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gee the sadhns whose visit to that place vras a source of
great delight to them. They were extremely kind and
hospitable—especially a schoolmaster who arranged fur their
milk etc., and also a fire in their room to keep off cold.
Stout logs of dry wood were kept burning all through the
night. The cold was intense. The same friend procured for
them besides milk, boiled roots-kandamool. The edible
roots were very delicious. He said that the long tract of
forest land from Kadra to Londa railway station, measuring
some 70 miles, went by the name Dandakaranya. Sri
Eamchandra on his way to Lanka had passed through this
land. The place was tapobhumi. The sadhu Satchidanand,
whom they passed by beyond Karwar, had attained illumi-
nation in the forests close to their village.
A small ashram was being "built at the back of the village
over the samadhi of a saint from the funds collected by this
sadhu. The schoolmaster friend promised to escort them to
the holy place the ensuing day.
In the morning, as decided on the previous night, the
kind schoolmaster took them to the ashram \vhich lay only
a short distance from the village. The ashram was in course
of construction. Near by, there ran a small stream of water
in which they had their bath. After finishing their dinner
at the schoolmaster^, they returned to the dharniashala.
This friend also presented Hamcharandas with some
money which he accepted. Hundreds of visitors
from the village poured on them their pure and
simple love.
Next day they proposed to leave the place. Fifteen miles
from Coomarcvadi lay a village named Supa. Their next
halt was fixed to be at Supa. The school master sent a friend
in advance to inform the residents of Supa of their visit.
At about five o'clock in the evening they reached Supa.
They met hundreds of people on the outskirts of the village
waiting to welcome the sadhns. They were duly escorted in
procession to a Maiuti temple on the bank of the Supa