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“Hey people, listen to the story of Kaalahasthi”

“The story of Sri Kaalahasthi”

“Hey people, listen to the story of Kaalahasthi”

“The story of Sri Kaalahasthi”

“You’re blessed listening to this story or visiting the holy place”

“The dance of Lord Shiva”

“Parvathi Parameswaram”

“Hey merciful Lord bearing Ganga, blue necked Lord Shiva”

“Hey Lord Shiva, protect us”

“A devotee of Lord Shiva was born as a spider”

“He built a nest for the Lord in the temple”

“Stubborn Lord testing his devotion”

“Created a huge fire with his fiery eye”

“To save Linga from the raging fire, spider let go life by jumping in the fire”

“Shiva blessed him and gave a place in his heart”

“He added Sri at the beginning of Kaalahasthi’s name”

“Name of Lord Shiva resounded in the skies”

“Earth is blessed with the greatness of Lord Shiva”

“This is the greatness”

“This is the greatness of Shiva”

“Bless us to take your name, hey Lord Shiva”

“Hey Lord Shiva, protect us”

“A proud serpent brought the gems over its head”

“Worshipped Lord Shiva with great devotion”

“An elephant feeling to be the greatest worshipper, with its trunk”

“Pushed the gems aside and showered water”

“The serpent with a rage entered into elephant’s trunk”

“Unable to bear the pain, elephant banged its head on a rock”

“Lord liked sacrifices of elephant and the serpent”

“He gave the word ‘Kaalahasthi’ along with Sri”

“Name of Lord Shiva resounded in the skies”

“Earth is blessed with the greatness of Lord Shiva”

“This is the greatness”

“This is the greatness of Shiva”

“Bless us to take your name, hey Lord Shiva”

“Hey Lord Shiva, protect us”

Goddess Parvathi, you have won. I shall grant you a wish.

You have past wishes you still haven’t fulfilled,

Why new boons again?

Looks like Goddess Aparna is angered.

I have left wishes ungranted, you say? Tell me to whom I still owe a boon.

You said you’d raise a shrine honoring the three: the snake, spider,

and elephant – the Sri Kala Hasthi who sacrificed their lives in devotion to you.

Mother of the World, I know your heart’s desire.

Soon you will evolve as Gnana Prasoonambica in Srikalahasthi.

You'll present salvation for devotion, knowledge and eternity.

How’s that possible?

My dear…

God’s grace guides human will.

The Lord’s will entwines with man’s.

The life-expanding Vayulingam will be worshiped by all.

Where there is now dense jungle, a shrine to wisdom will arise.

A man is born..

He will transcend generations.

He will initiate the shrine’s construction…

and span the Great Ages, spreading light across the universe.

Who’s that person born with purpose, looked up by this three eyed Lord?

Hey! We got a great fruit.

Thinna, you never stop. We got a ripe fruit!

Kethu pointed it out and asked for it. I hit it for him. Give it to Kethu.

Kothi kommacchi jingora jinga. Jingora Jinga.

-Thinna, my chain! -What happened, Kethu?

Let’s go to the carnival! Hurry up! It’s starting!

Shambhaa...

Shambha. Shambha. Shambha!

Shambha. Shambha. Shambha! Goddess possessed again.

Maremma madam! What is The Goddess saying?

Mother asks that we sacrifice one person to end the deaths in our hamlet.

Mother says to let go a hundred lives in return for one sacrifice.

Another human sacrifice?

Hey! I think you mean, we will return the life Devi gave him back to her?

Do you want Devi’s wrath or her blessings?

Blessings, Mother.

In the sacrificial temple of Bijja bali: thunga!

Thunga! Sacrifice! Sacrifice!

Bless us, mother!

Thunga! Thunga!

Look! This is the eye ammori.

Whoever this eye catches a glimpse of must be sacrificed.

It’s been the ritual for generations.

Goddess!

Goddess!

-Thinna! -What? -Stop, man.

-Shambha... Shambha… -Have Mercy Mother! I beg you at your feet.

I can't watch my son being sacrificed. Instead, kill me and give him life.

Stop...

His life is no longer his.

He will be sacrificed for the sake of the village. Let go!

Sacrifice. Sacrifice. Sacrifice…

Kethu…

Sacrifice. Sacrifice. Sacrifice…

Father! What are they doing to Kethu?

Your mother fell victim to the fever that spread throughout the village.

We believe this sacrifice will help stop the dying.

Show respect.

Sacrifice? You mean they’ll kill Kethu?

Shambha..

-Thinna.. -Thinna, stop!

Kethu!

Sacrifice… Sacrifice… Sacrifice…

Sacrifice… Sacrifice… Sacrifice…

Sacrifice… Sacrifice… Sacrifice…

-Kethu! -Sacrifice… Sacrifice…

Shambha… Shambha… Shambha…

Shambha… Shambha… Shambha…

Shambha… Shambha… Shambha…

This is not God. It’s nothing but a rock!

Only stone!

There’s no God, father.

-That’s just a stone. -Thinna stop!

-There’s no God. -Thinna…

-That’s just a stone. -Thinna stop! Wait!

Mother... You said that God saves people's lives.

What's that, mother? He took away Kethu’s life.

There is no God, Ma. It’s just a stone.

It’s just a stone.

Thinna… Thinna…

Don’t say that Thinna. It’s wrong.

You can speak against humans but not against God.

There’s no God, Father. If he were here I would kill him!

I would kill him!

No, Thinna…

Why are you so happy, God of gods?

He threw a stone, not a bilva leaf.

When he thinks of me and throws even a stone...

that feels like a bilva leaf for me, Bhavani.

You think an atheist like him is going to worship you?

Change is part of nature, Devi.

I know Thinnadu exists, and eventually he’ll realize I do too.

Look at the stone thrown by Thinna in anger, Devi.

My cutie...

Help! My baby! An eagle carried off my baby!

Please help!

My baby!

Thinna.

Hey! Thinna.

Thinna!

My baby!

Here! Your child is safe. Don't you worry.

You restored my child and my life to me, Thinna.

-You are a god to us! -No! Not that! -Ganga!

Ammoru saved your child, not Thinnadu.

I, a human, saved its life.

If it were up to that rock, we would’ve had to give him a sacrifice.

I will protect all children. That’s my vow!

Thinnadu's vow!

-Chief! -Yes! -Tell us tales of Thinnadu.

Listen, I’ll tell.

His birth is a story all its own.

Mother Forest, his teacher, taught him the art of the hunt.

His vision seems ordinary, like any of ours,

but it is keen and sharp.

He went to pick mountain flowers… on his way back, he encountered a tiger.

Thinna was just six years old, but he wasn’t scared.

He picked up a nearby spear.

The tiger stared at him.

Thinnadu returned the gaze.

Just before the tiger pounced, he thrust the spear into as into

a mound of red clay.

That was all it took—the spear sank right into the tiger's throat.

So, I made a bow for him out of a rib from the tiger he’d slain.

I crafted arrows from the horns of a spotted deer.

His hunt started in childhood, and still continues.

Sir! How many times will you bore them with the same tale every day?

How many times will you repeat the same story?

Your story always feels fresh no matter how many times I tell it.

Yes.

That's fine, let’s go to sleep. It’s already late in the night.

Just one more little story.

-Father, let's go. -Mallu, you tell.

Ok, move on!

We got to narrate such warriors' tales to the children.

Why are we not getting anyt hunt today?

You take that side and I’ll go here.

-Ok? -OK!

[VOCABLES]

Who are you? I don’t think you’re from our Village.

Don’t just stand there like a tree trunk.

Can’t you speak?

Deaf? Arrogant?

Nemali, I caught a rabbit! Come see!

Thinna, I bagged the deer!...

Thinna!

Thinna!

What’s with you?

A stunning girl captivated me. She appeared and then vanished.

Disappeared, means... Probably a ghost!

My Lovely Ghost.

Who are you? Why are you coming without permission?

What’s all this bending?

What is it like to be welcomed with swords by the teacher? Isn't that strange?

Tsk, tsk, tsk.

Who are you people?

We are the worthies who have come from the banks of Swarnamukhi river to civilize you..

Oh!

We came here on the invitation of this Hamlet’s Queen.

Honored gentlemen, greetings.

Greetings..

This is my colleague, Srimaan chowdeshwarappa garu.

And my colleague, Sriyutha kankubatteswara garu.

Masters, This is our daughter, Nemali.

Nemali. Why did you cover yourself with so much ash?

Do you stroll the graveyard like Shiva?

Who said Shiva wanders graveyards?

Again with your smart mouth.

Why do I have to keep telling you?

For 27 generations our family has been the leaders of our clan.

We wield the sword.

If you walk around worshipping Shiva like this, what will happen to our power?

Shiva gave us the power, right?

See masters?

She goes around wearing devotion on her sleeve,

Bring down her devotion, enhance leadership qualities and

make her into a greatest leader of all these hamlets.

Not a problem.

We trained the Lion in leadership and now he’s the king of the forest.

Then I charge you to transform my daughter into a princess.

As you wish, so be it.

Teachers, don’t listen to my mother.

I dream of the Vayulingam every night.

Can you show it to me?

Madness, girl.

The Vayulingam is guarded by the Bhadraganas.

Regular folks can’t just drop in for a visit.

Mister MahadevaShastri.

The very embodiment of Lord Shiva.

Blessed by Parameshwara.

Wise scholar. Foremost authority on the four Vedas.

When he bows his head and prays, he is Kalahastheeswara.

When he lifts his head he is the fearsome Kalabhairava.

He alone is the supreme one watches over Vayulingam.

“Dama Dama Dama Dama – Vishwalingaa”

“Dhimi Dhimi Dhimi Dhimi – Visfu Lingaa”

“Damadama Damadama – Abhayalingaa”

“Dhimi Dhimi Dhimi Dhimi – Aathmalingaa”

“Over there he stands, Mahadeva Shastri”

“Right here he is, Mahadeva Shastri”

“He awakens – at Brahma's gentle touch”

“The forest awakens – under his gaze”

“His forehead adorned with Shiva's divine touch”

“This Shiva contemplates deeply”

“To the rhythmic Damaruka beats in his heart”

“This Shiva (Hata Yogi) listens intently”

“When he closes his eyelid – he becomes fierce Shastri”

“When he opens his third eye – he transforms into destructive “

“He is the pillar of faith and aspiration”

“With the reflection of Shaiva gracing his countenance”

“When he closes his eyelid – he becomes fierce Shastri”

“When he opens his third eye – he transforms into destructive “

“He is the pillar of faith and aspiration”

“With the reflection of Shaiva gracing his countenance”

“Om Namah Shivaya”

“Om Namah Shivaya”

"How sublime, how mysterious form of Vayulingam”

“You have granted me alone the opportunity to touch you”

“Shivam resides in the Sun and the Moon”

“Shivam flows through the nine nerves”

“Shivam permeates the Earth”

“Shivam stretches across the vast sky”

“Sound of the waves of Ganga descending to touch you, resonates as Shivam”

“You embody the form of the boundless Skyland”

“You serve as the foundation for all living forms upon this Earth”

“The form of Shiva encompasses the entire universe”

Sharvaya! Bhavaya!

Thrinethraya!

Neelakantaaya! Bhasmangaraagaaya! Namasshivaya!

Jagadhbhurandharaa! Salutes to the Pranalingam.

Here in the glorious Mrityunjaya holy land where you, the first Ordained,

gave life-giving alms to the young Markandeyu and made him...

one of the seven immortals.

Your breath on Kailasa peak is the same as blows through this southern Kailasa.

Our family, descendants of the Agasthya clan, were entrusted to perform the Shiva ritual.

This Vayulingam, the great secret of Shiva, must not be discovered by outsiders.

I will not allow it to be desecrated.

I will not permit blasphemous acts.

I vowed this to my father.

As a witness to the Vedic verses delivered by the Goddess of the Vedas, Mata Gayatri.

I swear on my sacred thread.

I will sacrifice any life to preserve the glory of this Vayulingam,

even offer up my own.

Auspicious Shiva!

Auspicious Rudra.!

What is it, Tikki?

The other day, you followed close on Mali’s horse’s swaying tail.

Yesterday, you poked around Shivangi's horse.

What is this behavior? You can’t stop yourself?

How many horse lovers do you need?

One should be enough.

Just as my lovely Ghost would be for me.

Don’t be upset.

I myself saw her only that once. Next time I’ll introduce you.

Oi.

How do we get to the Vayulingam?

You’re going to that brick?

What nuthouse of a land did you escape from?

What do need that rock for?

We have something important to do. Please tell how to get there.

Straight through the forest, you’ll see four hamlets….

you’ll come to the Swarnamukhi river.

Bhadhraganam, guards of the lingam, will show up and tell you the rest.

Hey Sivangi, does your mother Maremma know about your love with Maali?

Oh no, she'd kill if known.

Here, have water.

The journey from a long distance has made us quite thirsty.

Can you give us something to quench our thirst?

All yours, Chief.

To quench this thirst, a pot of water won’t do.

We need the body of one of your mountain folk.

Get back here!

-Run for your lives! -Sieze them!

Let me go!

Hey, catch guys.

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

He escaped. Let go!

Who are these people? I’ve never seen them around here!

Do you have any idea whose people you killed?

My brother is on his way.

And who’s he supposed to be?

Kalamukhudu..

Kala… Kala… Kala…

Kala… Kala… Kala…

My brother Kalamukha is no mere man. He is Yama, Lord of Death.

Kala… Kala… Kala…

Kala… Kala… Kala…

Hey! Only fifty of us have arrived yet, you see.

If we’d carried and taken the Vayulingam, you might have stood a chance.

But now, my brother’s coming.

He’ll come with an army of hundreds, thousands, even lakhs and ruin all your hamlets.

He'll take away Vayulingam.

His army will decapitate your men before your eyes…

and subject every woman to brutal suffering.

We're dead if Kalamukha arrives.

Have no fear.

Lord Vishnu in the form of Varaha...

the boar rescued the Earth Goddess Bhudevi from the demon…

since then, we have dwelt in peace in this forest.

No bandits or troublemakers have dared encroach on us.

Good they don’t attack by Goddess’s grace. What if they attack?

They’re an army of thousands. What can we do, Chief?

Let them come in millions. We’ll end them.

Spear-throwing is not as easy as talk.

To win the war, we need to perform rituals for the Goddess.

If not, she'd sip everyone's blood dry.

We will be left with corpses.

Maremma is right about one thing.

Everyone would die.

But, how we died doesn't matter.

It’s the cause for which we die that gives our lives value.

If we can truly win using pumpkins and lemons, why use arrows and axes?

Who says we need to raise an army?

A single lion can overcome ten wild elephants.

We have the power to vanquish such a lion with just a single arrow.

We are untamed, and each of us as fearsome as a hundred lions.

You all just say yes for the war.

I’ll take the vanguard. My aim is to kill at least a thousand.

Not thousands, let them come in Lakhs. Let's fight.

And that’s my vow. Thinnadu's vow.

She gathers lemons... burns the pumpkins.

And that’s how she expects us to win.

The real suffering in this village is due to no one but Maremma.

You always come to your mother's side you're upset, Thinnaa .

Thinnaa. We’ve followed this tradition for generations. Pay Devi respect.

You know my feelings about that stuff.

I know.

That’s why I never pressed my belief in God on.

You’re free to believe as you will.

But there’s nothing wrong in respecting other's beliefs.

I can't perform a ritual I detest and don’t believe in, father.

I can't withstand saying as belief when a mistake is being done.

I don’t have the strength.

Please, just have some of this.

I don’t want it.

Just take it. Please.

To battle Kalamukha, Thinna, the five clans have to work together.

Aren't we capable of facing them on our own?

Thinna, it’s just as wrong to overestimate one’s enemy out of fear…

as it is to underestimate them by denying how dangerous they are.

You really believe the other clans will set aside their long time grudges and stand with us?

A new enemy is far more dangerous than an old feud...

They’ll come together to fight but not to fight as one.

I have grave doubts, Father.

I already sent word to get it going.

Everyone is committed.

As a Father and the Village leader, my order stands.

What can I say now?

We welcome Chanda, their leader of Bhalluka's and his people.

Hereditary worshippers and the guardians of Vayulinga,

we welcome the leader Kampa and his army.

We welcome the leader Mundadu, his son Bebbuli and whole clan.

We welcome the clan queen Pannaga, princess Nemali and the whole clan of women

The leader Nadhanadha and his son… Welcome to Thinnadu!

Nathanatha, Kalamukha is invading your village.

Why should we help? Why did you send for us?

He is not my enemy alone, he is all our foe.

Oh!

If he launches an attack, he will lay waste to the five hamlets.

He wants the Vayulingam. Bhadragana is its protector.

Why should we get involved in that conflict?

We are self-reliant.

We can safeguard the Vayulingam on our own.

We aren’t as feeble as bangled folks in Pannaga's village.

Keep quiet, Gavvaraju.

For thousands of years, women have been leaders in our village.

Our Nemali is more than capable of dealing with any challenges posed by the enemy.

Pannaga is talks too much.

Settle down.

Anyone daring to speak ill of Pannaga,

be warned, my mace can dispense grievous consequences.

What non-sense. We shall see about that.

-Hey! -Hey, come!

Wait!

-Hey, come! -Will all of you please calm down?

We share a lineage.

Our ancestors divided this forest into five parts and left them it to us.

Why?

For our collective contentment within our respective domains.

Yet, here we are, embroiled in needless conflicts.

Let’s put aside these grievances and unite against our common foe.

I raise my hands and bow in humility.

Father, I don’t like you bowing.

Why should I be ashamed to humble my head to protect…

the heads of our villagers.

Father, I am willing to bow my head or even cut it off for your sake.

If Mother is in danger will the children fight amongst themselves or save it?

This forest is our mother too. We all must unite to face Kalamukha..

Well said, Thinnadu.

Thinna! Let us stand together, young and old, and confront this.

We’ll carry on henceforth under Thinnadu’s leadership.

Bebbuli is our leader.

Three people are needed to lift Bebbuli's mace.

We need such a strong leader.

-Shamba… -Bebbuli…

All those who want Bebbuli for leader indicate support by raising your hands.

Bebbuli.. Bebbuli.. Bebbuli…

And those who want Thinnadu for leader, raise your hands.

Thinna! Thinnadu… Thinnadu…

Thinnadu… Thinnadu… Thinnadu…

Thinnadu… Thinnadu…

Out of five Clans, three want Thinnadu. Thinnadu is our leader.

Thinnadu… Thinnadu… Thinnadu…

He is the leader.

Father,

he needs to be alive to be a leader.

Ha ha ha …

Brother, Tenkhana!

Hey!

You come here with that message without killing the killer of my brother?

Kalamukhaa!

It happened as I expected. From a long time now,

The warriors, the brave, the hunters, the archers, are protecting the area of pottapinadu.

Bappaswamy,

you said Vayulingam can revive the dead.

You said entire sand turns gold, just by the breeze from it.

The murderer of my brother who came to capture the Vayulingam…

I will not spare Thinnadu,

I will destroy Thinnadu's village, his forest, and him,

and get my Vayulingam.

Blessed Shiva, I brought you cashew fruits, guavas, jackfruits and honey.

I hope you enjoy them to your heart's content, Swami.

Yo, Shishya..

Learned sir?

What do you make of this girl’s devotion?

I feel, Guruji, if we don’t show her the Vayulingam,

someone else will come along and do it.

Yes, yes, me too.

Before he gets here, handle my body for once...

Shiva Shiva. Shiva Shiva.

Om Namah Shivaya..

Om Namah Shivaya..

Om Namah Shivaya..

Ow! That hit me in a bad place.

Om Namah Shivaya..

What is he doing? He’s eating all the fruit.

What he does is none of our concern, Guruji.

His hand is almost as big as your thigh. Let him be.

Yes it is..

Om Namah Shivayya..

Look, masters! Shiva has eaten all the fruit I offered.

Ah, Shivayya ate all your fruits.

Shivayya… Shivayya…

There’s Shivayya now.

Hey you!

You should be ashamed, eating the fruits I offered to God.

I'm coming.

Are you crazy? Rocks don’t eat fruits.

Don’t call Shiva a rock!

What else should I call a rock but a rock, Queen Nemali?

Shall I push my sword into your heart?

My heart is filled with you.

There’s no room left for your sword.

A banyan tree-sized man, brought down by the strength of a girl.

I had the strength to overpower an elephant,

but it evaporated when I gazed into your eyes.

If you have so much strength, win the war.

Not me.

I’ll win both the war and you.

It’s my vow. Thinnadu’s vow.

Nathanatha, here is the engagement proposal of my daughter Sivangi with your son Thinnadu.

Thinnadu doesn't believe in Devi or the words you she speaks through you.

How can you make an alliance with him?

Thinnadu has now become the leader of the five kingdoms.

Tomorrow, he will be crowned king, and my daughter will be Queen.

After their union is consecrated,

Thinnadu will be bound by his oath to Shivangi and will be unable to act against me.

Nemali, why are you so shy within?

You fought with Thinnadu and now are you in love?

Thinnadu has a good heart.

What's wrong if I fall in love?

He loves his hamlet so much.

Won't he take at most care of his wife?

Courage, dare, loyalty, morality! He's all in one.

He knows it all. That is my Thinna.

Oh, is it?

Wow, nice cluster of palm fruits.

Wow, cluster full of fruits.

What’s so funny?

Never seen anyone try to do that before.

-Let's go. -Show me then.

Why us here as a disturbance?

No, you are the future queen, I will guide you to hit it.

Hold this.

Can you see the fruits?

I can see the whole bunch.

Focus on the one fruit you like best.

There...

I did.

Aim the arrow where your mind is.

I did!

Hold your breath.

I did.

Shoot!

How skilled you are.

But you knocked down the whole bunch!

The Ice water Apple.

Gah!

It’s okay, leave it alone…

Aha! Such a strong leader,

but a drop of water falls and you act like your eye fell out!

My Father told me I have my mother’s eyes.

I beheld my mother through them.

Then I saw you.

I want to see you with them for the rest of my life.

“Promise upon Mother Jungle's flowers”

“Promise upon Rain's moist kisses”

“Promise upon the Morning Sun”

“Shall I approach, becoming the step beneath your feet?”

“Promise upon the delicate eyelids of your eyes”

“Promise upon the braids that formed your hair bun”

“Promise upon your eyes that gazed upon me”

“Shall I transform into the rhythm of your heart?”

“In the sky street, there is a beautiful Moon”

“With its sweeping beauty, playing romantic games”

“In the cheeks of marigold, in the sound of kisses”

“Are you listening to my words?”

“Upon hearing new sounds in the hugs”

“It feels new, this time”

“Greetings to the ones who gave birth to you”

“How did they give birth to you like this?”

“May some star steal your eye”

“What can one do if it comes down like a needle like this?”

“Are you listening?”

“Oh sounds in the river of lips”

“That’s why I am hurrying like a boat”

“Don’t leave me, even in your dreams”

“Don’t let chaos wedge between us”

“I will look after you than I do for my own breath”

“I will cherish you as if you were my own life”

“Pausing along our journey, pausing and laughing”

“There’s a great disturbance within me”

“Adding each other’s names, erasing the distance”

“In the manner that feels like going crazy”

“Greetings to the ones who gave birth to you”

“How did they bring you into this world?”

“May some star steal the twinkle from your eye”

“What can be done if it falls like a needle like in this way?”

For how many more years are we going to steal kisses?

Can’t we expedite our marriage?

We will. We will. After the New Moon.

-Thinna, move. -Hmm.

Why?

-Just a bit. -Why?

Your breath touches me with a warmth.

Let it be.

The feeling is…

something… unexplainable.

Let it be.

An intoxicating, ticklish feeling inside… all new…

Intoxicating…

Let it be..

Do you really want me to move?

Thinnaa...

Thinnaa...

What?

Sacrifice! Sacrifice!

Shambha...

-Shambha… -Sacrifice! Sacrifice!

Sacrifice! Sacrifice!

Sacrifice! Sacrifice!

-Shambha… -Sacrifice! Sacrifice!

Sacrifice! Sacrifice!

Shambha..

Sacrifice! Sacrifice!

Sacrifice! Sacrifice!

Sacrifice! Sacrifice!

Sacrifice! Sacrifice!

Sacrifice! Sacrifice!

Mali...

Mali...

Sacrifice! Sacrifice!

-What is he doing? -I don't understand the same.

Thinna, what are you doing?

I’m asking the same, Father. What is this?

Spilling blood in front of this rock gives no one any power.

No more human sacrifice!

Thinnaa, I'm ready for the sacrifice.

You fool.

You should be on your way to kill thousands of enemies in war.

Thinna!

This is a long time tradition here. It is to insult Goddess if that's stopped.

What kind of stone god craves hero’s heads when they’re needed in wartime?

Let’s respect our benevolent mother, sisters, and daughters.

Forsake this rock that thirsts for blood.

Human sacrifices will not take place as long as I live in this hamlet.

I will not permit it.

This is my vow… Thinna’s vow.

If you save Mali’s life, we all will lose ours.

Mother will narrow her red eye.

Mother…?

Mother to who? To whom did she give birth in this hamlet?

Whom did she raise?

'Mother' signifies nurturing, caressing, caring...

A creature that consumes others is a wild beast.

How can we call this a mother when she devours our fellow humans?

A god should protect our hamlet by consuming our enemies...

If warrirors are sacrificed when danger arises, humans will not be left in this hamlet except the huts, father.

Is this stone bargaining to give a hundred lives by taking one life, a Goddess?

Who are you to question tradition?

What kind of leader defies the forest tradition?

YES!

Whatever Maremma declares is Ammori's word.

-How dare you question Ammoru’s word? -I defy.

I question. This is a plot to eliminate Mali, who loves Shivangi.

That's a lie.

You know it’s true.

Hey!

You want us to pay attention to this?

Nathanatha, your son holds no affection for our deities or fondness for sacrifices.

He lacks faith in ritual observance.

Why put my faith in them?

Why bathe idols that don't sweat?

Why marry stones that lie inanimate?

Why houses for rocks that can’t feel warmth or cold?

Why appeal to those without ears? Why prostrate before them?

We must bow down to them? Huh?

Oh, you are pointing faults in Gods.

You’ve been fraternizing with Nemali, who is pledged to marry me.

Is that not inappropriate?

I’m not going to marrying you!

Ask your mother.

Yes! We made a commitment.

-We have every right to arrange your matrimony. -No.

Without learning their daughter’s feelings,

no parent has the right to orchestrate a marriage.

I have pledged my heart to Thinnadu.

My union is with him and only him.

I assert my claim. And who dares to stop me?

Just a minute.

You lay one hand on Nemali, you lose it.

Thinna…

There’s a tradition in this woodland.

If two men have a dispute over a woman, they must engage in a contest.

The winner gets the lady’s hand.

The competitors may use their preferred weapons.

I don’t need any weapons to defeat him.

My two strong hands are enough.

Let's see if your hands work as much as your mouth.

Bebbuli… Bebbuli… Bebbuli…

Bebbuli… Bebbuli… Bebbuli…

Thinnadu… Thinnadu… Thinnadu…

Thinnadu… Thinnadu… Thinnadu…

Bebbuli… Bebbuli… Bebbuli…

Thinnadu… Thinnadu… Thinnadu…

Bebbuli… Bebbuli… Bebbuli…

Hey Thinnadu, I’ll kill you.

I’ll marry Nemali, have some fun with her, then leave her.

And I assure you, every man in my village will do the same with her.

Thinnadu… Thinnadu… Thinnadu…

Thinnadu… Thinnadu… Thinnadu…

Thinnadu… Thinnadu… Thinnadu…

Thinnadu… Thinnadu… Thinnadu…

Thinnadu… Thinnadu… Thinnadu…

Thinnadu… Thinnadu… Thinnadu…

Thinnadu… Thinnadu… Thinnadu…

You want to fight more?

First hit your father and kill him and then kill all of your village and your tribe.

Father…

You’re turning every clan member into an enemy, when we are making friends..

Hey Bebbuli, get up man.

Are you the leader of your clan or a monster who possesses people?

You call for us to unite but you end my son’s life?

We will not be united with such a guy.

Nathanatha, we will not tolerate an insult to Ammoru.

This is unforgivable.

Come, let's leave.

Wait! Wait!

Please, wait.

For those who defy the goddess, who strays from our ways,

who ignore the wisdom of our elders, there is no place in this village.

I right away expel Thinnadu, who sowed discord during the union of our five clans.

Father!

You can’t mean it, Father!

You saw what happened with your own eyes.

Why point your accusatory finger at me?

My decision is final.

You have no place in this Village. Leave.

Father..

Until now you’ve cried at your mother's graveside.

If you refuse to go, from tomorrow onwards you’ll be crying at mine.

My Lord. Please don’t be hasty. It seems like Thinnadu is not at fault here.

Father in law…

Father, you're in anger.

It’s not a mistake, if committed when you’re angry.

But your heart knows what’s right and wrong.

Stop...

Mother, let me go.

I love Thinna. I’ll only marry Thinna.

If you talk of him or even think about him I will not spare you.

I’ll kill you. Come.

Thinna.

Thinna.

He then expressed his disbelief in the existence of God,

and now he’s separated himself from all relatives and friends.

So, explain your belief that such a person will be your great devotee, Divine Lord?

Everything is done for a reason.

His devotion is why he took this incarnation.

His search for truth, strength of will, unparalleled archery skills,

should remind you who he is, Devi.

See with the eyes of knowledge, O Divine Queen of the Court in Kalahasthi,

and you’ll know who has sailed the river of eternity to come to Earth as Thinnadu.

Om Namah Sivaya!

Om Namah Sivaya!

Om Namah Sivaya!

Om Namah Sivaya!

Om Namah Sivaya!

Om Namah Sivaya!

Om Namah Sivaya!

Om Namah Sivaya!

Om Namah Sivaya!

Hey!

Kirata… My spiritual heat has grown tainted from living as this Varaha creature,

so I have shed its form. Take its body away.

Heck, Kid.

You're doing me a favour?

The kill is mine. The territory is mine.

So this Varaha is mine. Get lost!

That arrogance won't do.

You know this is Arjuna, son of Kunti, you're mouthing off to?

Oh... You're Arjuna!

I've heard of you.

You found out someone was a better archer than you.

You couldn’t handle it, so you had his thumb cut off, huh?

Get lost. Get out of here.

So, Kirata, it’s not enough to mock just me, you mock my archery ability, too?

I can prove my skill with just one arrow.

Well, aren't you the talented one.

Can you hit that hole in the tree over there faster than me?

See if your luck is better with the sword than with the bow.

A tribal man competing with this Kireeti?

That's impossible.

Who is he?

“Who is he, who is this tribal man?”

“He is three eyed Lord ruling the three worlds”

“Who is he, who is this tribal man?”

“He is three eyed Lord ruling the three worlds”

“He is not Keechaka putting down Arjuna”

“He is Lord Shiva blessing with strength to the needy”

“He is Lord Shiva in disguise”

“He is Shiva looking like a monster”

“He is Lord Shiva”

“He is Lord Shiva”

Ego makes even the finest weapon worthless, Kid.

Admit defeat now and you might get another chance to win.

Lord of Lords. Almighty.

Shiva Shankaraa. Gracious One..

He with the mountain of matted hair.

Who can triumph if Lord Shiva is their opponent?

That I boasted of skill in Archery, but mine is nothing next to your power.

Why test me? I am your penitent, my Lord.

I thought giving the most powerful Pasupatastra without testing…

your power would be inappropriate.

Lord. Shining Solitude.

Lord of Mercy.

All my worldly emotions melted out with your holy appearance.

I have no desire to use these weapons, but neither do I desire

to win the pleasures of heaven.

Shower your mercy and blessings and let me serve your holy feet.

Grant me salvation, Lord of All.

Not in this life, Arjuna.

You have a key role in the righteous war that will soon take place.

I have much for you to do in this life.

If you pursue the righteous path in the next birth,

you will obtain the salvation you seek.

Another life?

My reward for my years of penance is only to wield Pashupatastra,

I desire unity in death with Shiva. How many Great Ages must I do penance, Swami?

Mighty Warrior,

call my name but once with true faith in your next life as Thinnadu,

and I will merge you into me.

Om Namahsivaya!

Thinna is Arjuna?

Arjuna failed to save 16 thousand gopis after Krishna left his incarnation

in the Third Great Age and lost in the hands of boyas.

He is reborn this time as a result of constant obsession with his past failure.

Karma rules everyone.

And when will Thinnadu be free from that karmic bond?

You and I are both eagerly wondering when that will happen.

Queen Pannaga…

You invited us here to teach Nemali. Nemali doesn’t need us anymore.

Nemali, you learbt a great lesson in life.

You have the courage to oppose anyone for your love.

Mr. Pinch!

Queen Pannaga, no problem if you mistook my name.

But do not take a wrong decision in regards with your daughter.

Nemali,

you take one step out my sight, you divide us forever.

I’ll take that step and seven more with Thinnadu.

You’re upset your father sent away.

No, not at all.

If my father said, ‘Throw yourself into that fire,’ I would obey him.

I'm not worried about myself.

What's to become of my father?

Everyone has to reckon with loneliness.

It’ll be tough.

But facing it we learn what people,

our relationships, and life itself really mean to us.

I am away from my father and village.

Why did you come to me, Nemali?

You are my family.

This is my village.

You are my strength and honour.

I have it all here with you.

And where will you live?

Didn't your father teach you how to build a hut?

What will you eat?

You know how to hunt, right?

Who will you confide in?

I don’t confide and waste time.

Then how about we get married, Nemali?

Sure. Is there a temple around here?

My mother's resting place is the greatest temple I know of in the whole world.

Mother, bless us, even though Father's not here to we're see us married.

I now place my life in your hands, Thinnaa.

Nemali,

I’m not like rain. my love and every thought whirls around you.

I'm like the breeze.

My love and heart will be around you as long as I breathe.

It's my vow.

Thinnadi vow!

“Being half, each other’s half, from now on, you and me”

“Let’s be one world, being your partner, I’m taking a step forward”

“The sound of both lips is a kissing battle”

“The twisted moustache”

“If the fold around the edge of waist is pointed out”

“As long as there is life”

“I wish us to be together and share you the hug”

“As long as there is time”

“I wish to live with you as an indelible story”

What is this for, husband?

This is to call for you.

If hit for once, you shall bring me water.

If hit twice, serve me food.

What if hit thrice?

Fulfil my desire!

So, this will be damaged soon, husband.

You always hit thrice, right?

Fine, but if some animal attacks when I'm gone to forest and you fear...

bang that hard thrice.

Wherever I’m, I’ll come immediately. Ok?

“If I am with you the new age is killing by being winter”

“Your breath becoming warm fire”

“In the streets of flowing waterfall”

“Shall we take couple baths”

“Shall we rule the castles of the heaven?”

“Even by stealing the time in next births”

“Shall I offer you this birth?”

What is this scribling?

No husband, don't say so.

Maybe Vayulingam is like this. I always dream of it.

Take me some day and show it to me, husband.

Should I take you to that stone?

No way!

Stop having those crazy dreams.

“With unbearable grief of being separated”

“Won’t the breath stop?”

“If you leave me even in the blink of an eye”

“Colourful jasmines have thrown rainbows for us”

“The night sky made a canopy of moonshine”

“Soon after the dreaming, it comes true”

“Is this destiny ours?”

“Being half, each other’s half, from now on, you and me”

“Let’s be one world, being your partner, I’m taking a step forward”

“The sound of both lips is a kissing battle”

“The twisted moustache”

“If the fold around the edge of waist is pointed out”

“As long as there is life”

“I wish us to be together and share you the hug”

“As long as there is time”

“I wish to live with you as an indelible story”

Father, Kampadu is here to share something with you.

Sir, evil eye has fallen on Vayulingam.

They are going to attack from Gandhara nation with one lakh army to take it away.

Huh, that is impossible.

His eye fell on Vayulingam as his time is over.

Do not worry.

Saviour of the world knows very well to save himself.

Sankara’s army must be ready somewhere.

Shivoham!

Nadhanadha, the battle was on the day the new moon.

But now even after the full moon my son is still struggles for life.

You send word everyday you’ll come to us.

After we came down, you're saying to fight together. How is that possible?

Mundaa. Thinnadu was sent into exile from this hamlet so we can join forces.

If we don't fight as one,

Nadhanadha's sacrifice of his son will have been for nothing.

We’re ready.

Let’s gather our troops back from their hamlets.

Oh no!

Chief!

Kill everyone. Don’t leave anybody.

Samba…

-Mali, shift our children and women to our hideouts that side. -Uncle!

-Kampadu, you go in support to Mali. -Hmm.

Make all our people cross over the bridge.

It is just the bridge adjoining these two hills.

-You crossover first and I’ll come last. -Ok!

Cut off the bridge once I crossover.

-Enemy shouldn’t come that side. Go now. -Ok!

Pannaga!

Come, let’s cross the bridge.

Come!

Faster!

Move!

Come! Faster!

Come! Faster!

Move!

Go!

-Cross the bridge. -Come! Come fast.

-Come. -Come! Faster!

Mali, Nathanatha asked to cut off, once he crosses the bridge.

Be ready.

Uncle!

-Nathanatha, come! -Come!

Come on!

Come on!

Uncle!

What's wrong, husband?

Father, what are you doing here?

I shall open my heart and talk to you..

What is it Father.

There's justice and there's Dharma in the world.

Dharma is greater than justice.

Justice exiled you, not Dharma.

But Dharma always prevails.

If righteousness is to triumph, one must live with honesty.

You possess great honesty.

Why all this suddenly?

Shall I tell the truth?

I learnt archery from you, Thinna.

We can hit any target only when the bow and archer’s heart…

are in unison and I learnt that from you.

Thinna, not the father always teaches the kids.

Father also learns from kids.

In the wide world, many children who aspire to be like their fathers,

but my desire has been to be like you.

But the child's fate isn't controlled by their parents.

Only truth guides it,

but that remains concealed behind a shroud of desire, fear, and pride.

In life, the appearance of future and past transform moment to moment.

Learning to prepare for such changes teaches us the true value of living.

Greatness isn't found in a man's devotion to six feet of stone in the form of a statue.

It abides in the small length of human tongue.

So it's essential to perceive with the love and act with wisdom,

help the needy, yet firmly hold back one’s tears.

Tears should never roll in your eyes.

Son!

I told your mother when pregnant that Sun is taking birth in our race.

You should be remembered like the Sun for taking birth in this world with us.

May my legacy live on in your renown.

Father…

Thinna will come.

Harahara Mahadev!

Father…

Your father shines like a beacon in this jungle valley.

We feared if we would never find his body, but the valley led us.

Nadhanadhudu was a great soul.

Without a thought to his own safety, he rescued women and children.

He who knows he is going to die yet chooses to sacrifice himself…

to others is greater than God.

We’re losing daylight, not much time to do what we need to.

My father's body isn't moving from here until I kill the one who killed him.

It's my vow. Thinna's vow.

So, where's Thinnadu?

They says he's a courageous hero, so why's he hiding?

Can a rabbit hunter challenge you, My lord Kalamukha?

Kalamukha! Tomorrow atop Nandi hill I've already inscribed your fate.

Come read it for yourself.

Kill him...

Kalamukha, throughout many wars we've killed many warriors.

Even from so far, in the dark... he aimed and killed the one by your side.

Thinnadu is not an ordinary man.

Listen, let’s retreat back to our land.

Bappaswamy, we will.

After we kill Thinnadu...

And steal Vayulingam...

We'll go back..

“Thinnadu jumped into the war”

“It’s an end to the monster creed”

“Blood will now flow as a river”

“This is a war never witnessed even by the Sun”

“He’s the fire born in the forest”

“This is the ferocious man slaughter by Arjun”

“This is a never ending thirst of war”

“Thinnadu’s slaughter will not stop now”

“Hail to the leader walking into the war”

“Fight with all your powers on high”

“Anyone in the opposition is gone now”

“This is the ferociousness”

“He’ll create a scary destruction now”

"May you be the winner"

"May you be the winner"

"Lord Shiva, whose head is glorified By the moving waves of the celestial river"

"Agitating in the deep well of his flirting locks"

"One who has the brilliant fire"

"Flaming on the surface of his forehead and the crescent moon on his head"

Hail Shiva…

"Shivoham"

"Namah Shivaya… Sadha Shivaya… Maheswaraya… Shiva Shivaya… "

"Namah Shivaya… Sadha Shivaya… Maheswaraya… "

This is our last battle.

Thinna…

My Thinna will come.

Thinna!

Hey…

- Thinna! - Thinna!

Thinna!

- Thinna! - Thinna!

Thinna!

- Thinna! - Thinna!

I got my revenge.

But I couldn’t bring my father back.

- Thinna! - Thinna!

Stop Thinna!

This is your hamlet. We are all your people.

You are the chief of this hamlet.

Don’t leave.

Please stay back.

My father’s final word was for me to leave the Hamlet.

Alive or not, his word is his word.

Om Namahsivaya!

-What’s this, Nemali? -Om Namahsivaya!

You started this morning even before I brought a log?

Today is Shiva's Night, Darling.

Why call it night when this is clearly day.

- What gives? Have you eaten anything? - Om Namahsivaya!

I told, you today is Shivarathri. A day of fasting.

For you I could fast for rest of my life if you asked.

But not for that rock.

You say you didn't make breakfast but there's kheer.

-I'm hungry. I'll have it. -Stop. That's for Shiva.

Hey, hey…

Why'd you do that?

I told you that's for Shiva.

Is it wrong to eat when I'm hungry?

This craziness won’t stop until I chuck this rock into the forest.

Stop there, my love.

I won't argue if you toss me into the wilderness,

but don't lay a hand on Shiva!

What?

You didn’t show such sorrow after leaving your parents and your home,

but now you weep for this stone?

Is this rock more important to you than me?

Why are you so stubborn, man?

Stubborn?

I’m stubborn? You’re talking nonsense.

Like everyone who believes in this stone. You’re going crazy.

Where is he? What he look like? What does he do? Have you ever seen him?

Tell me.

Don't talk like that. Shiva is everywhere.

He gave us our births. He is the cause of everything...

Oh, sure, the rock does all that.

He sets forests on fire.

He withholds rain so the crops fail and people starve.

The rock is behind the suffering of all mankind.

Do I have that right?

I don't have the answers to the mysteries of good and bad.

But Shiva exists. That’s the truth.

It’s all big lie

You can’t touch it, it never hears you, it never talks to you.

Just one big lie.

Did you test me for reality before you fell in love with me?

Then why put Shiva to the test?

I saw you with my eyes. Fell in love with you.

-That’s not … -Anyways..

I’ll go and hunt a tender deer and bring it back.

We'll prepare it and eat it together. Be ready to cook.

Fine, go. Even an ant doesn’t sting unless Shiva wills.

Are you challenging me?

Let me see how I don't get the hunt.

I'm not coming home if I don't get one.

Oh Master of world drama.

You said Thinnadu, an atheist, will bring Vayulinga to the world.

He’s bound to Nemali, who by her nature is devoted to you.

Mahadeva Shastri, who prevents the public from seeing and taking darshan with Vayulinga,

stands as an immovable obstacle.

One doesn’t believe… the other can’t help believing you,

and the third guards the faith.

How is this supposed to happen?

Shivani, these three riddles are the keys to Shiva's secret.

As each is unlocked, the secret is revealed.

Is that why you created a huge tiff in that loving couple for a small matter?

Small matters always lead to a big change.

But, we as parents should show the right path to the kids.

When did I say no to you, Parvathi?

During this Shivaratri,

before the end of evolvement of the linga, Thinnadu must say 'Shivayya' at least once.

Otherwise, no matter how many times he's reincarnated, he will never join with me.

What is this twist again Swami?

Rudra...

Harahara Mahadev!

At your order, my Lord!

He'll come back when hungry. Stubborn man!

-What, man? -Where is Nemali?

Why think of her now? She's elsewhere. Married.

Just be happy you've recovered.

She's married?

What, man?

I still won't let go.

I’ll never be at peace until I violate her.

Hey! Wrong, Son.

By our village tradition a married woman is the same as a mother.

You were thought dead when he defeated you.

Are you eager to die again?

Instead of urging me to kill him,

-you say I’m dead? You... -Hey, I'm your father.

No, no.

Namo Bhuthanatha.

Namo Shakthiswarupa.

Namo Vayulingeswara.

This is your night. Mahashiva

The night, when you do your sacred dance on Mount Kailasa.

The Universe worships you on this auspicious night of Shivarathri...

Oh Lord of Time.

Bless me that my ritual be carried out uninterrupted.

Supreme Lord!

“Victory, victory to Rudra!”

“The fearless, victorious and auspicious one!”

“The one with eyes like the rays of the sun”

“The poison-throated one, I seek refuge in you”

“Your Incarnation - is like a sunbeam”

“Your movement - destroys fear”

“Your feet moves, your gaze changes all ten directions”

Shiva! Blow away the fog of that clouds Thinnadu's mind.

“This wind is thrilled with the shoulder strength of your word dust”

“The rainy wind cannot beat your truth- play that bears elephant strength”

“The sight of you, O Lord, has made this earth entranced.”

“Hey messenger of Shiva’s compassionate rhythm, stepping on the earth”

-Did you call? -Oh no!

Who the hell are you?

Idiot! How did you come here?

You dare set eyes upon my holy Vayulinga?

Kampa! Kampa!

Why so angry?

You can whisper lovingly. Kampadu can't hear you...

I handled everything before coming here, Shastri.

How dare you speak to me that way?

Do you know who I am?

None other than the Agasthya vamsha samjaatha,

aghoramukha archanaa vidhi vidhaana nishnaatha veda vedaanga

paaritha Samstha loka janahitha.. parameshti hrudhaya pariveshtitha..

Bakhthaagresara, bhoosura panditha Mahadeva Shastri.

Oh my!

It is as long as Shiva’s unwound hair.

I can't call you that.

Something like "grampa" or "gramps" would be better.

Silence! No one may enter this place.

It is tradition. It is law.

You must be the one who wrote that inscription, too.

Hold your tongue!

Those are Shastras written by sages. Men rich in sacred energy. Inscriptions!

Letters are no more than weapons.

Did you create that alphabet and language?

Or did it your grandparents?

At the time of The Twilight Ritual, on top of Mount Kailasa,

when Parameshwara did the sacred dance, letters were born from the Symphony of Drums.

Thus Language was born.

Devotion was born even before these languages and grammar...

Shastri…

It seems your silk garments are more preferred by Agni, lord of Fire, than by Shiva.

Look there.

It is all gone!

Parameshwara.. parameshwara..

My Lord, Kailsanatha…

Parameshwara.. parameshwara..

My Lord…

Forgive the sins my Lord..

Parameshwara..

Om Namah Shivaya..

Harahara Mahadeva Shambho Shankara!

Swami.. Who are you?

I am just like you but...

I have never seen you Swami.

I’ve been near, but you wouldn’t have noticed me.

I'm hungry. Anything to eat?

Swami..

Today is Shivarathri. It's a fasting day.

I didn’t even let my husband touch the prasad.

The caretaker of the home should feed God and husband?

The Goddess of Sustenance is the one who feeds Shiva.

Swami.. I'm telling to you.

By the way, who taught you this?

Elders.

And who taught them?

Elder elders.

Well, I'm older than the eldest.

Do you blindly believe whatever I say?

OI!

Who are you... kicking me?

It was an accident.

As I was coming toward you I thought you were alone.

Thought maybe to have word with you.

What's this talking when I'm feeling so hungry? Get going.

Oh, I will!

At whom are you angry, though?

None of your business. Huh? What help would you be?

The woman I married won’t let me eat.

It seems today is Shivarathri.

I have to bow down to some rock she worships, I guess.

And I have to call it a specific name, huh!

What's the problem?

Once you say ‘Shivayya’ you’ll find game.

Your hunger will be satisfied.

Your marital squabble will be settled.

Aha! Nemali sent you, eh?

You don't know about me.

I don't listen to anyone.

I won't say the rock's name.

We'll see about the hunting.

I won’t let your Shivratri observance be spoiled.

Can I give you some clothes?

No no no!

Not just any old fabric can be offered to Crowned one.

Only silk, the most sacred and sublime!

Doesn’t that sacred silk come from a worm?

The waters of the holy Ganga you have there, don’t the fish make it impure?

And the milk foam you anointed the lingam with,

do you know which calf had its mouth on it?

Have you offered that spittle to Shiva?

What? Lord Shiva didn’t call it spittle.

Who the heck are you to cast doubts my devotion?

Is this devotion?

Who are you to hide this Vayulinga behind a tree or under a catacomb?

An incomparable devotee will arise to strip away your layers of ego.

Soon you will learn the true essence of devotion.

There is no greater Shiva devotee than me in all creation.

Fasting means not punishing the gut.

It means being closer to God.

Different methods for each individual.

You can’t force devotion on someone.

Swami…

I don’t know who you are,

but you talk like a maniac just like my Thinnadu.

It takes a man with a brain to talk with heated passion.

That's why he likes Thinnadu...

Swami, if you see my Darling on your way, tell him to come home...

It’s my job to guide those who have gone astray.

You argued like this with your wife.

No one’s in a good mood after quarrelling with his wife.

So much talk. Are you married?

Why do you ask?

Huh, you got uptight as soon as I asked if you were married.

If you were married, you'd know.

Once that chain is around your neck it’s not a bond that can be easily broken.

Is that a God’s chain around your neck?

This is in memory of my best friend.

And proof that there is no God.

When that chain breaks, then you'll see God everywhere.

Not in this life.

Wait, wait… that stone looks like a Shiva Lingam..

Oh? If I put up my foot, will he strike me with lightning?

Let him try... I'll take care of him...

Shiva himself should come down for that? I all that deserves.

Nemali, I’ll have you now.

Nemali, see how I smoke you out.

Om Namah Shivaya..!

I keep missing target.

Not missing..

You claimed there is no God,

yet you performed all that's required on Shivarathri just like a great devotee.

You broke a coconut for this stone. That completes the puja.

Me? Puja?

Who did what now?

Look how you have honored the Vayulinga.

Vayulinga...!?

For this, you drowned in the river on the day of Mahashivratri...

You applied sacred ash.

You made the offering of bilva leaves.

You fasted saying you refuse to fast.

You were alert and kept vigil.

I took it for mule headedness.

But You and your God are in cahoots on this crime.

He is not a partner in crime nor a cahoots.

We have nothing to do with each other.

You battled against the usurpers of Vayulinga even though you…

have nothing to do with each other?

Didn’t you kill hundreds for the same reason?

I fought in my father's honour.

Well, he's also the father... Father of the world...

the only thing left is saying 'Shivayya' in your heart.

He'll fulfil all your desires.

Where will you run?

I’ll never stop hunting you.

Nemali...

Nemali...

Nemali...

Nemali...

Nemali...

Nemali...

Nemali!

What happened?

Can't find your wife?

Yes! I searched the whole forest.

I see elephant's footprints I've never seen before.

Snakes and spider's nests spreading far and wide.

I thought this forest was under my command.

But I couldn’t trace Nemali, my life.

I don't get it.

Not everything makes sense to everyone.

Sometimes devotion is its own strength, and more.

In your heart, call Shiva who commands all worlds.

You may find your Nemali.

You've tried everything.

As a last resort, just once try asking Shiva.

The Innocent Shankara will not turn you down if asked with all your heart.

I don’t know if everyone is saying that rock is God.

or God is the rock.

Nemali believes in you. And she believed in me.

But she argued with me because of you.

So today you mean more to her.

Everyone believes you exist. But, I never believed.

I haven't asked you for anything.

I am asking you this just this once.

If you do exist, show me where I can find my Nemali. "Shivayyaa..."

The magic of Shiva!

Nemali...

Nemali...

Nemali...

Nemali...

Nemali... -My love.

Forgive me. I can't live without you.

Nemali! You always keep thinking about Vayulinga, right?

The Vayulingam, it's here. He was the one...

Swami! You finally showed mercy and brought my Darling and me together.

I bow to you, Swami...

My love, bring me there every day, so I can do puja.

Why go all that way every day?

I’ll just carry bring this to our place…

Love... Come on, Darling, it's wrong.

Let's leave. Come, my love.

Let's come with flowers and fruits tomorrow and worship. Come, dear.

I was wrong.

Terribly wrong.

I didn’t realize you were there all this time.

I wasted my life.

I could not say the little word ‘Shiva’.

I called you a rock.

I said if I ever saw you, I make you pay.

But you were not angry with me.

Now I understand that in my words, in my hunt, my call,

my remembrance... in my victory...

I failed to recognize you in all of it.

Until last night! From the moment I touched you,

I remembered you and forgot myself.

My mother's dea...

The sadness in me since my mother died is gone with your touch.

I was lonely when my father who stood behind me departed.

But now I know you also stood behind me.

Shivayya, Now I am born again.

Now everywhere I look, I see you and nothing else.

Rain drop, the rice plant,

Bull’s hump, temple tower,

bilva branch, blackberry,

breath pump, cow’s udder, mother’s breast,

sky, earth…

All appears in the likeness of a Lingam Shivayya.

How many names?

How many forms?

Are you small and invisible?

Or too big to see?

Pain is not known until it is felt.

Life is unknown until it comes into experience.

From now on I’ll never leave you alone.

You are my life...

It is my vow.

Thinna’s vow.

“My wisdom eye has opened up”

“Oh Shiva Lingam”

“My heart has learnt about you”

“The blindfold made of illusions has been removed”

“My wisdom eye has opened up”

“Oh Shiva Lingam”

“My heart has learnt about you”

“The blindfold made of illusions has been removed”

“My old life has passed without ever to know about the sand and the Sun”

“I am tired until now as I passed my life denying your existence”

“Apply your grace as sacred ash on my body”

“Tie me as another Nandi to your Pillar”

“I don't know when I did good, I reached you now”

“Shiva Shiva Shankara Samba Shiva Shankara”

“Harom Hara Harahara Neelakandhara”

“Shiva Shiva Shankara Samba Shiva Shankara”

“Harom Hara Harahara Neelakandhara”

“Like a stone or boulder drenched by the Swarnamukhi stream”

“It resembled you, Lingamayya”

“Branches lining the path resembling Shiva's tridents”

“Cloud formations akin to lines upon the forehead”

“The whole world has transformed into Shiva's domain”

“Mahadeva, it's become your enchantment”

“Gentle breezes melodiously chant Omkaram”

“My withered heart now mirrors a moonlit lake”

“Yesterday's shortcomings dissolved in your benevolence”

“I bound myself to the name Shiva”

“Shiva Shiva Shankara Samba Shiva Shankara”

“Harom Hara Harahara Neelakandhara”

“Shall I pour the water from the mountain stream to bath you?”

“Shall I adorn you with a garland of wild jasmines?”

“You are the child of my home”

“Brimming with laughter throughout the day”

“I have brought you the meat of a moose”

“Hey Shivaiah!”

“Shall I offer you a feast of wild honey?”

“I shall cherish and care for you for the rest of my life”

“I don't know how you survived under these harsh conditions of heat and rain”

“I don't know how you endured the cold and snow”

“From now on, I will be your nest, your protector, and your friend”

“Shiva Shiva Shankara Samba Shiva Shankara”

“Harom Hara Harahara Neelakandhara”

“If only I had encountered "Kaadu Mallayya" sooner”

“Would you have lost your wealth?”

“Does that sound fair to you?”

“I shall not part ways with you henceforth”

“My head swirled in myriad directions”

“Showing compassion to one who was in despair”

“Shivayya, I found myself entwined in your locks”

“Even if you bid me to depart or grow angry and compel me to move away”

“Even if you thrust the Trident through me or Incite snakes to bite me”

“I shall no longer be known as Thinnadu if I forsake you”

“Shiva Shiva Shankara Samba Shiva Shankara”

“Harom Hara Harahara Neelakandhara”

“Shiva Shiva Shankara Samba Shiva Shankara”

“Harom Hara Harahara Neelakandhara”

“Shiva Shiva Shankara Samba Shiva Shankara”

“Harom Hara Harahara Neelakandhara”

“Shankara!”

“Siva Shankara!

“Siva! Siva!”

Why did you stop eating?

What’s wrong? Eat, Shivaiah!

Here, eat!

Hey!

Who is it?

You sinner! Who are you?

How did you get in here?

Did you request entry or break in?

Hey! Kampa...

Sir. Cut out the racket.

Shivayya, who was eating fine up to now just stopped.

Looks like your evil eye put him off his chips.

Never mind the nasty man’s evil eye.

Eat another a little more Shivayya...

Kampa..

Master… -Master…

Swami… -Swami…

Are you all security guards or the walking dead?

The other day it was him and today, this guy.

How did you let him into the Vayulingam sanctum that has been kept secret for generations?

Hey, sinner. How did you survive without being burnt?

Bhavudu hasn't set you on fire? Shiva hasn't killed you?

You have made the holy Vayulingam choke on your stench.

You fools!

What are you staring at with your hands folded?

Drag him away.

Thinna.. What is this?

What are you doing? How did you even get in here?

Kampa, Shivayya is hungry.

Let me just give him a morsel and then we'll talk.

It's wrong, Thinna.

You aren’t supposed to be in here.

Kampa, What’s going on. Enough talk. Drag him out.

Kampa, don't pay attention to him.

We’ll talk right after I feed Shivayya a piece.

Kampa!

You don’t understand. One minute! Shiva…

Thinna...

-Thinna... -Grab her!

Leave off!

Thinna.

Let me go!

Let me go!

Who's this?

His wife, chief..

No one’s been allowed in so such things wouldn’t happen.

This is the only holy place chosen by Lord Shiva for the good of the world.

I have come to perform puja, Swami.

You fool!

You call offering meat to Paramashiva, “puja”?

What little I have that is precious, I give to my Lord, Swami.

There is nothing wrong with my offering.

Swami, you've read the scriptures. Don't you know?

Hey! How dare you question Mahadeva Shastri of Agasthya clan?

Do you even know where Shiva resides?

In the land we live in.. In the air we breathe..

In the water we drink.. In the sky above us..

in the heat of tapas born in us.

He is in everything, Swami…

Cork your blather!

The people like you has no right to do Shiva Puja!

It's unclean!

Impure?

I was born from my mother’s womb.. you were born from yours.

Is there any untouchability in the holy mother’s womb?

Hey, shut up.

No more talk with him, Father.

Kampa, what are you looking at? Beat him harder...

Thinna...

Thinna…

Thinna…

What is this, my love?

You lived like a king while you claimed there was no God.

Now you say he is exists and you're treated like an animal.

I receive only the blow.

The pain belongs to Shivayya.

Oh no! Tears in the eyes of my Shivayya?

Shivayya...

Tears in the eyes of the ruler of the three worlds.

Tears that did not come when you swallowed poison to save the world.

What could bring them now, Shiva?

Goddess Parvati shed tears when the head of her son was cut off,

but you did not.

What is so awful now.

Oh. Is it because they beat me?

Shivayya, can I tell you a secret?

Their blows were not even as painful as an ant sting.

Promise!

You don’t cry… Don’t cry… You are my father!

Blood in the eyes of my Shivayya!

Blood in the eyes of my Shivayya!

Blood in the eyes of my Shivayya! Blood in the eyes of my Shivayya!

Blood in the eyes of my Shivayya!

Blood in the eyes of my Shivayya!

What did I do wrong?

What can I do?

What can I do?

I got an idea.

The medicine you taught us, Shivayya.

You replaced Ganesha's head with an elephant's.

Now I will replace your eye with mine.

Huh!

Shiva’s eye has stopped bleeding.

See Nemali? Shiva’s eye has stopped bleeding.

Crazy lady seems to be frightened.

What?? Shivayya!

Blood from your second eye?

Not to worry, now I know what to do,

Give you my other eye for yours.

But, Shivayya don’t let the third eye start bleeding. I’m all out of eyes.

One second, Shivayya..

Nemali,

I told you that I will keep you always in my eyes and look after you.

But I’m breaking my word for Shiva’s sake.

Forgive me Nemali.

But Shivayya is there to look after you right?

You will look after her, won't you?

Shivayya….

This is the last time I see you in this incarnation!

My dharma is fulfilled. This life is blessed, father.

Don't get angry, Swami!

I'll remove my leg in a jiffy.

Because I can’t see where your eye is, Lord.

Aah!

Parameshwara!

Shivayya..

Shivayya..

Shivayya..

Shivayya...

Shivayya...

Shivayya…

“No god has found thy sacrifice”

“Offering of the senses...”

“Is it even possible Thinna?”

“As if Shaivam and Devotion is all mine”

“Aaham Brahma as I am”

“I lived in delusion... Past is past...”

“I submit to you”

“Shiva naadham Shiva vaadham Shiva vedham Shiva modham”

“Is all yours the wild child... Namaha”

“Shiva's seed Shivabhoojam Shiva bhojam Shiva raajam Shivathejam”

“You the aadivasi... Namaha”

“Shivagaathram (voice) Shivasthothram”

“Shiva Kshethram (Shrine) Shiva kshaathram”

“Shiva chathram Shiva gothram Shiva soothram”

“Shiva Shiva Shiva Shiva's eye is all yours”

“Hey moolavaasee... Namaha”

“Devotee or devotee, thou art a true devotee of Shiva”

“In front of you, how much I am like sand”

“Isn't so Mahabhakthaa”

“He splits his breast Measured with ruthiram”

“You stood in equal measure to the Lord Anjaneya”

“who showed his devotion to the entire world”

“the one who prays to Raghuraama”

“Hey… the eye of Shiva”

“The pride of my eyes...”

“be proud of my pride”

“Be proud of my soul...”

“be my pride”

“You have done it as dharbha”

“Hey.. son of the jungle”

“Hara hara’s eye”

“Hey.. son of the jungle”

“Hara hara’s eye”

Shivaiah!

Any task performed without expecting a reward is truly miraculous.

You gave me, with all my clairvoyance, your vision.

I now see the world through your eyes.

Thinna! Your birth has become history.

As “Kannappa,” your name will be famous around the world…

as he who gave his eyes to the three-eyed one.

Kannappa, I wanted to take you hostage, but I became hostage to your devotion.

From today onwards here in the Sri Kalahasti Shrine,

your puja comes first, then mine.

Your temple is high atop the hill as a reflection of your supreme devotion.

Swami.

I don’t want fame, Swami.

Free me of these birth bonds.

I can’t bear the feeling that you and I are separate.

You asked me ages ago, so how can I deny it now..

Arjuna. Thinna. Kannappa.