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MAHABAL MALAYASUNDARI
A few days later suddenly there was an epidemic in Pratishthanpur. The king called doctors and witch doctors. They did all they could including mantra chanting but the epidemic could not be controlled. All of them gave their opinions
Maharaj ! It appears to be some divine curse.
It is the work of some evil spirit.
Please make individual
as well as joint efforts.
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In the evening when king returned to the palace, Kanakamala saw him brooding alone. She came to the king and said
No ! No! Malaya can't be that. You will have to prove this.
Maharaj ! I feel ashamed to tell but your daughter-in-law Malaya
is not human, she is a witch, a sorceress. During the night she turns into a
demon and sucks the blood of citizens. This is the epidemic.
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Maharaj ! During the second quarter of the night you could see all that with your
qwn eyes.
During the night Kanakamala, disguised as a witch, jumped and danced in the courtyard with a sword and a skull in her hands. When the king saw this he ordered his guards
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Go ! Arrest that rascal she-demon.
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