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11. Thirteen Days in The Horrifying Valleys of
Chambal Before you read this true story
The incident happened on 28th December, 1973. A verbal picture of this horrifying event is given in an autobiographic style by its leaders - Rajendra, Suresh, Navin and Chinubhai. The four youths were kidnapped in the Chambal valley and were later released after 13 days even before the huge bond-money was paid. This implied a secret divine hand at work. The youths gave an interview to the assistant editor of 'Chitralekha' then. Its report was published in the 'Chitralekha' which described this miraculous power only as a superstition and did so in lame, unconvincing words. We found it necessary to narrate the incident so that all will have first-hand and authentic acquaintance of it. The idea is that all readers can entertain a desire for genuine salvation, being acquainted as they are with the miraculous powers of Shri Navakara Mahamantra. The story is extremely romantic
It was a morning of cold and the cold season was of the eastern region. The sunrise had already taken place, and still the effect of extreme cold was very much there. Our bus was running on a lonely road in the ghastly, silent jungles. Our journey had started from Bombay and the Kalyana-tirthas of the east were sporting before our eyes.
On 28th December 1973, we started from Agra to go to Shauripuri. Its tops were calling us already. But who could know that the turns of destiny were strange? As we
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