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Dhanno served the steaming Kheer in Sangam's plate
Son, it is very hot. You will burn your mouth. Let it cool down
Then she lifted a pitcher
I am going to fetch water from the well. Finish your Kheer and get ready. I will return soon.
Sangam waited for the Kheer to cool. Just then a wanderinal His musing continued ascetic came at the gate. Sangam saw him and thought --
Puran tells that his mother
one day offered Kheer to one Oh! He is the ascetic
such ascetic. A shower of whom I see outside the
gold and silver coins from the
sky followed. Only after that cave. For past one
she made a new house and month I find him stand
bought twenty cows. And he ing at the same
Leats Kheer everyday. spot. He neither eats
nor drinks.
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Sangam was filled with a feel-He got up and approached the ascetic. Joining ing of devotion for the his palms he said ascetic
Giving Kheer to
such saints pleases God.
Revered one, Please come. I
have some Kheer, please
accept it.
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