Chintamani a unique storyline

The creative twists to the incidents leading to the climax of the movie:
The Chintamani gets in to the hands of Swetha a B.Sc Student from a middle class family. She too gets fascinated by the structure of the Stone. She gets dreams that she could not explain but she sees the face of Bhargava quite often. Similarly, ever since she got the Stone, Bhargava used to get strange dreams and used to see the face of Swetha.
One day they happen to meet with each other in a very unusual way and they recognise each other start conversing and sharing about their dreams. Then the inquisitiveness about the stone gets further increased and they together search all possible sources to know about the unique stones. Before that what they did was something very upright and many miss to do:
Swetha took Bhargava to her home and introduce him as the face she has been seeing in her dreams. Bhargava tells the entire story of how he happened to recover the stone from Srisailam forest area. Then Swetha’s parents call up Bhargava’s parents and invite them to have a meeting on this. Both the families got together and decided to research on the stone. Swetha stopped getting dreams the moment the stone reaches Bhargava. But in the mean time the research on the stone by both Swetha and Bhargava reaches a significant stage – they both found it to be the wish-fulfilling stone!
They decided not to share it with any one including their own families. One day they met at a library and try out with their wishes. Bhargava ask Swetha to tell her wish. Swetha looking at a begging boy wishes that he be picked up by a rich man for adoption. The next moment a car comes in to pick him up. Swetha asks Bhargava to take the turn. Bhargava wishes the neem tree that is well dried up and just beside him to be alive. The tree appears with lush green growth on its dried up branches with a change in its colour.
Now tell me what shall we do with this stone? Asks Swetha
“Just relax” says Bhargava – Intermission (Just Relax!)
A gentle man like looking guy approaches them in his car and seek their help to know the route for Kachiguda Rly station. Then he got down from the car and took out a unique gadget from his pocket and shows them if they are interested in buying it. He asked them to closely look at its top. This happens without giving any time to both. As they looked at the top, he presses the bottom and makes them semi unconscious. Then he took the bag containing the Stone and rushed in the car.
By the time both gain their balance the car is vanished. Bhargava noticed that the bag containing the Stone is missing.
The suspense is whether that guy knew the power of the stone?

The Main Story Line:
The film starts off with a Sloka;
Brahma Srushtyadisakta Sthirmatirahittam Pidito Vighnasandhe Aakranto Bhutirakta Krutiganrajasa Jeevita Tyaktu Mischina Swatmanan Sarvyakta Ganapatimamal Satyachintamaniyam Mukta Cha Stapayant Shtirmatisukhadam Sthavare Dhudhi Midhe

The meaning of this sloka is shared at the end of the movie by the Hero.
The Social Context:
A group of 25 M.Tech (Nano Technology) Students from JNTU were taken to an outbound activity as a part of their curriculum to a forest area near Srisaliam. They started off the activity with a treasure Hunt.
The groups divides into 5 teams and starts its hunt for the treasure. The team that is lead by Bhargava happened to find a pit and starts digging it. Bhargava in the process of removing the soil finds a stone that is unique its shape. He takes it out and shows it to his team.
Oh! This must be the treasure. Shall I blow the whistle…. Asks one
No it can’t be. Let’s try further.
We can as well sell this unique stone to a jewellery shop and share the money equally among us. Then bhargava says, since I find it first I must have a major share. He says this holding the stone in his hand.

Forget it we got to find the real treasure fast, lets move on – the other members yells.

In the meantime they head a blow of a whistle three times indicating that some one had got it. They returned to the camp and celebrated the event well

The treasure is 5 VIP Underwears, 5 use and through razors, 5 banians, 5 handkerchiefs,!!

The teams are back in city.
Bhargava team went to a jewellery shop in kukatpally and tries to sell it. The shop owner quotes a very small amount of Rs.500/-. They took it to Khazana jewellery shop and the manager gives a receipt of the stone and tells them to contact him two days later by then he would have ascertained the real value.

After two days they went and to their surprise got a quote of rs.25000/- bucks for the stone.
One of the team members says “ yaar if we take this to some other bigger shop we might get more money, who knows?” All others say: “who knows we do not get this much money from any shop, why wasting the time, lets make the deal and sell it for Rs.30,000/- bucks. The other team member tells the shop owner: give us Rs.30000/-. Then the shop manager goes in side his cabin and calls up his owner: sir, Fools they asked only for rs.30,000/- as you said. The other side voice said I guessed that these students are smarter and ask for 50,000/- so I told you to go up to rs.50,000/- they are really fools. Go and complete the deal.

The money was paid to Ravi in the team and the team went off to celebrate.
The team went to Imax and on the way stopped at eat street to share the money.
Ravi again said lets spend only 5000 bucks today and share equally the rest thus we get 5000 bucks each that we can spend on our own. Ravi gave 5000 bucks to Bhargava and others. Bhargava put the money in his back pocket and enjoyed the day
As Bhargava reached home he removed his pant and took out the money from the back pocket and finds it to his surprise a big bundle. With so much curiosity he counted the 1000 rupee notes twice to his surprise and found them to be 25 rather than 5.
He remembers very distinctly Ravi counting 5 each and he also remembers he put only 5 in his pocket. How come he got 25/-
He calls up all his friends and discreetly asks whether they got their 5000 bucks.
** here we can show the knack of asking……
In one phone call he says: Yaar I was about to soak my pant then remembered the money I took it out and removed it. I thought you might also do it, so I called up, have you kept the money safely? - the other side voice says: yes I put it in the cash box gifted by my sister.

The wish list:
Bhargava wanted a major share to come to him.
The next day when the students took it a jewellery shop there was no wish by the person who touched it first after the sun rise.
The Khazana shop manager did not touch the next day
The day after the Khazana owner touched it and wished that it should come to him in less than 50,000/- bucks and I can make a good business with it.

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The Khazana owner sells it to another merchant in Mumbai at Rs.10,000,000/-
The mumbai merchant when he first touches it he feels on that day that it is better for him to have an on the spot death when in sleep in an accident. This merchant lost it in his car accident the driver is from AP. Who happens to survive by jumping off the car in the wee hours in the outskirts of mumbai. The vehicle is hit by a truck and the truck ran away. The Driver goes back to the spot and finds his owner dead and the brief fallen on the road.
He took the brief and runs off, he force opend the brief find two bundles of currency notes and a sack containing the stone.
He returns to Hyderabad by flight
He touches the stone in Hyderabad as he shares it with his family.
He wishes to have another flight to delhi.

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Bhargava some how got fascinated by the unique structure of the stone. This structure haunts hiim and appears even in his dreams. He discusses it with the HoD of civil engineering. The HoD says: A stone can have a rare structure due to several reasons like it must have been eroded by Lava, Continuous flow of water, Solar heat, etc., Or it must be a part of an asteroid fallen from the sky. Though Bhargav bought the argument of this Professor, his mind still tells him that the stone is some thing unique.

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The driver was traced by police and in their interrogation he admits that he knows address that his owner frequents in delhi and the owner’s (mumbai) son pleads him to fly to Delhi and show the place. He flies to and from delhi.

The stone was again touched by his sister in law. She wishes to have a flying exeuctive to be her husband.
The next day the owner of the house where she works proposes to her to marry an American and fly to America the next day via delhi.
She agrees to it convinces her family and marries him.

The other day the stone was touched by an old lady who wished to Driver to be picked up police again as he did not give her money for the treatment of the pain in her joints.

The police picks up the driver again the next day and leaves him the day after.

***

Bhargava continues his quest for unique stones. He searches the Net, the central library, consults stone and gems specialists. In his google search he bumps on the world “wish-fulfilling stone”

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The spiritual fantasy unfolds now:
Lord Shiva gifts to Sage Kapila a rare Mani called Chintamani in recognition of Kapila’s nature for helping the needy whoever comes to his hermitage. With its help the sage used to fulfil the righteous wishes of the needy people. Lord Shiva tells Kapila Muni to protect it well as it would grant all the wishes to whomsover touches it after the sun rise, every day. After the sun-set the Mani loses its power.
King Abhjit & queen Gunavati did penance for several years on advice of sage Vaishampayan & got a son named as Gana. Gana popularly called as Ganaraja.
Ganaraja was as furious as he was brave & valorious. Once after his hunting expedition he came to Kapila Rishi's Ashram for taking rest. Sage Kapila welcomed Ganaraja & invited for lunch along with his sena(army). He fed the entire army with good food. Being impressed by the power of the jewel, greedy Ganaraja asked sage Kapila to give the jewel to him. When sage Kapila refused to give the jewel, Ganaraja took away from him by force.
Sage Kaplia was disappointed as he accepted this Gift to help realize the righteous wishes of the people visiting his hermitage. He meditates on Goddess Durga and she advices e Kapila to worship Lord Ganesha & in boon ask for the Chintamani. Sage kapila meditates on Lord Ganesh and Ganesh grants the boon. A fierced battle between Lord Ganesha & Ganaraja took place. At the end Lord Ganesha killed Ganaraja.
King Abhjit returned the Chintamani to sage Kapila. Sage Kapila says: I know realize the best place to keep this Chintamani and telling this he embeds this into a necklace and prays to Lord Ganesha to have this on his neck. Sage Kapila further prays Lord Ganesh to keep his Idol here as Shri Chintamani Ganesha to grant the humanity in Kaliyuga to fulfill their desires. Lord Ganesh accepts Sage Kapila’s prayer and tells him that He would appear as a Swayambhoo in the same place during Kaliyuga with the Chintamani embedded necklace embedded in it.

Later in Kaliyuga Lord Ganesh appeared as a swyambhoo in a place called Theur with the Chintamani on his neck. From that time Lord Ganesha was also called as Chintamani-Vinayaka. This place is also called as Kadamba Tirtha because the battle between Lord Ganesha & Ganaraja took place near a Kadamba tree.

In the passage of time the Chintamani embedded to His neck was stolen by thieves and they lost it in the process of escaping from a lion. The stone was collected by a tribal person, he later on gifts it to a civilised man who lost it when he was travelling in the forest area near Srisailam. This is an unknown fact to all.

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Bhargava’s perseverance paid ultimately, he was adviced by a sanyasi to set out to Kumbhamela in progress so that he might meet a sage who can tell you the secret of this Chintamani.

The next day he sets out to Kumbhamela

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In the mean time the stone in the possession of Driver becomes a toy in the hands of his daughter. She misses it in the bushes nearby.

It was again picked up by a rag picker. She realises all her wishes on that day and gives it to a child in the nomad family on the roadside to play.

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Bhargava happens to meet an unassuming person in the Kumbhamela. The sanyasi stops near Bhargava and talks in chaste telugu about the preciousness of time – the present moment awareness. How time eats away in the form of morning and evening the life time of human beings. He tells how ever second is a wish-fulfilling stone!
We take several decisions on our own and yet we crib that some one takes some decisions that impacted us badly or that were not favourable to us. Here the focus shifts to that some person and we lose focus on our own selves.

The moment we get focused on our own self we come to know how much we can work with our own self and how much independence we can enjoy and how many decisions we can take on our own for ourselves.

Yad bhaavam tad bhavathi. If we think we have no control on our selves we do not have it. If we think we have, then we would certainly have.

So the thinking is a Mani that fulfills our wish as we like it to do and time is the most precious resource we have. He further says we abuse time and our thinking faculty. If we can think well and use time well the thinking is Chinta and time is Mani, he pauses and tells that is Chintaamani; and walks off past leaving Bhargava in amagement and some sort of thrill.

He comes back and confides this with his girl friend – he confides every thing with her right from the day one of touching this stone.

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The Mani again changes several hands and eventually drowned in River Godavari at Bhadrachalam.

The Sloka is again played

Brahma Srushtyadisakta Sthirmatirahittam Pidito Vighnasandhe Aakranto Bhutirakta Krutiganrajasa Jeevita Tyaktu Mischina Swatmanan Sarvyakta Ganapatimamal Satyachintamaniyam Mukta Cha Stapayant Shtirmatisukhadam Sthavare Dhudhi Midhe



The following Meaning of the above sloka is shared:

“The one who is in search of happiness, whose mind is wavering like God Brahma who later subdued it through meditation; and whose mind is in the middle of all calamities should go to Sthavar means Theur & worship Shree Chintamani & get rid of all Chintas(worries)”.

So Think well, use the Time well and you will always do well.

The End







The Material I sourced on Chintamani:

Theur is situated at a distance of 25kms from pune in Haveli Taluka of Pune District. Theur is situated at the confluence of the Mula,Mutha,& Bhima rivers. Sugar is cultivated on a large scale in Theur. Theur is the nearest astavinayak from Pune. Chintamani Vinayak relates to the legend of Kapila Muni and the Chintamani gem that he had obtained from Shiva.

Long time back king Abhijeet & his wife queen Gunavati , performed penances for several years on the advice of sage Vaishampayan & got a son called Gana who later on became popular by name 'Ganaraja'. Ganaraja was as furious as he was brave & valourious.Once after his hunting expedition he came to Kapila Rishi's Ashram for taking rest. Sage Kapila fed the entire army with tastiest food from a jewel called Chintamani. The jewel Chintamani was given to him by king of Gods Indra.. Being impressed by the power of jewel, greedy Ganaraja asked Sage Kapila to give the jewel to him. When Kapila refused , Ganaraja took away the Chintamani by force. Sage Kapila was sorely disappointed. Goddess Durga adviced Kapila to worship Lord Ganesh.Being happy with Kapila's worship Lord Ganesh promised him to return back the jewel.Ganesh and Ganaraja had fierced battle near tree Kadamba. Lord Ganesh killed Ganaraja with his axe. Thus Sage Kapila got his Chintamani back. Kapila adorned Ganesh with Chintamani. Since then Lord Ganesh is called Chintamani and as these incidents took place below a Kadamba tree, the village around it was called Kadamba Thirtha.

The idol faces east. It is swayambhu (self emanated) & has a left side trunk. There are carbuncle & diamonds in the eyes of Vinayaka. Theur is in Haveli Taluka of District Pune at a distance of 25 km from Pune City. It is situated on the confluence of the Mula, Mutha & Bhima rivers. Facility of frequent Poona Motor Transport buses makes the approach of this place very easy. Its only at 3 kms of distance from Loni.
Brahma Srushtyadisakta Sthirmatirahittam Pidito Vighnasandhe Aakranto Bhutirakta Krutiganrajasa Jeevita Tyaktu Mischina Swatmanan Sarvyakta Ganapatimamal Satyachintamaniyam Mukta Cha Stapayant Shtirmatisukhadam Sthavare Dhudhi Midhe
God Brahma meditated here to subdue his wavering mind. Theur is the nearest place of Ashtavinayak from Pune.
How to reach Theur
Theur is in Haveli district of Pune. The distance from Pune is about 25 km. Theur is situated on the confluence of Mula, Mutha & Bhima rivers. One can reach Theur by,
1. Regular Pune Motor Transport buses are available from Poolgate bus stand of Pune.
2. On Pune-Sholapur highway after Loni, a road leads to Theur.
Story
King Abhjit & queen Gunavati did penance for several years on advice of sage Vaishampayan & got a son named as Gana. Gana popularly called as Ganaraja.
Ganaraja was as furious as he was brave & valorious. Once after his hunting expedition he came to Kapila Rishi's Ashram for taking rest. Sage Kapila welcomed Ganaraja & invited for lunch along with his sena(army).
King of gods Indra had given sage Kapila a jewel called Chintamani. With its help the sage fed the entire army with good food. Being impressed by the power of the jewel, greedy Ganaraja asked sage Kapila to give the jewel to him. When sage Kapila refused to give the jewel, Ganaraja took away from him by force.
Sage Kaplia was disappointed. Goddess Durga advice Kapila to worship Lord Ganesha & in boon sked for the Chintamani. A fierced battle between Lord Ganesha & Ganaraja took place. At the end Lord Ganesha killed Ganaraja.
King Abhjit returned the Chintamani to sage Kapila. Sage Kapila worshipped Lord Ganesha. From that time Lord Ganesha was also called as Chintamani-Vinayaka. This village is also called as Kadamba Tirtha because the battle between Lord Ganesha & Ganaraja took place near Kadamba tree.
Temple
The main archway of the temple faces North. Madhavarao Peshava had built a concrete road from main gate up to Mula-Mutha river. Temple hall is made up of wood & there is a small fountain made up of black stone in the hall. The courtyard of the temple is big paved with floor. There is small temple of God Shiva in the courtyard of the temple. A big bell can be seen outside the main temple.
The temple was built by Dharanidhar Maharaj Dev from the family of Moraya Gosavi. One hundred years later Madhavarao Peshava built a hall for this temple. Haripant Phadake & other devotees had done timely repairs of the temple.
Idol
Idol facing toward East is self emerged & has a left side trunk. There are diamonds in the eyes of the idol.
Festivals
Two festivals, one in Bhadrapada from Pratipada to Saptami & another in Magh are celebrated in Theur on grand scale. In those days Ganesh idols in the nearby temples are worshipped & offered naivedya. This is called as Dwaryatra. On Sankashti & Angaraki people give food to poor. They have been provided with the utensils to prepare food.
Lord Chintamani was a family God of Madhavarao Peshva. His palace was near the temple & now it is converted into garden. Madhavarao Peshva had stayed in this palace in his last sickness. He renovated the temple & performed various religious programs in the temple. By chanting Gajanan he passed away. Ramabai, wife of Madhavarao Peshva burnt herself with corpse of Madhavarao Peshva on bank of the Mula Mutha river. Sati's vrindavan was built on that place. It was Kartik Vadya Ashtami. Rama Madhav death anniversary is celebrated here on Kartik Vadya Ashtami.
From Wikipedia:



Shri Chintamani


Shri Chintamani, Theur
Ganesha is believed to have got back the precious Chinatamani jewel from the greedy Guna for sage Kapila at this spot. However, after bringing back the jewel, sage Kapila put it in Vinayaka's (Ganesha's) neck. Thus the name Chintamani Vinayak. This happened under the Kadamb tree, therefore Theur is known as Kadambanagar in old times.
The lake behind the temple is called Kadambteertha. The temple entrance is North facing. The outer wooden hall is built by Peshwas. The main temple is supposed to have been built by Dharanidhar Maharaj Dev from the family-lineage of Shri Moraya Gosavi. He must have built this around 100 years before Senior Shrimant Madhavrao Peshwa built the outer wooden hall.
This idol also has a left trunk, with carbuncle and diamonds as its eyes. The idol faces the East side.