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He went to fetch two goats for a sacrifice and came back having changed religion.
His mother was ill, and he had promised the goddess two goats.
Madhavdeva was a Shakta, seriously and by conviction. Well educated, sharp in argument, and entirely certain that the way to help his mother was blood offered at the shrine.
The rest of this story, read aloud, and a new one every day.