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CYBER WEB - INFOTAINMENT TODAY (1719 words) |
 | Batara Kala, a bad son of god Guru, who was entitled to eat human-beings in the list of Sukerta. |
 | Kala surrendered and he was instructed by Ki Dalang to live in the jungle of Krenda wahana. |
 | Before leaving to the jungle, Kala asked some offerings consisting of agricultural crops and tools, kitchen utensils, some cattles such as: cows, buffaloes, sheep, chicken, ducks etc, long cloths, some food and mat, pillow and blanket to be used on his way to the jungle. |
| Uthaya Sankar SB (947 words) |
 | Both by land and water, the terrible Shiva and Batara Guru or Kala, are supreme. |
 | It is Batara Guru who alone has the "water of life", the elixir of life, which can restore life to dead humans and animals. |
 | Of the lesser deities of Hinduism, the most notable who have remained in Malay superstition and folklore are the "gergasi", half-human forest spirits of Hindu mythology represented in Malay folk-lore as tusked orgres that feed on human flesh. |