Aaah... I can almost see the duo of Ramanand Sagar and Ekta Kapoor smacking their respective lips in anticipation. For there finally is a story worthy of the undivided attention of not one, but both of them. Ancient mythology meets Modern day kitsch, in this new script being played out in the (already overloaded?) courts of India.
The sequence of events (from reliable sources) -
- Brahma wants to perform a Yagna at some particular 'auspicious hour' [Hey, if the Gods don't decide their own timings then who does?]
- Anyway, he tells Savitri, who starts getting ready, and as Mr. Brahma keeps saying in his defence, never ends getting ready.
- Brahma gets peeved, goes out, gets married (Wow, THAT'S fast! Or THAT'S slow! Who's view-point are you watching from?)
- Now all this has been done in time for the Yagna, and the newly-weds are just settling down, when Savitri descends on the spot (didn't know even the Indian Gods were such melodrama lovers), finds her hubby dear's Yagna in the hands of another woman and breaks into the inevitable curse...
Result is that there is only one Brahma temple anywhere in the world and that is in Pushkar, Rajasthan. Any way, ye to hui baat sadiyon puraani... Cut to the present time. At a time when "all the magic in the world has ended and it is held hostage by men of reason" (Heh, borrowed from Stephen King) - Brahma is an idol at Pushkar (with his "Waah Brahma Saheb, Nayee biwi! Badhiya hai!" wife Gayatri) and Savitri is at peace at her own hilltop close by - Ratnagiri.
Enter the new actors - Pujaris of the temples Mahant Laharpuri (for Brahma) and Benugopal (for Savitri). Mahant Laharpuri files a case in court asking for part of the offerings in the Savitri temple, saying that (here's the laugh!) as the husband of Savitri he has right over his wife's belongings. Not to be outdone, Benugopal delivers an upper cut - since Brahma has abandoned Savitri, HE should be the one paying alimony! The court, playing a Dhritarashtra type role has said that there can be no exchange of alimony between idols... One wonders why the pujari duo were not fined heavily for wasting the Judiciary's time on such bombastic matters.
However, if the two of them do persist, the courts should pay them back with their own pill, and should throw them into the dungeons. Here's how -
- Since all Hindu deities are perpetually minors, they cannot be lawfully wedded. Both the priests should be incarcerated for abetting child marriages.
- Child marriages are one thing, but polygamous child marriages??! Put 'em behind bars!!!!!
- The grapevine has it that Indra played a big role in these crimes.
Name of the soap? How about "GGhar - Ekk Manndir"... Or maybe the next season of "Desperate Housewives"?
1 comment:
Paddy...have heard a different version about why Brahma has got only one temple. Seems a fiery lingam appeared and Brahma and Vishnu wondered about the origin. So Brahma took the shape of a swan and went up while Vishnu became a boar and burrowed down to find either end. Neither succeeded. However , Brahma found a flower which agreed to testify ( duh ? ) that Brahma had reached the top end. But before they could make a fool out of Maha Vishnu, Shiva appeared and cursed Brahma ( no temple for him ) and the flower ( thazhampoo ) that he would no longer be used in any Siva puja.
Sachin.
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