Another
legend despite having common features upto this point of milking of
the cow over the ant-hill, takes a different turn at this point,
According to it, when Lord Vishnu was getting fed by the milk of the
cows everyday thus, it was beaten by the cow-herd one day. Escaping
from him, the Lord reached an asram where he was treated by Vakula,
the head of the hermitage as per son, and she took upon herself the
whole burden of getting her adopted son wedded to Padmavathi, the
enchanting daughter of Tondaman, the local king. And for the
marriage he borrowed money from Kubera, the richest man of the
fourteen worlds. The marriage ceremony was attended by the gods en
masse. It is for repaying that huge debt, he is collecting enormous
interest from the beneficiaries. Though there is. abundant evidence
of a free play of fictitious elements in this legend, there are
certain historical facts that emerge from the archives, like a king
by name Tondaman did live between 57 B.C. and 78 A.D. and
inscriptions bear testimony to the liberal endownments and
benefactions made to the temple. Invaluable jewels adorning the
Lord, even now lend credence to the story and throw a halo over the
Lord, worshipped by trillion billion millions of devotees all over
the globe. And he is the only Divinity among the Hindu gods who
crossed the seas and settled down in alien countries permanently, in
grand shrines built with million billion dollars borne by ardent
devotees. As irony world have it, the lord is getting entrenched in
the hearts of perfect aliens, who normally oppose diametrically any
thing theistic in consent, import and spirit, in preference to the
test-tube-truths, they are mining out with mental strength and
physical wealth, aided and a betted by huge Government Funds.
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