KISHAN DYAL AND KAUSHALAYA DEVI
Kishan Dyal and Kaushalya Devi were two children of Pujari of Mandir Kalyanrai, Khajjan. Since birth, Kishan Dyal was a feeble minded child. It was apparent from his early childhood conduct that he would not be able to take care of the landed property after his father. So, it was decided to attach the land held by the Pujari to Mandir Kalyanrai in order to secure both property and future of Kishan Dyal.
Kaushalya Devi was married off to Puran Chand, elder son of Pandit Mallhu Ram of Ladori. Puran Chand and Kaushalya Devi have four sons and a daughter. Daughter Urmila is married to Om Prakash Shastri of village Indpur. Writer, the eldest, Raman, Radha and Arun are the four sons who are well settled and living with their respective families. Puran Chand left for his heavenly abode in March 1974 while Smt. Kaushalya Devi followed him on 27 July, 2000.
After the demise of Head Pujari, Kishan Dyal became next Pujari and custodian of Mandir Kalyanrai and property attached to it. Despite best efforts made by Manjhol family of Ladori in general and Kaushalya Devi in particular, Kishan Dyal never agreed for marriage. He had been leading a lonely life all these years. His behavior and general conduct, though not bad, had made him a laughing stock in and around the village. The major problem with him had always been that he did not trust anyone on the earth and was not interested to listen to any good advice or suggestion from any well wishers like his sister and her sons.
Kaushalya Devi was married off to Puran Chand, elder son of Pandit Mallhu Ram of Ladori. Puran Chand and Kaushalya Devi have four sons and a daughter. Daughter Urmila is married to Om Prakash Shastri of village Indpur. Writer, the eldest, Raman, Radha and Arun are the four sons who are well settled and living with their respective families. Puran Chand left for his heavenly abode in March 1974 while Smt. Kaushalya Devi followed him on 27 July, 2000.
After the demise of Head Pujari, Kishan Dyal became next Pujari and custodian of Mandir Kalyanrai and property attached to it. Despite best efforts made by Manjhol family of Ladori in general and Kaushalya Devi in particular, Kishan Dyal never agreed for marriage. He had been leading a lonely life all these years. His behavior and general conduct, though not bad, had made him a laughing stock in and around the village. The major problem with him had always been that he did not trust anyone on the earth and was not interested to listen to any good advice or suggestion from any well wishers like his sister and her sons.
It was only because of his good for nothing nature and utterly foolish behavior that he lost everything. Half of the mandir land has gone to the Mujaras {who actually cultivate the land}, under an act of government while the second half has been forcibly occupied by them as no one cared and listened to poor and hapless Kishan Dyal who is no more now!
A still more clever immediate neighbourer of Kishan Dyal, Pancham Chand, who was then in a government service, far away in Old Himachal Pradesh, has also grabbed and occupied vast stretch of Khadyater land of Mandir Kalyanrai through a well planned and executed conspiracy with the connivance of local revenue officials showing himself as its Kashtkar taking advantage of the mental weakness of Kishan Dyal. It may be pointed out that Khadyater land cannot be leased \out to a Kashtkar {who actually cultivate the land} for cultivation and that too to a government employee who, during all his service period lived away from Khajjan as far as District Chamba.
The writer's younger brother Arun has been looking after Kishan Dyal for the last many years and supporting him both financially and morally. He had also constructed a house for him many years before his death. Arun's efforts to retrieve the mandir land from unauthorized occupation of Mujaras as well as from Pancham Chand, have yielded results to some extent but some cases still require constant follow up. I personally appeal to the respected senior residents of Khajjan, revenue officials, member Panchyayat to co-operate with Arun Kumar Sharma and help him save Mandir Kalyanrai from likely ruins.
A still more clever immediate neighbourer of Kishan Dyal, Pancham Chand, who was then in a government service, far away in Old Himachal Pradesh, has also grabbed and occupied vast stretch of Khadyater land of Mandir Kalyanrai through a well planned and executed conspiracy with the connivance of local revenue officials showing himself as its Kashtkar taking advantage of the mental weakness of Kishan Dyal. It may be pointed out that Khadyater land cannot be leased \out to a Kashtkar {who actually cultivate the land} for cultivation and that too to a government employee who, during all his service period lived away from Khajjan as far as District Chamba.
The writer's younger brother Arun has been looking after Kishan Dyal for the last many years and supporting him both financially and morally. He had also constructed a house for him many years before his death. Arun's efforts to retrieve the mandir land from unauthorized occupation of Mujaras as well as from Pancham Chand, have yielded results to some extent but some cases still require constant follow up. I personally appeal to the respected senior residents of Khajjan, revenue officials, member Panchyayat to co-operate with Arun Kumar Sharma and help him save Mandir Kalyanrai from likely ruins.
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