WOEYA GSEWAGARA, THERE LIVED IN THE VILLAGE OF TENAL/ A POOR LAD CALLED RAMALINGAM . HIS FATHER WAS DEAD AND YET HE MOTHER. HEY, YOUNG MAN! AREN’T YOU ASHAMED OF YOURSELF ? WASTING YOUR TIME HERE WHILE ALL THE OTHERS ARE BUSY IN THE FIELDS WHY AREN’T YOU AT WORK TOO ? I'D LOVE To ! WORK, SIR, BUT 1 CAN’T. MY HEALTH 1S POOR.amar chitra katha IT WAS A LIE BUT THE SADHU SoHE HIM..HE FELT SORRY FOR THE YOUTH. IF THAT IS SO, I'LL TEACH YOU A MANTRA* TO INVOKE THE GODDESS MAHAKALI. WHEN SHE APPEARS, ASK HER TO BLESS YOu WITH GOOD HEALTH. PLL LEARN RIGHT — BUT ITS PLENTY OF FOOD LL ASK FOR. THAT IS THE’ BLESSING BEING CLEVER, RAMALINGAM OR RAMAN AS HE WAS KNOWN, SOON LEARNT THE MANTRA. THAT NIGHT, MUTTERING THE MANTRA TO HIMSELF, RAMAN RAN TO THE TEMPLE. GOOD! NOW GO TO THE TEMPLE TONIGHT. SIT BEFORE THE IDOL AND REPEAT THE MANTRA A HUNDRED THOUSAND TIMES. THE GODDESS WILL THEN APPEAR- a CHANT