Friday, 5 January 2018

Tintrini

Tintrini leaves are very small. The reason behind this is once Ram, Lakshman and Sita while on their exile of fourteen years came to a forest which grew Tintrini trees. The Tintrini those days had large, well developed leaves. They made a hut under it. The large leaves of the tree sheltered them well. Ram said that they were supposed to suffer and bear inconveniences during their exile. But this tree was sheltering them from rain and giving them protection from the intense heat and cold which were city comforts. So he ordered Lakshmana to shoot at the leaves and split them . Lakshmana did as he was told and shot at the leaves with his bow and arrow and since then the leaves are finely divided

Another version (Dhanwar Tribal Story)

It is similar except the reason for Lakshmana to shoot an arrow at them is different. During the rainy season, Sita was cooking the food under a Tintrini tree but rain kept on coming through the leaves and putting out the fire. Ramji was enraged at this and ordered Lakshman to send a letter of protest to Lord Indra, the god of rain asking him to stop the rain. Lakshmana tied the letter of protest to an arrow and shot it at the heavens. The rain subsequently stopped but the arrow as it went passed the leaves,split them into shreds and since that time they have remained small and divided.

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