY SON. 60 IF yOU
1V145T. BU T TAKE
CARE.
"
HOW CAN I LET YOO 00 ON SUCH R Df\N/3EROU5 VENTURE.
HE wANDERED DEEPER AND DEEPER. INTO I T HE CliME 70 THE oc:mlllN OF'" MflHISH/J WHO LIVED IN THIIT FOREST.
WHO IS THJt1 CRERruRE WHO D~RES TO TRESP~~
ON ()LIR FOREST? I MUST TELL MY MISTRESS.
THE ASliRA RAN TO MRftI5HI .
THERE IS Po BOY ROMIIN6 IN OUR FORESTS.
MflttlSHI WENT LIP TO M/fNIK/WTHIW fiND. IITTIICKED HIM .
I MY E~RTHLY Ml5510N I~ ABOUT TO BE
----r
20
HOw DARE HE, WITHOUT MY PERMI5SION ! I'LL DESTROY HIM.
115 MIWIKflNTHIW CONTINUED HIS 5£11RCIf rOR If T/6RES5, INDRfI . J;:IN6 Or THE DEVIlS,IlPPEARED BErORE HIM .
r SHALL TAKE THE FORM OF A TI6RES5
AND COME WITH YOU INTO THE CITY AS
YOuR MOUNT .
c <---
21
M fWIKflNTHIiN 500N KiLLED MAHI5ff1.
THE DEVilS WHO HAD ACCOMPANIED INDRfl !1L50 TURNED THEMSELV£5
INn? n~55~£5~.Jr----J7~~~~~ • WE WILL
FOLLOW YOU INTO THE
CITY.
liS MIINIKRIVTHRN RODE INTO mE CITY ON HIS TERRIFYING MOUNT BY liN EQUIiLL Y TERRIFYING RETlfYUE - ·
MAN1KANTHf\N HAS
RETURNED .. , WITH A
HORDE OF r
TI6ER5! ' ~C---....,
MANIKf\NTHAN IS TWELVE TODAY. TODAY I WIL L KNOW WHO HE 15.
JUST TH£N HE HE/IRD It DIVINE VOICE .
--------1 MANll(ANTHflN
IS NONE BUT 00D HIMSELF.
PLEASE SEND THE TI6RE5sE5 AWRY, MRNllCflNTHRN. MY PEOPLE ARE TERROR-5TRICICEN.
MfiNIKRNTHAIV SMILED, liND THE TIGRESSES VIINl5HED.·,..------d
AS SOON AS YOU LEfT. THE QUEEN
RECOVERED. I BECfWlE
SUSPICIOUS.
MY SUSPICIONS WERE CONFIRMED WHEN I OVERHEARD A CONVERSIITION BETWEEN HER liND M'I DIWAN.
AND FELL liT
" tlH"LL PUNI.5H THEM fOR THIS.
LORD, ~ L~5T REQUEST. SnOW ME THE PLACE IN MY KIN0DOIVI WHERE I MA,( BUILD A TEMPLE FOR '(Ou.
"P~RE THEM.THEY
HASTENED MY MI5SION OF
SLAYING M"HISHI.
r ~M PLE~SED . BUILD IT .
WHERE THIS ARROW I SHOOT
FALLS .
"ND NOW I MUST LEIWE THIS
WORLD.
'You MAY OBSERvE TH E PATH OF THE ARROW.
. LET THERE BE JUST EI0HTEEN
STEPs LERDIN6 TO THE TEMPLE AT THE EASTERN
. erATE.
MIWtKIWTH/jN vl1NISHED /jIVO THE KIN0 BE6li1V HIS TREK TO THE
MOlINrmN TOP?;;-;::====:::-::---l IT 1550 HI6H .. .
IMPOSSIBLE .
itT L!loT RIkIfl5HEXHIIRII REflCHED THE TOP OF THE MOUNT/UN.
HOW WILL I EVER ACHIEVE
n eM M"f -rn~" ~
ffi HE STCXJO THERE; D/jZED WONDERlN6 WHERE TO 8E6fN-
I 5HALL SEND VI5HWRKflRM/\ TO HELP YOU
OUT.
···THE Mfl6NIFICENT TEMPLE WflS SOON COMPLETED.
WILL I FIND A BEFITTING IDOL NOW ?'
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THROUGH THE l ORD'5 GRACE IT HR5 RISEN
NOBLE AN D IMPOSING.
LORD VISHNU DIVINED THE KIN6'5 IINXIETY. HE SENT FOR P,9RffSHURI'IMII.
60 OOWN TO EARTH AS A 5TONE-Cf\RVER.
HELP R1WASHEKHAR.-9 INSTALL THE IDOL .
PAR!1S1fURflMfI LEFT FOR R/jVFJ5HEKHIIRII~ Pi/LllCE IIV "HE 0flRS OF II SCULPTOR.
--,,--'
liT THE KIN6'S COlIRT-
I HAVE HEARD OF YOuR. PROBLEM .I IWI'I BE RSLE TO
SHO W ME YOUR HELP. WARES BEFORE 'fOU TRICE - --UP THE TASK. .
YOU RRE N O ORDtNAR)' SCULPTOR. TELL ME THE TRUTH. WHO ARE YOU?
I RM PRRASHURF\MR. I Hf\VE ALRERO'f
FASHIONED THE IDOL.
PfiRASHURfiMfl ASSUMED HIS OWlY FORM .
TODAY. THE DAY OF MAKRRA ,sRNK-RANTt,IS RU5P1etOUS. t SHALL INSTALL THE IDOL STRAI0HTRWA'f. To""'';?
THU5 IT WilE> TWIT THE IMfll?JE OF flYYIIPPII, As MflNIKfiNTHAN CAME TO BE POPULARLY
KNOWN, WfJ5
MEIiNWHILE THE WICKED DIW/'JIV wti5 IiFFLlCTED BY liN INCURABLE D/5EIiSE .
I HAVE SINNED. WILL I EVER BE CLEANSED '?
I H/WE COME TO WASH AWAY M't SIN5 IN R.EMORsE , HOLY fV\OTHER.5I\VE
-
ONE Nf6HT HE HIiD fl
COME TO MY TEIYIPL.E ON THE 5HASARI HILL aUT ENTER ONLY AFTER. CLEANSING 'tOuR5ELF IN THE
PAMPR'!"
-THE D/WItH CliME ~'g~!:.TH.~~:..!:,.~t1!:r.~G::R-=--_-.d GLOWIN0 WITH "!I HEIILTH - I AM CLEANSED.
THE HOLY MOniER HRS BEEN MERCIFUL.
'If RIVER 51UD TO 8£ ENUVENED By THE SPIRIT OF SHfJBftRf. THE. DE'vOTEE OF LORD RfiMFI.
THEN WITHOUT P/tU.5INg FOR. 8RE/JTfi HE R/lN UP TO THE rE.~M.::A..:'-;::E::'~--,_--,;-_1
I WffEN HE REACHED THe 51WCTUM 5I11VCTOR.UM, CNERCOME By EMonON HE FELL /iT THE FeET OF THE IDOL.
f;lWAMIYE SHf\Rf!NAM RYYf'lPPA !
A'IYAPPA! AYY~PPA !
\
TO THIS D!iY IJs PILGRIMS NlFlKE THEIR WfiY TO THE TEMPLE OF ItYY/lf>pIl, THEY CflLL OUT 'SWflMIYE SHflR/1NflM flYYflPPfI .'
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Amor Chitro Kotho is a coll ection of illustrated classics that retell stories from Indian mythology, history, folktale and legend, through the fascinating medium of comics. Over 400 titles have
been published in the Amor Chitro Kotho comic series that are approved by parents, appreciated by children and accepted by schools.
Mythology 501 I(ri$hr'lO S02 Honumon 510 Buddho 511 Sovilri 512 Toles 01 Vishnu .520 Totes of No.odo 524 Ind.o ond Shibi
Folktales 507 Nolo Domoyonti 523 Romon of Teooli 543 Jotako Toles: Monkey Siooes 553 JOlOko Toles: Jackol SlOries 554 Jotoko Toles: Elephonl SlOries 555 Jotoko Toles: Deer SlOnes 557 Bimol the Witty
History SOB Chonokyo 536 Ashoko 563 Rono Protop 568 Vikromodityo 579 Modhvochoryo 603 Akbar 604 Pnrhviroj Chouhan
Biography 517 Vivekonondo 535 Miroooi 539 Roni 01 Jhonsi 544 Subhos Chondro 80se 548 Robindronorh Togor~ 551 Tulsidos 563 Reno Protop
525 Toles of Arjuno 531 I<omo 533 Abhimonyv 547 GaOJdo 565 Drooo 566 S~ryo 567 Illdro ond Shochi
558 Bimol the Clever 559 Bi,bol the J~st 578 i(esori lhe Flying Thiel 580 Inim~oble Birbol 58 1 Romon the Molchless Wit 584 Gapol the Jester 587 Birbol the Genius
606 Roni Durgovoti 627 Horsho 630 Rono 50ngo 632 Vidyosogor 648 Somvdro Gupta 676 Rona Kumbho 682 Tonoji
564 Shivoji 608 81-.ogot Singh 611 Booosoheb Ambedkor 6135oo.dos 631 Choitonyo Mohoprabhu 636 Krishnodevo Reyo 645 Lokomonyc Tilok
570 Dmhoro!ho 571 DhOJvo ond A$hrovokro 512 Ancestors 01 Ramo 569 I(rishno olld Shishupolo 592 Ghototkocho 612 Urvoshi 663 Min.>ddho
6(7 A Bog of Gold Coins 621 Udoyooo 625 Bortle of Wits 659 Devi Chovdhuroni 664 I(ing I(usho 667 Bikollt1e Terrible 713 The Fool's Di$Ciples
685 Chond Bib; 701 Noor Johon 704 Jollionwolo Bogh 722 Megos!henes 723 Jnoneshwor 725 Sulrono Ralic 734 Bondo Bohodur
647 lot Bohodur Shostri 650 Mohormo Gondhi 678 Veer Sovon.or 679 Swomi Prooovonondo 693 Joyaprokosh Narayan 70:1 Jowohorlol Nehru 732 Sworn. Chinmoyonondo
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Illustrated Classics From India
Awppan The legend of Shabari Malai
A strange and fascinating series of divine events led to the birth of Manikanthrm.
Manikanthan had a glorious destiny. At the end of a life full of dramatic Bvents, Lord Parn hurama himself sculpted and installed an idol 01 him in the hill temple of Shabari. There, as lord Ayyappan, he is worshipped as the p resi d in ~ deity of the entire hill fange .
This lone temple on the top of the Shabari hills, deep in the fOfests of Ketala, attracts millions of devotees from all over the country every year. They travellhrough dense forests full of wild animals, over steep hills and in incleme:'lt weather to obtain his 'datshan' (e glimpse) on Makara Sanbenthi day (which lalls on 14th January each yearl. It is said that the lord comes down to the Shabari Hills on Makara Sankranti in the form of light to give 'darshan' to his innumerable devotees and himself lights the tempte tamp. Then In a moving and beautiful ri tual the pilgrims partake of the 'prasad' and watk backwards down the eighteen steps, their laces turned towards the lord, shining with devotion and ecstasy .
Editor: Anant Pai Script: Shyamala Mahadevan Illustrations: M. Mohandas Cover: C.M. Vitankar
Related Tilles Tales of Shiva • Ganesha • Shiva Parvati
Kartikkeya • Sati and Shiva • Sons of Shiva
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