The God Who Has Waited on a Brick for Centuries

A god came to his door and he asked him to wait outside.

Who Pundalik was first

Not, in the early tellings, a figure of devotion at all.

They describe a man eaten up by his own household ambitions. Neglecting his aging parents while he chased wealth and comfort for himself.

The tradition paints that picture harshly on purpose. It wants the change that follows to carry its full weight.