रिकामा देव्हारा / RIKAMA DEVHARA

by Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar

How charming was the idol! All the devotees were worried about where to keep the idol. The idol answered, "the pure heart of devotees is my heaven.` But then how can one see the idol installed in the heart with naked eyes? All the devotees decided to build a beautiful shrine for the idol. Some brought sandalwood, some carved it exquisitely, day by day; the heavenly allure was appearing in the shrine step by step. Everyday they started worshipping it. Some started bringing lovely fresh flowers for it. Each devotee wanted to prove his devotion. They all started competing each other while collecting things required for worshipping. The Dday arrived. The idol was covered with flowers. The shrine was covered in flowers. There was fragrance everywhere. The highly lighted shrine was now competing the stars in the sky. The devotees performed Pooja with a content mind and turned to go back. Each one stumbled upon something. Each one bent to see what it was. But no one could make out what it was. Every one stamped over it and left. Alas! it was the same idol. Someone, sometime had trown it outside. Who? God knows....

Genres: Marathi

152 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 1, 2008

About the author

In 1920, Khandekar started working as a school teacher in a small town.He worked in that school until 1938.While working as a teacher,Khandekar produced in his spare time abundant Marathi literature in various forms. In his lifetime, he wrote sixteen novels, six plays, around 250 short stories, 50 allegorical stories, 100 essays, and over 200 critiques.

Reviews

[Prashant Mane · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a really good story from khandekar. about love, relationships, relations and justice, humanity. As always he has explained everything through a very good story. He explains how we have to sacrifice our life for more important life principles.

[Rahul Waghmare · Rating 5 out of 5]

समाजाने व्याख्याबद्ध केलेली नीतिमत्ता आणि सामाजिक न्यायाच्या दृष्टिकोनातून असणारी नीतिमत्ता यातील फरक दाखवणारी ही कादंबरी, जरी 1939 मध्ये लिहिली असली तरी, आजच्या जगात सुद्धा तितकीच प्रभावी ठरते.

[Abhay Bage · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simply Classic...!!!