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Once there lived an ardent devotee of Lord Krishna by name Poonthaanam.

He worshipped Guruvayoorappan (Lord Krishna) with all his heart and soul.
People loved him for his beautiful Bhagavatam discourses.
There is a temple in North Kerala called Kottiyoor. The significant deity in the temple is Lord Siva.
The temple was kept open only for a few days during a year.
There were no human activities in that place for the rest of the year.
Once Poonthaanam reached the Kottiyoor temple and had a bath in the holy river.
He worshiped the compassionate Lord Siva, felt happy, and stayed there for a few days.
He recited Bhagavatam everyday in front of the deity and several hundreds of people listened to
his sweet discourse on the wonderful pastime in the 10th Canto 60th of Srimad Bhagavatam
named “Lord Krishna Teases Queen Rukmini.”
The Lord decides to play with His beloved wife Queen Rukmini and wanted to listen to Her.
He playfully asks Her why She wanted to marry the Lord when She had better choices like King
Sisupala, Salva, Jarasandha, etc.
Hearing this Queen Rukmini faints and Lord consoles Her.
This is the gist of the chapter.
Poonthaanam finished reading this part of the chapter and kept the bookmark at the end of the
chapter so that he can continue reciting from the next chapter.
Next day, to his surprise, he found the bookmark at beginning of the same chapter.

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