KHATMAND - PASUPATHINATH'S TERRIFIC LOOK

There is a story current that Mukundsen, a remorseless invader, who raided and plundered Khatmand, with a sword in one hand and fire in the another looked at this face, when came to destroy it. A straight look at it shook him to his foundation, as chill passed through his spine instantaneously. Unable to stand its fierceness, he mounted his horse and dashed off for home. Alas, his corpse alone reached home. Such is the terror that face strikes to the wicked, but for the virtuous, it emits rays of compassion and sends thrills of bliss. The priests offer several kinds of prayer services to the presiding deity as done to its counterparts in India. Hours spent in the campus seem like a fleeting moment and it leaves an indelible impression on the minds. And the visitors lock it up in their minds to be cherished for ever. A visit lifts! A sight emancipates!! And the memory recreates the whole sublimity in a flash and plunges one in ecstatic raptures of blissful joy, if recalled.

Have not the gestures sculpted on stone proved more effective and dangerous than those exhibited on human faces when occasion demanded? Would literature ever come nearer for instant out come?

Location : The temple lies in Khatmand, accessible by four wheelers from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

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