4C6 IN THE VISION Of GOD
Then lie with Janardan Pant Hpont, a few daya
•with P. SMvshankorrao at whose honno Janardan Paut
performed a harikatha, Uğw>ly at.tond(Ml hy tho hitowsted
public of the place. Anothor IwriUallw performance wan
also arranged in a bhajan maiuiir bolontfin&' to tho resident
Maharashtra community of tho city. Hero .latwrdan Pant
had for hiB subject Sri Bamarth KamdaH and Bluvuji. In tho
ooxi rse of his discoxirgo his iiory nationalist spirit, whicli
had boon from a long timo ftuppronsod sifter coining into
close contact with KamdaĞ, was ronsod. Ho npoke with
great vehemence about tiro Ciillcw condition ol" India and
passed a scathing judguaont upon thoHO whom lie held
responsible for it. For BOUW time pant, ui'tor h(^ sev<ğro,d hiĞ
connection with political uctivitiw in which he was
engaged when Itamdan lirnt tnct him, ho WJIH mainly a
religioxis preacher. The people aBtwmblod for bin kirtan
were not prepared for this di^roHHion <m hin part at winch'
they mxist have )[)een not a little poHtirbod. Honli^iinir
the sitxiation Janardan Pant rt^tnrnod at oncoto tho main
theme of h'ifi performances ViamdaH1 atay in OuUvnttn
continued for about ten days during which ho rocwvod
nothing but kindness and love from all i'riondfl of tho
place.
The next move was directly for Madras and aftor n
couple of days' joxirney by railway U,u\v roachod tho city fov
the third time. On this occasion tho stay with Dr. G,H.
Katre extended over a week. Here alHO Janardan Pant had
an opportxinity to perform a kirtan at tho ronNOHt of the
friends of that city*
From Madras they traveller! to Kumbakonarn. Havoot1
Shanker Eao, the friend who has HO kindly written an
introduction to this book, had como to Madras to take him
over to his place. Savoor Hhankor Kao is a vastly learned
man. In his spacious bungalow, of which tho bi# drawing
room was his library, where he had a very tine collection of
books d^ali&g with philosophy, religion and general litera-