And
lo! the brahmin saw the self-same rock cut images of the goddess on
the wall: Destination reached. Relief greeted. Joy overflowed. Just
then, he heard an aerial voice, "My dear son, you have come to
the right spot. This is my seat and I have been living here since
ages. Be you my deputy to announcing to the world about my presence
here and resolve to come to the rescues of my bhaktas, if approached
with true devotion, pure heart and pious intention. And I will
emancipate them from the shackles of punarjanma". She vanished
anon. He obeyed the divine injunction at once, and became her first
priest. He thus made his life memorably useful
by serving the bhaktakoti, conducting regular pujas, and
communicating the MOTHER'S message. After him many officiated as
priests, and the sports of the MOTHER in relieving the deserving
through miracles, went on and on with the passage of time; the glory
of the cave and the bounteous blessings of the Mother spread far and
wide till the MOTHER became one of the pre-eminent of Goddesses and
the temple as the much-sought after one in North Western parts of
India.
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