The legend of ‘Matka Mazar’

Legend has it that the nomadic saint, camping in Dekhi, didn’t, for some reason, endear himself to the then Delhi ruler Shah Balban, a tyrannical type with pronounced sadistic tendency. It is said the ruler, in a bid to humiliate the noble soul credited with divine powers, sent the saint ‘meal’ of iron pellets and a cake of elephant dung...More...