I have been talking to my grandson in Sweden who informed that he had seen in the internet that Aswathama,son of Dronacharya of the Mahabharata that
Aswatahama had been sighted in North India and he wanted my explanation.

The News Aswathama was seen,
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A more than a decade old newspaper article ran about a railway employee on leave. During his wanderings in the jungles of Navsari (Gujarat) he had reported a very tall man of about 12 feet with a wound on his head. He claimed to have conversation with him and learnt that Bheem was much taller and stronger than him.
[3/9/2005]
The last record of his existence came to my notice while reading a book called “Himalaya kah raha hai” by Pilot Baba. you can also go to his website to read the excerpts. The temple where he stayed was washed away in the floods a few years back. His site is link* is given at foot note of this post.
When in 1192, Prithveeraaj Chauhaan lost the battle from Mohammad Gauree, he left for jungle. There he met one old person with a scar on his head. Being a very good doctor Prithveeraaj Chauhaan confidently asked him that he can cure his scar. The old man agreed. But even after week’s medication it remained as it is. Prithveeraaj was surprised and understood the details. He asked old man if he is Ashwatthaamaa. Because only the scars that is created through taking up the “MANI” the gem from forehead cannot be cured. The old man told that he was Ashwatthaamaa and then he went away. This description is given in “Prithviraj Raso” the book written in 12th century by him.
In late 14th, early 15th century there lived in Gadag, Karnaatak, a poor Braahman called Naranappa. Later, because of the Mahabharata epic “Karnata Bharata Kathamanjari” that he wrote in Kannada, he came to be called as Kumara Vyasa. His greatest desire was to write Mahaabhaarat based on original sources, and to this end he prayed day-in and day-out in the Temple of Veera Naaraayan, temple of Trikooteshwar. One day the Almighty decided to answer his prayers and appeared in his dream and said: “Attend the forthcoming Dwaadashee Paaran (Dwaadashee feast) in the Veera Naaraayan Temple. Watch out for one lone Braahman who would leave the feast the earliest. He is none other than Ashwathaamaa of MBH. Fall at his feet and ask him to narrate the MBH as it happened. You can record it in writing and claim your share of fame”.
Dharmdev and Bhaktimaataa (father and mother of Bhagwan Swaminarayan) were cursed over two hundred years ago by Ashwatthaamaa – son of Dronacharya. This is described in Satsangi Jivan written by Shatanand Muni – He was tall and well built robed in orange clothes as a Braahman. His head was strapped just above his eyebrows and he was covered with Bhasm (ash). He had big red eyes full of angerness.
My Father’s uncle was a famous (Vaidya) – Doctor in Ludhiana. He would spend hours meditating too. He was a Bhakt of Data Dayal, a well Known Guru in Panjaab (try to search for Data Dayal on net). One day as he was closing his shop in the after noon, it was summer time and everything was shut due to summers, in 1968-69, Ludhiaanaa, Panjaab, just then an old person came to him, whose face was covered and spoke to him in crude Panjaabee and Hindi mix, “Badaa naam sunaa hai teraa, bhaut badaa vaidya hai too? Ilaaj kar sakdaa hai meraa?
[4/7/2005]
I have also heard from numerous people that others have spotted someone with a dent in the forehead roaming around the Narmadaa river (Gujaraat). He was described as tall person, and that there was tons of fly’s, bugs surrounding him all the time.
Alter the Mahabharata War was over,only Ten remained alive, Three from the Kaurava Side and Seven from the Pandavas.
They are,
Pandavas 5
Lord Krishna,
Sathyaki.
From the Kaurava Side Aswathama, Kruthavarma and Krupa.(Mahabharata ,Adi Parva).
Vyasa is very clear on who remained after the War.
He narrates the death of the others including Lord Krishna.
If Aswatahama retained his physical frame , Vyasa would definitely have made a specific mention about it.
He had left it as it was as he was confident that people wold know what the term Chiranjeevi meant
The people might have seen Aswathama’s Sukshma Sareera and the people who had seen him might have been evolved souls who could relate to Sukshma Sareera of those who were dead long back.
Siddhas belong to this category and thogh they leave their body they asumse different bodies and there are instances to confirm this , in the case of
Trilinga Swamigal and Kuzhandayanada Swamigal.
I recall an incident narrated by my father.
Kuzhandai(Child) Swamigal used to stay in our paternal grandfather’s house and my father used to bathe him.( around 1935)
On one occasion my father had seen a knife wound scar on the back of Kuzhandai Swamy and asked him about it.
He seems to have replied casually that Muslim had knifed him in Plassey(Battle of Plassey, 23 June 1757)
Citation.
http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3811317
http://ramanisblog.in/2013/11/19/who-performed-the-final-rites-of-lord-krishna/











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