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    <title><![CDATA[Betal Pachisi — 25 Tales of Vikram & Betal]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The world-renowned cycle of 25 supernatural, philosophical riddle-tales told by the spirit Betal to the fearless Emperor Vikramaditya in the stormy midnight cremation grounds of Ujjain.]]></description>
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    <itunes:author>Somadeva • Bharatiya Comics</itunes:author>
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      <itunes:email>contact@ankitbansal.co.in</itunes:email>
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    <copyright>Copyright 2026 Bharatiya Comics</copyright>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 0: The Prologue — The Monk's Ruby]]></title>
      <itunes:title><![CDATA[Chapter 0: The Prologue — The Monk's Ruby]]></itunes:title>
      <description><![CDATA[Why did an ascetic give King Vikramaditya 3,650 rubies? The dark secret of Bhikshu Shantisheel's occult ambition to rule the celestial realms—and why only the 32 divine royal marks of Emperor Vikramaditya could complete the sinister midnight sacrifice.]]></description>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Why did an ascetic give King Vikramaditya 3,650 rubies? The dark secret of Bhikshu Shantisheel's occult ambition to rule the celestial realms—and why only the 32 divine royal marks of Emperor Vikramaditya could complete the sinister midnight sacrifice.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:03:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 1: The Secret Signs of Padmavati]]></title>
      <itunes:title><![CDATA[Chapter 1: The Secret Signs of Padmavati]]></itunes:title>
      <description><![CDATA[Betal narrates his first riddle: Prince Vajramukuta witnesses Princess Padmavati bathing in an enchanted lotus lake. A wordless exchange of four cryptic gestures sets off a high-stakes romantic adventure across kingdoms, decoded by the genius strategist Buddhidhari.]]></description>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Betal narrates his first riddle: Prince Vajramukuta witnesses Princess Padmavati bathing in an enchanted lotus lake. A wordless exchange of four cryptic gestures sets off a high-stakes romantic adventure across kingdoms, decoded by the genius strategist Buddhidhari.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:03:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 2: The Three Suitors & The Sanjeevani Resurrection]]></title>
      <itunes:title><![CDATA[Chapter 2: The Three Suitors & The Sanjeevani Resurrection]]></itunes:title>
      <description><![CDATA[Betal narrates the saga of the maiden Mandaravati and three noble suitors who respond to her sudden death with three extreme devotions: one keeps constant vigil beside her preserved body, one performs sacred pilgrimages along the Ganga, and one traverses the Himalayas to master the occult Sanjeevani Vidya to resurrect her. To whom does she belong?]]></description>
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      <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:03:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 3: The Debate of the Parrot and the Maina]]></title>
      <itunes:title><![CDATA[Chapter 3: The Debate of the Parrot and the Maina]]></itunes:title>
      <description><![CDATA[Betal narrates the courtroom duel between the scholarly parrot Vidagdhachudamani and the wise myna Somika over whether men or women harbor greater deceit. An intricate double-tale explaining Dhanadatta's high-caste deception and the midnight mystery of the severed nose.]]></description>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Betal narrates the courtroom duel between the scholarly parrot Vidagdhachudamani and the wise myna Somika over whether men or women harbor greater deceit. An intricate double-tale explaining Dhanadatta's high-caste deception and the midnight mystery of the severed nose.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:03:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 4: The Incomparable Sacrifice of Veervara]]></title>
      <itunes:title><![CDATA[Chapter 4: The Incomparable Sacrifice of Veervara]]></itunes:title>
      <description><![CDATA[Betal narrates the supreme saga of the loyal warrior Veervara and his noble family, who offer their lives before Goddess Chandi to save King Shudraka. When King Shudraka prepares to take his own life in return, the Goddess manifests to resurrect them all. Whose sacrifice was the greatest of all?]]></description>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Betal narrates the supreme saga of the loyal warrior Veervara and his noble family, who offer their lives before Goddess Chandi to save King Shudraka. When King Shudraka prepares to take his own life in return, the Goddess manifests to resurrect them all. Whose sacrifice was the greatest of all?]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:03:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <itunes:duration>13:14</itunes:duration>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 5: Somaprabha & The Three Prodigies]]></title>
      <itunes:title><![CDATA[Chapter 5: Somaprabha & The Three Prodigies]]></itunes:title>
      <description><![CDATA[Betal narrates the saga of Somaprabha and three gifted suitors—an aerial chariot builder, an omniscient seer, and an invincible archer—who unite their powers to rescue her from the demon Dhoomrasikha. To whom does she rightfully belong?]]></description>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Betal narrates the saga of Somaprabha and three gifted suitors—an aerial chariot builder, an omniscient seer, and an invincible archer—who unite their powers to rescue her from the demon Dhoomrasikha. To whom does she rightfully belong?]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:03:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <itunes:duration>09:10</itunes:duration>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 6: The Mystery of the Transposed Heads]]></title>
      <itunes:title><![CDATA[Chapter 6: The Mystery of the Transposed Heads]]></itunes:title>
      <description><![CDATA[Betal narrates the macabre mystery of Dhavala and his brother-in-law, who decapitate themselves in ecstatic devotion before Goddess Gauri. When the bride resurrects them, the heads are accidentally swapped onto the opposite bodies! Which body is her true husband?]]></description>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Betal narrates the macabre mystery of Dhavala and his brother-in-law, who decapitate themselves in ecstatic devotion before Goddess Gauri. When the bride resurrects them, the heads are accidentally swapped onto the opposite bodies! Which body is her true husband?]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>6</itunes:episode>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:03:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <itunes:duration>08:41</itunes:duration>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 7: Sattvasheel & The Sunken Ocean Palace]]></title>
      <itunes:title><![CDATA[Chapter 7: Sattvasheel & The Sunken Ocean Palace]]></itunes:title>
      <description><![CDATA[Betal narrates the epic adventure of the fearless warrior Sattvasheel, who dives into the ocean abyss to discover a sunken golden city of Vidyadharis. When his King falls in love with the celestial princess, Sattvasheel selflessly surrenders his hard-won bride and kingdom to his sovereign. Whose virtue was greater?]]></description>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Betal narrates the epic adventure of the fearless warrior Sattvasheel, who dives into the ocean abyss to discover a sunken golden city of Vidyadharis. When his King falls in love with the celestial princess, Sattvasheel selflessly surrenders his hard-won bride and kingdom to his sovereign. Whose virtue was greater?]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>7</itunes:episode>
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      <link>https://bharatiyacomics.com/comics/betal-pachisi/katha/007-sattvasheel-and-the-submerged-city</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:03:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <itunes:duration>08:36</itunes:duration>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 8: The Three Ultra-Delicate Queens]]></title>
      <itunes:title><![CDATA[Chapter 8: The Three Ultra-Delicate Queens]]></itunes:title>
      <description><![CDATA[Betal narrates the astonishing riddle of King Dharmadhvaja and his three ultra-delicate queens: one burned by autumn moonlight rays, one bruised by a falling lotus petal, and one developing blisters on her palms merely from the distant thudding sound of a wooden pestle! Who was the most delicate?]]></description>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Betal narrates the astonishing riddle of King Dharmadhvaja and his three ultra-delicate queens: one burned by autumn moonlight rays, one bruised by a falling lotus petal, and one developing blisters on her palms merely from the distant thudding sound of a wooden pestle! Who was the most delicate?]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>8</itunes:episode>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:03:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <itunes:duration>13:40</itunes:duration>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 9: Princess Anangarati & The Four Master Craftsmen]]></title>
      <itunes:title><![CDATA[Chapter 9: Princess Anangarati & The Four Master Craftsmen]]></itunes:title>
      <description><![CDATA[Four master youths presenting peerless miracles of skill (a celestial weaver, an astrologer, an aerial architect, and an invincible Kshatriya swordsman) compete for Princess Anangarati. To whom does she rightfully belong?]]></description>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Four master youths presenting peerless miracles of skill (a celestial weaver, an astrologer, an aerial architect, and an invincible Kshatriya swordsman) compete for Princess Anangarati. To whom does she rightfully belong?]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>9</itunes:episode>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:03:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 10: Madansena & The Robber's Sacred Vow]]></title>
      <itunes:title><![CDATA[Chapter 10: Madansena & The Robber's Sacred Vow]]></itunes:title>
      <description><![CDATA[Madansena honors her pre-marital vow of truth to visit her lover on her wedding night. Her husband permits her, a fierce thief spares her, and her lover sends her back untouched. Who made the greatest sacrifice?]]></description>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Madansena honors her pre-marital vow of truth to visit her lover on her wedding night. Her husband permits her, a fierce thief spares her, and her lover sends her back untouched. Who made the greatest sacrifice?]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>10</itunes:episode>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:03:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 11: The Sage Hariswami & The Poison in the Alms Bowl]]></title>
      <itunes:title><![CDATA[Chapter 11: The Sage Hariswami & The Poison in the Alms Bowl]]></itunes:title>
      <description><![CDATA[A starving Brahmin eats charity kheer accidentally poisoned by a dying serpent carried by an eagle. Who bears the mortal sin of Brahma-hatya?]]></description>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[A starving Brahmin eats charity kheer accidentally poisoned by a dying serpent carried by an eagle. Who bears the mortal sin of Brahma-hatya?]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>11</itunes:episode>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:03:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 12: The Three Fastidious Brothers]]></title>
      <itunes:title><![CDATA[Chapter 12: The Three Fastidious Brothers]]></itunes:title>
      <description><![CDATA[Three brothers possess supernatural sensitivity to food, scent, and touch. One rejects rice smelling of pyre ashes, one detects goat's milk in a maiden, and one is bruised through seven mattresses by a single hair. Who is the most delicate?]]></description>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Three brothers possess supernatural sensitivity to food, scent, and touch. One rejects rice smelling of pyre ashes, one detects goat's milk in a maiden, and one is bruised through seven mattresses by a single hair. Who is the most delicate?]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>12</itunes:episode>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:03:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 13: The Unfailing Devotion of Jimutavahana]]></title>
      <itunes:title><![CDATA[Chapter 13: The Unfailing Devotion of Jimutavahana]]></itunes:title>
      <description><![CDATA[Prince Jimutavahana gives his body to Garuda to save the Naga youth Shankhachuda. When Shankhachuda runs back to take his place in Garuda's claws, whose sacrifice is greater?]]></description>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Prince Jimutavahana gives his body to Garuda to save the Naga youth Shankhachuda. When Shankhachuda runs back to take his place in Garuda's claws, whose sacrifice is greater?]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>13</itunes:episode>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:03:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 14: The Merchant's Daughter & The Condemned Thief]]></title>
      <itunes:title><![CDATA[Chapter 14: The Merchant's Daughter & The Condemned Thief]]></itunes:title>
      <description><![CDATA[A wealthy maiden falls in love with a defiant thief condemned to the stake. Before dying, the impaled thief first weeps and then laughs. Why did he weep and laugh at the threshold of death?]]></description>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[A wealthy maiden falls in love with a defiant thief condemned to the stake. Before dying, the impaled thief first weeps and then laughs. Why did he weep and laugh at the threshold of death?]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>14</itunes:episode>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:03:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Three scholars possess miraculous occult knowledge without practical wisdom, while their fourth friend has common sense. When they bring a dead lion to life in the jungle, who bears the guilt of their gruesome doom?]]></description>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Three scholars possess miraculous occult knowledge without practical wisdom, while their fourth friend has common sense. When they bring a dead lion to life in the jungle, who bears the guilt of their gruesome doom?]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>15</itunes:episode>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:03:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <itunes:duration>06:42</itunes:duration>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 16: The King, The Brahman Youth & The Demon]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[King Chandraprabha encounters a ferocious Brahma-Rakshasa in a cursed forest. When the demon demands a noble sacrifice, the King offers his own royal life, while a devoted young Brahman leaps forward to die in his monarch's place. Whose sacrifice was truly supreme?]]></description>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[King Chandraprabha encounters a ferocious Brahma-Rakshasa in a cursed forest. When the demon demands a noble sacrifice, the King offers his own royal life, while a devoted young Brahman leaps forward to die in his monarch's place. Whose sacrifice was truly supreme?]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>16</itunes:episode>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:03:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 17: Chandraswami & The Guru's Grand Illusion]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A brilliant scholar named Chandraswami seeks occult Vidyas from an enigmatic Tantric Siddha. Submerging his head into a sacred pool for a single breath, he experiences twenty full years of worldly kingdom, passionate marriage, fatherhood, catastrophic war, and heartbreaking death. Was this grand illusion born of the Guru's incantation or the disciple's own latent desires?]]></description>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[A brilliant scholar named Chandraswami seeks occult Vidyas from an enigmatic Tantric Siddha. Submerging his head into a sacred pool for a single breath, he experiences twenty full years of worldly kingdom, passionate marriage, fatherhood, catastrophic war, and heartbreaking death. Was this grand illusion born of the Guru's incantation or the disciple's own latent desires?]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>17</itunes:episode>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:03:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <itunes:duration>07:34</itunes:duration>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 18: The Intricate Knot of Royal Kinship]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[King Chandrasimha and his son Prince Simhavikrama follow two sets of footprints in the forest: the King pledges to marry the bearer of the large footprints, while the Prince pledges to marry the bearer of the small ones. To their astonishment, the delicate small feet belong to Queen Mother Chandravati, and the stately large feet belong to Princess Lavanyavati! Both couples marry and bear children. What is the impossible kinship relation between their offspring?]]></description>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[King Chandrasimha and his son Prince Simhavikrama follow two sets of footprints in the forest: the King pledges to marry the bearer of the large footprints, while the Prince pledges to marry the bearer of the small ones. To their astonishment, the delicate small feet belong to Queen Mother Chandravati, and the stately large feet belong to Princess Lavanyavati! Both couples marry and bear children. What is the impossible kinship relation between their offspring?]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>18</itunes:episode>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:03:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <itunes:duration>05:24</itunes:duration>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 19: The Master Thief & The Fearless Princess]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A master thief named Chandaka breaches the royal vaults of Ujjayini to redistribute hoarded wealth to the starving poor. Captured and paraded in chains toward the execution stake, his fearless dignity captures the heart of Princess Shashiprabha. She risks high treason to break into the royal dungeon to engineer his escape, but the thief refuses to flee if it brings dishonor upon the princess. Who acted with the supreme nobility?]]></description>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[A master thief named Chandaka breaches the royal vaults of Ujjayini to redistribute hoarded wealth to the starving poor. Captured and paraded in chains toward the execution stake, his fearless dignity captures the heart of Princess Shashiprabha. She risks high treason to break into the royal dungeon to engineer his escape, but the thief refuses to flee if it brings dishonor upon the princess. Who acted with the supreme nobility?]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>19</itunes:episode>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:03:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <itunes:duration>06:37</itunes:duration>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 20: The Brahman Boy Who Laughed at Death]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[To appease a ferocious plague-demon and save his empire, King Chandraprabha purchases the sacrificial life of a seven-year-old Brahman boy from his impoverished parents for a mountain of gold. At the midnight altar of Goddess Chandika, the mother and father pin their son's hands and head, the King pins his feet, and the royal priest raises the gleaming sacrificial scimitar. At that terrifying threshold of death, the child bursts into clear, ecstatic, ringing laughter! Why did the innocent child laugh?]]></description>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[To appease a ferocious plague-demon and save his empire, King Chandraprabha purchases the sacrificial life of a seven-year-old Brahman boy from his impoverished parents for a mountain of gold. At the midnight altar of Goddess Chandika, the mother and father pin their son's hands and head, the King pins his feet, and the royal priest raises the gleaming sacrificial scimitar. At that terrifying threshold of death, the child bursts into clear, ecstatic, ringing laughter! Why did the innocent child laugh?]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>20</itunes:episode>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:03:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <itunes:duration>08:14</itunes:duration>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 21: Anangamanjari & The Tragic Oath of Love]]></title>
      <itunes:title><![CDATA[Chapter 21: Anangamanjari & The Tragic Oath of Love]]></itunes:title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anangamanjari dies of unbearable grief from separation; her lover dies upon beholding her lifeless form; her husband renounces life in reverence for their purity. Who among the three made the supreme sacrifice?]]></description>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Anangamanjari dies of unbearable grief from separation; her lover dies upon beholding her lifeless form; her husband renounces life in reverence for their purity. Who among the three made the supreme sacrifice?]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>21</itunes:episode>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:03:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <itunes:duration>06:10</itunes:duration>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 22: The Four Scholarly Brothers & The Resurrected Beast]]></title>
      <itunes:title><![CDATA[Chapter 22: The Four Scholarly Brothers & The Resurrected Beast]]></itunes:title>
      <description><![CDATA[Four scholarly Brahman brothers master four esoteric sciences: assembling bones, creating flesh and skin, shaping organs and limbs, and infusing Prana (vital life breath). Who among them is the true creator and father of the resurrected beast?]]></description>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Four scholarly Brahman brothers master four esoteric sciences: assembling bones, creating flesh and skin, shaping organs and limbs, and infusing Prana (vital life breath). Who among them is the true creator and father of the resurrected beast?]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>22</itunes:episode>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:03:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <itunes:duration>06:00</itunes:duration>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 23: The Aghori Ascetic & The Transmigrated Soul]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[An ancient dying Aghori yogi uses the esoteric Siddhi of Parakaya Pravesha (soul transference) to enter the youthful corpse of a prince. But before entering, why did he first weep bitterly and then laugh ecstatically?]]></description>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[An ancient dying Aghori yogi uses the esoteric Siddhi of Parakaya Pravesha (soul transference) to enter the youthful corpse of a prince. But before entering, why did he first weep bitterly and then laugh ecstatically?]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>23</itunes:episode>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:03:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <itunes:duration>05:58</itunes:duration>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 24: The Unbreakable Kinship Conundrum]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The ultimate genealogical riddle of Betal Pachisi: A King marries a young princess and his son marries her mother queen based on footprints in the forest. What is the exact kinship of their children? Emperor Vikramaditya remains majestically silent, trapping Betal on his shoulder!]]></description>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The ultimate genealogical riddle of Betal Pachisi: A King marries a young princess and his son marries her mother queen based on footprints in the forest. What is the exact kinship of their children? Emperor Vikramaditya remains majestically silent, trapping Betal on his shoulder!]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>24</itunes:episode>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:03:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <itunes:duration>05:50</itunes:duration>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 25 (Grand Finale): The Slaying of Sorcerer Shantisheel]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The grand cosmic finale of Betal Pachisi: Vikramaditya brings the corpse to the Tantric mandala. Betal reveals Shantisheel's sinister human sacrifice plot. Vikram outwits the sorcerer, asking him to demonstrate the Sashtanga Pranam, and slays him with the celestial sword Chandrahasa—liberating Betal and being crowned Emperor of Earth and the Vidyadhara realms!]]></description>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The grand cosmic finale of Betal Pachisi: Vikramaditya brings the corpse to the Tantric mandala. Betal reveals Shantisheel's sinister human sacrifice plot. Vikram outwits the sorcerer, asking him to demonstrate the Sashtanga Pranam, and slays him with the celestial sword Chandrahasa—liberating Betal and being crowned Emperor of Earth and the Vidyadhara realms!]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>25</itunes:episode>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:03:38 GMT</pubDate>
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