Water started reaching to Maleth from Chandrabhaga River.
He completed the work of tunnel making work on the same day. In the mean time a stone ascended on the head of Gaje Singh. He and villagers were busy in cutting the hill for making tunnel. One day, he took his son Gaje Singh with him. After watching his hard work, villagers also came to help him. Slowly, slowly he started to cut hill for making tunnel. Bhandari took necessary appliances and started digging tunnel to get Chandrabhaga water to his village Maleth. There was a hill in between Chandrabhaga River and his village. Madho Singh Bhandari took vow to get water canal in his village. The court men insulted him that there is no water canal in his village. Second day, Madho Singh Bhandari reached to court. She tells that it is the job of men to dig canal. Sarcastically, his sister in law tells that there is no water canal in his village that the villagers would enjoy vegetable a s spinach, onion, garlic and other green vegetables. His sister in law offered him bread without vegetable.
Bhad Madho Singh Bhandari asked his sister in law for meal. One day, Bhad Madho Singh Bhandari returned to his village from court. However, the history does not match with folk sayings for two great personalities being same.
Usually, Bhad Madho Singh Bhandari of Garhwal army and Bhad Madho Singh Bhandari of Maleth village are said to be same. The present story is related to brave Bhad Madho Singh Bhandari who dug the tunnel to bring water canal up to his village Maletha. (The write up is dedicated to Bhola Datt Devrani for his works on Garhwal Folk and Modern Literature) Maletha ki Kool Folk song/Folktale about great Social Work and Sacrificeįolklore, Folk Legends, Folk Myths of Kumaon-Garhwal, Haridwar, Uttarkahnd-65įolklore, Folktales, Folk Ballads, Folk Stories of Human Behavior, Human Emotions, Human Relationship, Human Psychology, Human Sensitivity, Human values, Human Sacrifices, interpersonal bond from Haridwar, Garhwal, Kumaon (Uttarakhand) – 12
0 kommentar(er)
