Book Title: Awakening of Karkandu Diwakar Chitrakatha 023
Author(s): Pankajmuni, Shreechand Surana
Publisher: Mahavir Seva Trust Mumbai
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PRATYEK-BUDDHA DVIMUKH
A few days later the Indra festival was celebrated in Kampilyapur. Many great kings including Chandpradyot were invited. At the main square a huge flag-post with colourful small silken flags and a large flag post known as Indra-dhwaj was erected. On the full moon day the king, his ministers and commanders worshiped the ceremonial flag post
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Oh! how huge and grand is this Indra-flag!
Its decoration is unique!
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After the ceremony the guests returned. The costly decorations on the flag post were removed. Deserted by the pulsating and celebrating crowds the square became desolate. The flag-post fell on the ground. Dogs and other street animals defecated near it and a stink filled the atmosphere.
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As if it is kissing the sky!
A day or two later Dvimukh passed from there. The miserable state of the once grand flag post triggered a chain of thoughts
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One day thousands of people worshipped this flag post as if it was some divine image. And today it is in such decrepit state....
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