THE LIGHT HOUSE PART-4

Time passed. Sylvia was happy in her life. Her in-laws were always on her side and supported in all the decisions she took or wanted to take. One fine day, she took permission from her father -in law for visiting her grandpa and Nanny. she wanted to spend her time with them. She was granted permission. She packed her bag and came to her grandfather's house. She was happy to see her grandpa fit and healthy though he looked older. Nanny was taking good care of him. She was also getting old but was cheerful on seeing Sylvia. After casual talks, she went to the kitchen to prepare snacks of her taste. Sylvia and Grandpa were left alone in the room.

Sylvia sat near to grandpa on his couch and started sharing her thoughts. She told him that though she is happy in her life somewhere she was finding something missing. She talked about her dreams that she was at a mysterious place in the deep jungle and a ruined building. The ruins revealed a very irregular layout, reminiscent of the palace, cities of ancient times, and looked unique. Every now and then she had seen the same place in her dream as if that was calling her to visit. She even did not know as to where that place was. After the dream, she felt restless and wanted to be at peace. Her grandfather asked her to visit Banaras as she always loved that place. On finding this solution she felt happy. She spent the week with grandpa. All-day she kept on discussing something or the other regarding business and daily life. The people around her loved Sylvia very much as she was not egoist or rude.

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One day she was helping the nanny in cleaning one cupboard of one of the rooms which were not in use for many years. Rarely, it was cleaned as no one needed that room. Grandpa’s house was very big having many rooms and stores. While she was cleaning, she found that there was a hidden hook inside the cupboard. She turned the handle right and she saw that there was a small drawer having some old, pale-colored documents wrapped in a red cloth bag. Out of curiosity, she took out the same and went to her room. She locked the room from inside and started understanding those documents. It had some map-type thing and some mysterious signs and a locket with a snake sign on it which she could not understand. It was written in an old forgotten language. She tried hard to decode and understand but nothing she could do. At last, after dinner, she went to her grandpa and showed him the bag full of documents. Grandpa told her that it was given to him by his grandfather who told him to keep it a secret and to hide it from everyone. He told him that it was wealth to him given to his family by his ancestors. He promised that he would tell him about this but before he could explain it, he passed away. Being a secret, he kept that bag at a secret place in one of the cupboards. He shared with her that it is somehow related to some treasure or some concern regarding their family. Time passed and he got married and was busy with his family and had completely forgotten about this bag. He told her that now she should keep this bag with her so that she could solve this mystery.

Sylvia took the bag and kept it at a safe place. The second day, she started packing her bag and kept the red cloth bag along with so that she could solve it when she will be alone in her hotel in Banaras. She bought the air ticket and left for her destination the next day. She booked the hotel room and took a rest as it was sunny outside. In the evening she went to Ganga Ghat for the Ganga Aarti. The Ganga Aarti of Banaras is a shining beacon of devotion and blessing that makes anyone experience the divinity in and around. It is an organized activity that begins by lighting up the multi-tiered ceremonial brass lamps and well synchronized and rhythmic chanting of the holy mantras. Sylvia loved this a lot and felt peace in her heart and mind. After supper, she started reading the old ancestral documents but she could not decode the language. The signs were strange but must be having some message. It was late night so she slept. That night she again saw the same ruined place in her dream but this time she saw some sort of sign on the black wooden door of the palace-like structure. She tried to remember as to where she had seen these signs. She got up panting a lot. It was 4 a.m..

She recollected the signs. These were the same as mentioned in the documents. Now she was able to reconnect the relation of seeing the ruined building in her dream and finding the ancestral documents along with a locket. She made a cup of tea for herself to get rid of these thoughts. She got desperate and wanted someone who could solve this mystery. That evening around 7 p.m. She went to watch Ganga Aarti. She closed her eyes and was also praying at Ganga Ghat. She was completely lost in chanting mantras. Suddenly she heard that someone called by her name. Prayer was almost over. She opened her eyes but could not see anyone on both sides. She took it lightly and tried to climb the stairs to go to the market area. While she was climbing, she got a glimpse of the same old hermit who met her the first time and led her to her Grand pa's house in Kovalam. She ran and in excitement hurt her foot.

She never wanted to miss that hermit and ran towards him. She approached him and touched his feet and got the blessings. The tears started rolling out on her cheeks. He blessed her and asked her to come to his place on the other side of the Ghat where usually no one comes. He asked her about her grandpa and herself. She told him about her dream and about the documents she found. He smiled but said nothing. She insisted and requested him to help her in solving this mystery. He just said that he knew about this bag and her arrival at Banaras. He told her that the time had come that she should be briefed about this. He explained to her that she had been chosen by the angels as she was a star seed and she needed to finish some pending tasks of her ancestors. She was curious to know about all this. She had great faith in him and believed every word spoken by him. He held her hand and made her all that she wanted to understand.

She felt that she was actually present there watching all the happenings held during that time. This ruined building was very beautifully structured with pink sandstones surrounded by green grass trees laden with flowers and fruits it. People were doing their work without anyone’s knowledge. She was shown all the area. In the main hall, a mature, smart, and handsome man wearing a blue long Silk kurta with pure gold embroidery and a lot of gold and diamond jewelry, and a turban, was sitting on a throne. He looked calm a cheerful. No worries could be seen on his face. Then a man with the golden turban comes there with a letter in his hand. He read out the letter in a language which Sylvia could not understand.

On seeing the letter, the master got angry and said something. He called the meeting and three people came there. They sat in the locked conference room and discussed something. They spread the loud leaf paper and drew some signs and symbols and prepared the kind of map. The master was none but the great grandfather of Sylvia's grandpa. He opened some wooden boxes full of gold coins and diamonds and asked them something. All the wooden boxes were locked and held on a cart. The master along with those three trustworthy people went towards a dense forest where stood the ruined Shiva temple surrounded by long elephant grass. They had all the boxes there in the underground of the temple and closed the entrance door with some chants.

The entrance of the underground was hidden that no one could see. After hiding all four came back to their place at night only. They seem satisfied. The other three went back to their houses. After this with a jerk, Sylvia opened her eyes and found herself at Ganga Ghat along with that hermit. He freed her hand and told her that master was honest, religious, pious, kind, and helpful. He worked hard and saved all his treasure to help the needy persons of his estate. He had three sons and a beautiful daughter. The daughter got married in a rich and nice family. The elder two sons got married but the youngest son who was very handsome and brave was very close to his father. The eldest son's wife did not like this and always provoked her husband to get control of all the Treasure. He avoided it for some time. When she felt that her husband was not paying any heed to her pleas, she started playing this technique with her brother-in-law as he was very greedy.

After a few months both the brothers planned and killed the younger brother in the deep jungle on the pretext of hunting the tiger. They came back home and acted in front of their father that he was attacked by a tiger and killed. They tried to save but could not do so. The father was sad and felt lonely. He knew that both the brothers might have played the game. So he hired people to keep a watch on both the brothers. Then he said that what she saw, the hiding of treasure and securing the same by chanting some Mantras was the result of spying on the brothers. The man with the golden Turban was the most trustworthy worker of the master. He told him about the plan of killing the younger brother and getting hold of all the money. that's why the money was hidden. After a few days, the master died and his trustworthy man vanished somewhere with the family due to fear of being killed by the brothers.

The brothers kept on searching for the money but could not find it. It is said that since then the spirit of the master was guarding that treasure. People say that only a pure soul can find that entrance door and can open it. He further said that it was she who could decode the science and find the Treasure to help the needy persons of our country. Then he took out one locket having the same sign as she saw on the entrance door. He chanted a few mantras and asked her to remember to repeat the same without forgetting at the Entrance Gate. he guided and gave her all the necessary instructions to follow. ask them about the location of the place where she had to go. He explained to her the way. He said nearby that there is a tribal Colony. This Shiva temple was built during the 13th to 15th centuries. This place certainly exists on a hilly terrain of the Nallamala forest in Telangana. The water from the peak of the hill directly falls on the Shiva Lingam. this Ancient Temple of Lord Shiva, 4 km up the hill near Chandampet Mandal. no one goes there as it is surrounded by a dense jungle having a lot of wild animals like tigers, leopards, etc. Only tribals take their cattles for grazing there but no one goes near that. It is said that a cobra snake Guards this place. if someone goes there with bad intentions never survives. Only during the monsoon, tribals pay their tribute and offerings to the snake but from a distance. Sylvia panicked on hearing this.

But the hermit assured her that nothing would happen to her. He instructed her to wear the locket she found in the cupboard along with the locket given by him. He warned her not to go in the monsoon period. Secondly, she should go alone. After that, the hermit told her to go and prepare for her journey. After saying this he vanished. Sylvia came back to the hotel. After staying for two days in Banaras she took the flight back for her home.