EVENING SHORT STORY OF A MONK, WHO BECAME A KING:
SHYAMA SHASTRI was a minister in KALINGA KINGDOM, Who, influenced by MADHWACHARYA, became his disciple, and took Sanyasi, and was named NARAHARI TEERTHA.
A few years later, the king of Kalinga, died suddenly, and the kingdom was in chaos without a king, as the prince was very young. The queen decided that whoever is chosen by the temple Elephant of JAGANNATHA, would be the King. The temple Elephant, on an auspicious muhurta, was given a garland of Prabhu JAGANNATHA, and left to choose.
The elephant roamed around, garland in trunk, followed by the ministers and reached a cave and started trumpeting outside the cave. A Sanyasi came out hearing the commotion, and the elephant garlanded him. Everyone were astonished to know that he was none other than SYAMA SHASTRI, but were baffled as to how a Sanyasi can become a king.
Upon the orders of MADHWACHARYA, NARAHARI TEERTHA, became the king of KALINGA, and ruled the kingdom on the guidelines of Dharma. With the combination of SHAASTRA and SHASTRA (Knowledge as per scriptures, and Valour), the kingdom flourished and became prosperous.
After ruling for 12 years, when the prince came of age, he crowned the prince to the throne, and adorned his Saffron clothes, to become a Sanyasi again. When the king asked him to take whatever he wished to, he asked for the MOOLA RAMA and MOOLA SEETHA idols, that are in the palace.
MOOLA RAMA and MOOLA SEETHA Vigrahas were worshipped by the Ikshwaku kings even before Rama was born. They were worshipped by Dasaratha, and later by Lakshmana. They were handed over to Hanuman, who wore them in his neck, and worshipped them, till the time, of Dwapara, when they were given to Bheema. They finally reached Kalinga kingdom.
NARAHARI TEERTHA gave them to MADHWACHARYA, and the Vigrahas can till to date be found in RAGHAVENDRA SWAMY MUTT.
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