It's a tale akin to Mackenna's Gold - a saint allegedly dreams of tons of gold buried underneath the ground and appeals to the Govt to get the gold excavated for the welfare of the State.
It all started with Sant Shobhan Sarkar who media reports claim dreamt that Raja Ram Bux Singh who was executed by the British after the mutiny of 1857 came to him in his dreams and requested him to take care of the treasured gold buried inside the ruins of the fort.....although there are conflicting versions on this....
Sant Shobhan Sarkar who is well known in that area of Daudiya Khera in District Unnao of Uttar Pradesh and surrounding areas as a saint of stature who is also known to have allegedly cured people of their cancers and has generally a reputation of a learned yet simple person having divine powers.....
The site was carefully surveyed and finally after a detailed report of Geological Survey of India confirmed the presence of 'some' metallic object underneath the ground, a excavation has been ordered under the supervision of the Archaeological Survey of India.
The same was started on 18th October 2013....
The digging will see results in about a month's time or maybe slightly less....however the excitement is palpable in that area - people from far and near have started gathering out of curiosity,makeshift eatery stalls have come up, and of course the media has descended there in large numbers....
My take on this - I believe that if Sant Shobhan Sarkar has some scientific and even other beliefs further fortified by the GSI and ASI then there might be some tangible results to the whole thing....now it all depends whether faith will prevail over scientific temper or both will win or lose in the end......
All said and done if the gold treasure is indeed there and safely recovered it will definitely help in restoring the balance of payments position of the Nation and swell the gold reserves. The gold is estimated to be about 10 lakh kg in gold.
Further even if gold is not found and some other metallic or priceless objects are found it will definitely aid and abet in discovery of the style and civilization present in those times.
One more thing needs to be added...lets not be cynical or feel 'ashamed' and start attacking the excavation....basically it's an Archaeological Survey of India decision based on facts figures and reports. In any case all old unused forts and ruins wherever they are, do deserve a look in by the ASI...they just might contain imp information buried out there and of course who knows contain some 'treasured and priceless items' too.....
What I find extremely funny is that parties like BJP who are always latching on to saints and seers to gain political mileage, should find fault with the Congress for showing the green flag to a saint's vision or 'concern' for the economy.....so that's what 'dirty' 'scrubby' politics is all about....GROW UP FOLKS....
Cheers to the vision and concern of Shobhan Sarkar...let's appreciate his concern for the economy of India,at least he thinks for it and shows his concern unlike many 'fake' people in political parties who talk of 'Desh Bakhti' but keep back stabbing #India at the slightest pretext ..and let's hope faith prevails over every thing else.......
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