Amar Chitra Katha #98
In "Pundalik," a 1976 Amar Chitra Katha classic, a devoted woman named Sakhu faces cruel trials for her faith, enduring imprisonment and starvation to fulfill her longing to pilgrimage to Pandharpur. When her devotion moves the god Pandurang to intervene, a miraculous turn of events unfolds, testing the limits of faith and redemption. With art and storytelling by Prabhakar Khanolkar, this powerful tale of sacrifice and divine grace is brought to life in vivid detail, both in the interior pages and on the striking cover he also created.
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Sakhu prays and sings to the god Pandurang daily. She desires to make a pilgrimage to Pandharpur but her husband and in-laws tie her up starve her. Pandurang takes her place so she can complete the pilgrimage. Once it is complete she dies and is cremated. Rukmini, Pandurang's consort, brings her back to life so that Pandurang can return home. Chastened, her husband and in-laws become staunch devotees of Pandurang.
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