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Tapas Kheer Parna
When Gautam Swami arrived at the bottom of the Ashtapad Mountain, he saw 3 ascetics, with 500 disciples each trying to scale Mount Ashtapad, who could not climb more than 3 steps. Next morning when he came down, all 1503 Tapas were impressed by his achievement and wanted to be his disciples. However due to their earnest desire he initiated them. As all the Tapas were fasting for 3 days, Gautam
Swami arranged Kheer (rice cooked in milk) for Parna. Even though the quantity of Kheer was not enough, due to his spiritual power he could feed Kheer to all of them by
putting his thumb in the vessel.
