Kumara Parvata... :)

Kumara Parvata alias KP... it was one of the treks i always wanted to go on.. Had heard a lot about it, had seen real wonderful pictures of them too...

Anala called me and asked KP next weekend? He he he, felt as though i heard the best of the question and at that moment i was IN.... Had to wait for a week... Whole of that week all i did was thinking about how beautiful the place might be.. :)
THE DAY came in and i had to pack my bags and run.. Bus was at 10.. and i was all set by 7.. :D yeah so very much me.... We packed our bags gathered in majestic around 9.45 PM on friday... Vinod,Jayashree,Anala,Sarathy and me.... Started and on the way i had promised all of them that i would wake them up when we pass through hassan(whatever the time may be)... And ofcourse no doubt i did.. :D

Reached Kukke Subramanya by 5 in the morning. First thing first had a nice cup of tea on the chai shop... Since karthik maasa ended there were special pooja done in temple and fair was supposed to start the next day... We finished our breakfast in one of the hotels near the temple. (Couldn't go to the hotel which Anala referred they said they will take time to provide bfast)

We started our climb at 6 and first question was to vinod, how far is the climb to Bhatra mane(since that's the place we can halt for a while). Vinod replied... JUST 10 mins :D and just another 2 hills climb and we are there... Ok.. we really didnt know how long does vinod mean by 10 mins..... I used to think, Vinod is one serious kind of a person. But by the end of trek we learnt how much fun is Vinod.. :) He claimed himself as SILENT person... we got to know how he is with TIME.. :D

Since we started our climb early in morning, initially it was little dark. After walking a while, could see the forest is getting thicker and inclination in the climb getting little tough... After a while reaslised i am surronded my lotsa of mosquitoes.. Even when no one at home will be bit by mosquitoes, i can see they find me. Now think of my state... :( Loads of mosquitoes bit me :( , hands started looking red. I realised this was the the case with just me and Sarathy... Rest everyone looked fine and no mosquito bites :O . I was surprised but this is happened to me before a lot of times.. I looked for help from anala for odomos( Since i had known she had put it in her bag while packing). But she changed her bag and she forgot to take it from that bag.. :) Unlucky me...

One good thing is i had a full armed t-shirt to help me in the situation.. We walked for quiet a while probably for two hours or so. The questioned popped up again. How far is it Vinod.... Same answer. We reframed the question. How many more hills to be crossed? Surprisingle same consistent answer .........

Vinod started singing malayalam song... Songs which we never understood, and ofcourse in one strange way( I am sure the song would be nice to listen to when sung in a nice way).... We were stopping here and there and we had Vinod booosting our energy, pushing us by words.. litreally pushing us at times... and how can i forget the way he said., go gooooo gooooooooooooo goooooo with one malyali accent.. :) But that's the only thing which made our climb easy and nice...

Whenever we stooped we found issues with mosquitoes and we were taught to do a chicken dance to get rid of mosquitoes.. We enjoyed it.. we did it almost through out the trek...

Jaychee was told by vinod that if she walks ahead and quick she get longer breaks.. Poor thing, she believed and she walked ahead of all of us.... She started saying "Move it move it" and started to walk ahead of us...Suddenly she started running backwards and she isnt telling me anything.... All she told me was RUN RUN RUN... and we both started to run back... She saw a SNAKE!!!!!! Me and jaychee are dead scared of snakes, we cant see them, we cant stand them and we cant even look at them in TV... Imagine what would be running on our minds.. :) Then after that vinod took the lead and we both walked in midst of people.. :D

Leeches weren't supposed to be there in this season... But my luck, i did get few of leech bites too....We reached grasslands by 10 and after that we lost the fear or snakes and we forgot about it compleetly till we were climbing down........On our way there were lotsa of gooooooo gooooooo gooooooo and some more malyali songs.... We made lot of fun of sarathy saying " You don't have a facebook account? What do u do?"... We scared Sarathy, that will discuss more on him on FB and we will surely create one fake id on his name and play around.. he he he he... We almost felt like we took rukku with us... :)

Vinod was telling a story about bhattra mane people and bhattru. Bhattru owns a house and a piece of land on one of the peaks on the way to kuamara paravata.. i was surprised to know there is no other way to reach his house than come through this 6 kms walk through the junlge. He cooks and serves food for people who trek and gives them place to stay there tooo... All you need to do is call him up and inform how many people are coming and how many meals do you need.... Bhattru has one servant who carrys stuff for him everyday(rice,dal,etc).. That guy would run up and down couple of times a day.. Should have seen him running up the hill.. We had parked ourselves for some rest and we saw that guy with one rice gunny bag on his shoulder running towards bhattra mane.. Man we were stunned to see him... But that's his life.... We were sooooo astonished to see him...

We fianlly reached Bhattru mane by 11 AM and we had plans of finishing our lunch and start the climb again. We had decided we will climb the hill and come back and stay at bhatrra mane... We were all hungry and tired and sat and relaxed.... Drank water from stream and water tasted soooo sweet and nice...

We saw already soo many people there at bhattra mane. People who have climbed down and resting there, People who are set to climb that day.... Big bunch of people... Every group was big numbers.. Vinod was telling that bhattru was disaapointed when vinod said just 5 people are coming.. :)

Bhattru is one nice man... He is all upto himself and he loves people around and sure is a quit wit guy... He speaks kannada,malayalam,tamil,hindi,tulu and what not... He would converse with each person in any language he wants to. Since vinod is a frequent KP visitor, he is known Bhattru very well.... Bhattru was fun to converse with... :)

"FOOD IS READY" one wonderful most awaited statement to hear... he he he he.. we all rushed with our plates and ate royally.. Rice with Potato erulli huli was awesome..... We finished our lunch and started our climb. Now we left lots of our things at his place and we packed just 2 back packs with food and cameras and water and resumed our climb towards kumara parvata....

We asked Vinod the basic question agaian... HOW FAR? Ofcourse he replied consistently "10 MINS" and he told us we will try to make it to the peak, but worst case will climb till where ever possible. We had to be back before it was dark....

There is one view point near bhattra mane... There are some 4 benches put in there on a concreted place... We sat there and one photo session happened and it was sooo beautiful from there.. wherever we saw we could see GREEN...... Moved on from there... Our aim was to climb Pushpagiri atleast... Paid toll to enter the forest area( Where vinod had a say as he paid 115 and wont pay 200 and all that).. Started our climb again... Now it was just grassland.. we had to climb in midst of grasslands....

Now we were lot tired... we were still trying to walk and make it to the peak and mantap... After walking for 2 hours we could see mantap and now we had more energy to walk... Vinod is a POWERBOOSTER.. he would push everyone, ask them to take deep breathes and helped them to strech and walk..... we did make it to peak of pushpagiri... we were walking beyond it and we stooped for a photo session... Lots and Lotsa of photos taken. Suddenly Jaychee said... i want a nice picture with green background.. Here we go me and anala were ready with my green duppatta just behind jaychee's head.. :D Photographer Sarathy took a lot of pictures too...(he prefers taking pics inclined ;) ). Then we started our downclimb towards mantapa....

While climbing down legs started shaking.. It was hard too.. But lesser breaks.. We went to mantap and we had few more clicks there and we started towards bhattra mane...

After downclimb of 2 hours we reached bhattra mane.. on our way down same question of how long was asked and same answer of 10 mins was given... Then we met few guys on our way who asked Vinod how long and he had answer right.. he said 40 mins... He explained later that we would ask him 4 times atleast every 10 mins and he prefers saying 10 mins always and he called himself an consistent SILENT person...

Everytime we used to sit and take a break he would start singing and that indicated he is trying to chase us... so for us all we know about the malayalam song was used to chase us.. :D he he he he he...

We reached bhattra mane by 7 in evening and all we wanted was to sleep.. We came and we saw sooo many people already there.. We came in and it was said food would be served by 9 and we were too tired of sit and wait.. we went and pulled our sleeping bags and slept till they called us for food.. Outside there were too many conversations which we could hear... Belive me there was one guy who was speaking soo much about himself,his life and what not and rest of the people just listened and lotsa of questions asked.. That guyes bullied everyone is all i can say... :P

Sarathy is one guy to be mentioned about... He was carrying i guess every kind of medicine he could... We started to sing "Nedaduva Medical Shopuuu" he he hehe and pulled his leg around a lot.....
Anyways once done with dinner all i remember is getting up in morning.. Got up and all of us had tea and we had one more set of photo sessions(potraits) from vinod's camera... We walked up to the view point and spent ample time there.... GREEN GREEN and GREEN is all we saw and we were lost there... None of us wanted to come back.. :( Alas we cant do that and had to be back... But the beauty of it is going to stay in our eye forever...
We came back and ate out breakfast and got ready. Vinod has promised to take us to a place where bhattru generate electricity... We did manage to walk down to the stream and ofcourse it was nice and beautiful...

We started our downclimb and gettign down took 4 hours too.. we decided to play anatashkari.... and we sang and sang and sang..... Was nice to remeber olden days when we used to play it.... Most memorable song we sang was "Nee Neerige baare chenni bindge hidkondu"... ha ha ha and everytime we made Anala walk with a water bottle... he he he... that sons is still on my mind....

We reached Kukke by 4 and we had our lunch.. finally found a place to stay and got freshened up and we left for the temple... Sakat timing we just made it to the temple just before closure... :) Roamed around did some shopping and got onto the bus at 10 PM....

One of the most memorable treks.... Songs like "neerige baare chenni","move it move it", malyali songs(though cant name any)... and Ofcourse Goooooooo GOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOO of vinod.... awesome one..

Cheers to Vinod,Anala,Sarathy,Jaychee and ME... :) Awesome one... :)

Star Gazing.....

It was time of Hailey Comment. I guess i was in high school.... I remember the Hailey Comet.... and the struggle me and pappa did to watch it.. We used some techinque to build our own telescope.. To a lot of extent we were successfull too... Just not a brilliant effort was one of the most successfull ones... :) I was all smiles... :) I guess most of the kids would have couple of common dreams about their future when they were young... Ex: Astronaut, Doctor, Pilot... I mean.. these are the common ones almost every kid dreams of when he would be growing.... So was I...... When i was young, me and pappa used to do a lot of star gazing.. lot of days we would ly down on terrace looking at the sky and talking about stars... As a kid i have enjoyed doing it... Not to mention about the way we used to get on to the terrace(one broken ladder).... my mom never dared to get onto that terrace ever... :)

I mean i always used to enjoy looking at sky..... i love to see those stars.... try to make your own constallation looking at them... interpret in your own way was sooo much of fun.... after i came into mysore... i had company to star gaze again... Me and Madhavi... Ha ha ha ha.. we used to say we would combined studies and it was more of fun that studies... :P We used open the terrace door and star looking at trhe stars and enjoy... I really cherish those days... :) We had named one star as DISCO star.... ha ha ha... but i finally found the real name of it... its called a DOG STAR(Not a very serious name either ;)) Good OLD DAYS.... :)

Now came in a time in my life where i could say that i am going to do a REALTIME STAR GAZING.... Before i came to Cincinnati i had collected a lot of information on star gazing by Pat.... I was looking forward for it too.... I was sooo thrilled to know i could do it for real... Man... that's one chance for life time... For me anythign connected to stars was just what i had seen in Nehru Planetorium... It was limited to that.... But that expereince of the planetorium is one to cherish too....

I waited for 3 months for THE DAY OF STAR GAZING.... I have bugged Pat enough about when are we having clear skies.. It was just not clear skies, the climate had to get better t

oo... since it was tooo cold to be in open... This was my last week in Cincinnati... I had almost given up on the plan... But Thursday evening Pat gave me a call asking me to get ready for friday for the STAR GAZE..... I was thrilled.... I did find out from our transporter(Raju) if he would like to join... He is one enthu KID... :) He was equally thrilled as i was.. So all the plans were made and set...

Pat got us all the route to the state park and he told that its going to be really cold, better dress for the cold... Friday we were supposed to reach the state park by 7... But we the enthu people, we reached the place by 5.45... :) Its one big space with a lake around... It wasnt so cold when we went there and were all set to see the GADGETS... :)

Pat came in by 6.30 and he opened his car boot and we were like staring at the stuff he had got with BIG OPEN MOUTH....... He first set one small telescope and he asked to have a look at Jupiter before moon rises.. since it was a full moon day, there could be issues with bright moon light.. and then Pat started unwinding the accessories of his telescope... I was dumbstruck looking at soooo many things and such big telescope.... Wooooow.... he set it all in few minutes.... By then we did have a look at Jupiter and could see three of its moons tooo in smaller telescope...

The telescope which Pat set, was somehting i had seen just in palnetorium... was eager to look through it.... and here we go.. BINGO, did see jupiter and its moons clearly..... was all thrilled... by then amit started saying he was glad to see GURU which is his griha.. :) he he he he.......

It started get colder, and colder with time.... By then moon started to rise.. and i had never seen mooon soooooooooooo big as i saw that day.. i was surprised and felt had missed something so far... Moon loooked invariably beautiful.... :) Tried to capture the pictures of moon too.. But i bet what my eye saw cant be seen in the pictures... :) BEAUTIFUL....

Then Pat started explaing us about few start clusters... easiest which all of us recognised was orion.. i always used to see orion as a cluster which looks like a teddy bear... :D Yeah my interpretation.. and got to know the correct one completely as pat explained.. :D Did see some more as name them...

Next to orion he showed a very small star cluster where i could see nebula soooooooooooo colourful and sooo beautiful.. Trust me that was THE DAY..... I mean so many years we read about whats star cluster, nebula, and all that... I mean looking at it was a BIG THING for me.. in between pat told us about the expeditions he had for astronomy... and trust me PASSION is the only word which can explain it.......

Then was the turn to see saturn... And we had take few breaks in between and stand near the heater to get ourselves a little warm atleast... my legs were totally numb... so was raju's....... But we overlooked everything, bcoz this was a dream come true for us... :)

Then we took a lot of pictures.. which i am still processing.. will post it sooon.... I had best of the experince.... hats off to PAT's passion towards astronomy.... and i am soo glad we had equal enthusiasm to watch it.. :) Now we are die hard fans of PAT's passion... :)

ಪುಣ್ಯ ಕೋಟಿ ಕಥೆ

Don't know suddenly i remembered this song today.... When i was a kid amma used to sing this song to me... She says i used to cry whenever she sang me the lines where punyakoti leaves her calf in the cowshed and heads towards the tiger... Now amma sings this song to my Siddhanth, he is learnt to say the story too... Thought will blog this... I am sure most of you would know this song and would have something to say about this too... :)

For those who don't know this is nice story you want to read... :) have some translation for this Kannada song too.. :)

ಧರಣಿ ಮಂಡಲ ಮಧ್ಯದೊಳಗೆ
ಮೆರೆಯುತಿಹ ಕರನಾಟದೊಳಗೆ
ಕಾಳಿಂಗನೆಂಬ ಗೊಲ್ಲನ ಪರಿಯನೇನಂತು ಪೇಳ್ವೆನು

I speak about the cowherd Kalinga residing in the resplendent country of Karnata(ka)

within the middle region of the earth .

ಎಳೆಯ ಮಾವಿನ ಮರದ ಕೆಳಗೆ ಕೊಳನೂದುತ ಗೊಲ್ಲ ಗೌಡನು
ಬಳಸಿನಿಂದ ತರುಗಳನ್ನು ಬಾಲುಗೆ ಕರೆದನು ಹರುಷದಿ
ಗಂಗೆ ಬಾರೆ ಗೌರಿ ಬಾರೆ ತುಂಗಭದ್ರೆ ತಾಯಿ ಬಾರೆ
ಪುಣ್ಯಕೋಟಿ ನೀನು ಬಾರೆ ಎಂದು ಗೊಲ್ಲನು ಕರೆದನು
ಗೊಲ್ಲ ಕರೆದ ದನಿಯ ಕೇಳಿ ಎಲ್ಲ ಹಸುಗಳು ಬಂದು ನಿಂದು
ಚೆಲ್ಲಿ ಸೂಸಿ ಹಾಲ ಕರೆಯಲು ಅಲ್ಲಿ ತುಂಬಿತು ಬಿಂದಿಗೆ
ಸತ್ಯವೇ ಭಗವಂತನೆಂಬ ಪುಣ್ಯಕೋಟಿಯ ಕಥೆಯಿದು

Playing his flute under the young mango tree, the cowherd called to the cattle standing around him

“ Ganga (e) come, Gauri come hither, mother Tungabhadre come, Punyakoti you too come”

On hearing the cowherd’s voice, the cows came closer, and upon milking them, the vessel was filled to the brim.

This is the tale of Punyakoti who believed that Truth is God

ಹಬ್ಬಿದ ಮಲೆ ಮಧ್ಯದೊಳಗೆ ಅರ್ಭುತನೆನೆಂಬ ವ್ಯಾಘ್ರನು
ಅಬ್ಬರಿಸಿ ಹಸಿಹಸಿದು ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ಕಿಬ್ಬಿಯೊಳು ತಾನಿದ್ದನು
ಮೊರೆದು ರೋಷದಿ ಗುಡುಗುತ ಹುಲಿ ಭೋರಿಡುತ
ಚಂಗ್ಗನೆ ಜಿಗುದು ನೆಗೆಯಲು ಚೆದರಿ ಹೋದವು ಹಸುಗಳು
In the middle of the spreading forest, a hungrily roaring tiger named Arbhutan lived in a cave among the mountains

Bellowing and thundering with rage, the tiger in search of a meal leapt and jumped amidst the cattle upon which they ran helter - skelter.

ಪುಣ್ಯಕೋಟಿಯೆಂಬ ಹಸುವು ತನ್ನ ಕಂದನ ನೆನದುಕೊಂಡು
ಮುನ್ನ ಹಾಲನು ಕೊಡುವೆನೆಂತು ಚೆಂದದಿ ತಾ ಬರುತಿರೆ
ಇದಿನನಗೆ ಆಹಾರ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿತು ಎಂದು ಬೇಗನೆ ದುಷ್ಟ ವ್ಯಗ್ರನು
ಬಂದು ಬಳಸಿ ಅಡ್ಡಗಟ್ಟಿ ನಿಂದನಾ ಹುಲಿರಾಯನು
The cow named Punyakoti, thinking of her child and planning to feed her was coming by

“Today I have found food” thought the wicked tiger and circling the cow he stood blocking her way

ಮೇಲೆ ಬಿದ್ದು ನಿನ್ನನೀಗಲೆ ಬಿಳಹೊಯ್ವೇನು ನಿನ್ನ ಹೊಟ್ಟೆಯಾ
ಸೀಳಿಬಿಡುವೆನು ಎನುತ ಕೋಪದಿ ಕೂಳ ವ್ಯಾಘ್ರನು ಕೂಗಲು
ಒಂದು ಬಿನ್ನಹ ಹುಲಿಯೇ ಕೇಳು ಕಂದನಿರುವನು ದೊಡ್ಡಿಯೊಳಗೆ
ಒಂದು ನಿಮಿಷದಿ ಮೊಲೆಯ ಕೊಟ್ಟು ಬಂದು ಸೇರುವೆನಿಲ್ಲಿಗೆ
ಹಾಸಿದೆ ವೇಳೆಗೆ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿದೊಡವೆಯ ವಶವ ಮಾಡದೆ ಬಿಡಲು ನಾನು
ನುಸುಳಿ ಹೋಗುವೆ ಮತ್ತೆ ಬರುವೆಯಾ ಹುಸಿಯ ನುಡಿಯುವೆನೆನ್ತಿದು

“I will fall upon you and bring you down. I will split your belly” screamed the tiger.

Punyakoti says “Listen Tiger, I have a request. I have a son in the cowshed. I will feed him and return to you in a minute”

“At a hungry time when I have cornered you, if I do not capture you, you will slip away. Will you come back? You are lying” says the tiger

ಸತ್ಯೇವೆ ನಮ್ಮ ತಾಯಿ ತಂದೆ ಸತ್ಯವೇ ನಮ್ಮ ಬಂದು ಬಳಗ
ಸತ್ಯ ವಾಖ್ಯಾಕೆ ತಪ್ಪಿ ನಡೆದರೆ ಮೆಚ್ಚನಾ ಪರಮಾತ್ಮನು
ಸತ್ಯವೇ ಭಗವಂತನೆಂಬ ಪುಣ್ಯಕೋಟಿಯ ಕಥೆಯಿದು

“Truth is our mother and father. Truth is our near and dear. If the truth is not followed, the Supreme Self will not approve” answers Punyakoti

This is the tale of Punyakoti who believed that Truth is God

ಕೊಂದು ತಿನ್ನುವೆಯೆಂಬ ಹುಲಿಗೆ ಚೆಂದವಾಗಿ ಭಾಷೆ ಕೊಟ್ಟು
ಕಂದ ನಿನ್ನನು ನೋಡಿ ಪೋಗುವೆನೆಂದು ದೊಡ್ಡಿಗೆ ಬಂದೆನು
ಆರ ಮೊಲೆಯನು ಕುಡಿಯಲಮ್ಮ ಆರ ಬಳಿಯಲಿ ಮಲಗಲಮ್ಮ
ಆರ ಸೇರಿ ಬದುಕಲಮ್ಮ ಆರು ನಂಗೆ ಹಿತವರು?
“I have come after promising the tiger who wanted to kill and eat me that I will return to him after seeing you” says Punyakoti to her child

Punyakoti’s calf: “Whose udder shall I drink from? By whose side shall I sleep? With whom shall I live? Who is there to be good to me?”

ಅಮ್ಮಗಳಿರ ಅಕ್ಕಗಳಿರ ಎನ್ನ ತಾಯೋಡ ಹುಟ್ಟುಗಳಿರ
ಕಂದ ನಿಮ್ಮವನೆಂದು ಕಾಣಿರಿ ತಬ್ಬಲಿಯ ಈ ಕರುವನು
ಮುಂದೆ ಬಂದರೆ ಹಾಯಬೇಡಿ ಹಿಂದೆ ಬಂದರೆ ಒದೆಯಬೇಡಿ
ಕಂದ ನಿಮ್ಮವನೆಂದು ಕಾಣಿರಿ ತಬ್ಬಲಿಯ ಈ ಕರುವನು

Punyakoti: “Oh mothers and sisters, those born to my mother, please look upon this orphan calf as your own”

“If he comes in front of you, please do not gore him. If he gets behind you kindly do not kick him. Please look upon this orphan as your own child.”

ತಬ್ಬಲಿಯು ನೀನಾದೆ ಮಗನೆ ಹೆಬ್ಬುಲಿಯ ಬಾಯನ್ನು ಹೋಗುವೆನು
ಇಬ್ಬರ ಋಣ ತೀರಿತೆಂದು ತಬ್ಬಿಕೊಂಡಿತು ಕಂದನ
ಸತ್ಯವೇ ಭಗವಂತನೆಂಬ ಪುಣ್ಯಕೋಟಿಯ ಕಥೆಯಿದು

“Son, you have become an orphan. I am going into the mouth of the great tiger. Our bond ends here” Punyakoti hugs her child

This is the tale of Punyakoti who believed that Truth is God

ಗೋವು ಕರುವನು ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಬಂದು ಸಾವಕಾಶವ ಮಾಡದಂತೆ
ಗವಿಯ ಬಾಗಿಲ ಸೇರಿ ನಿಂತು ತವಕದಲಿ ಹುಲಿಗೆಂದಿತು
ಖಂಡವಿದೆಕೋ ಮಾಂಸವಿದೆಕೋ ಗುಂಡಿಗೆಯ ಬಿಸಿರಕ್ತವಿದೆಕೋ
ಚಂದವ್ಯಘ್ರನೆ ನೀನೆದೆಲ್ಲವ ಉಂಡು ಸಂತಸದಿಂದಿರು

Leaving the calf behind, the cow with no further delay stood in front of the cave door and said anxiously

“Take my flesh, take my meat. Take the warm blood from my heart. Oh fierce tiger, have all this and be happy”

ಪುಣ್ಯಕೋಟಿಯ ಮಾತಾಕೇಳಿ ಕಣ್ಣಿರನು ಸುರಿಸಿ ನೊಂದು
ಕಣ್ಣೆಇವಳನು ಕೊಂದು ತಿಂದರೆ ಮೆಚ್ಚನಾ ಪರಮಾತ್ಮನೂ
ಎನ್ನ ಒಡಹುಟ್ಟಕ್ಕ ನೀನು ನಿನ್ನ ಕೊಂದು ಏನ ಪಡೆವೆನು
ಎನ್ನುತ ಹುಲಿ ಹಾರಿ ನೆಗೆದು ತನ್ನ ಪ್ರಾಣವ ಬಿಟ್ಟಿತು

Listening to Punyakoti’s words, the tiger was pained. Shedding tears, he says “If I kill and eat you it will not please God Almighty”

“You are like a sister born with me. What will I gain by killing you?” So saying, the tiger jumped down and gave up his life

ಸತ್ಯವೇ ಭಗವಂತನೆಂಬ ಪುಣ್ಯಕೋಟಿಯ ಕಥೆಯಿದು

This is the tale of Punyakoti who believed that Truth is God