There is a Mavan in India, which has been alive for 6 thousand years. He is the supreme devotee of Lord Shiva. The dawn wakes up first. Takes a dip in the Ganges and worships Mahadev by offering flowers and bellies in the Shivling.
It is said that in Kali Yuga, the Kalki avatar of Lord Vishnu will be in Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh. Then this human will fight his last war with God Kalki. Actually, these are great ashwatthama. Ashwatthama, who came out to avenge the death of his father Dronacharya, had a hesitation of him and Lord Krishna cursed him to wander for ages. Ashwatthama is still alive for the last 5 200 years.
According to Hindu tradition, Ashwatthama is 5,200 years old. His age is estimated from the beginning of Kali Yuga to 3102 BC. Accordingly, Ashwatthama was 78 years old during the Kurukshetra war. Ashwatthama was the son of Guru Dronacharya. He was mighty and adept in archery like his father since birth. It is believed that Ashwatthama is still alive today and will survive till the end of Kali Yuga. The place of Khodra Mahadev on the hills of Vindhyachal, located about 12 km from Mhow in Madhya Pradesh, is worshiped as the penance of Ashwatthama. It is believed that even today Ashwatthama comes here.
Let me tell you, the first and largest era in the scriptures is considered to be the golden age. It has been up to 17,28,000 years. In this, the age of man is said to be around 1,00,000 years. After the Satyuga, the second major era was Tretayuga. Its age is stated to be around 12,96,000 years. In this era, man was about 10,000 years of age. Dwaparyuga is at number three. Its age was around 8,64,000 years and humans live up to the age of about 1000 years. In the scriptures, it is described as the last and youngest era. Its total age is around 4,32,000 years. The maximum age of man is around 100 years. In this era, Lord Kalki will descend into a Brahmin family. Kalki God will kill the demons. In this war, Ashwatthama will also fight a war with Lord Kalki.
Ashwatthama was born in the Mahabharata period. He was counted among the best warriors of the time. He was the son of Guru Dronacharya and nephew of Rajguru Kripacharya of Kuru dynasty. It was Dronacharya who made the Kauravas and Pandavas in weapon learning. At the time of the war of Mahabharata, Guru Drona thought it appropriate to support the Kauravas due to loyalty to the state of Hastinapur. The father-son duo disintegrated the army of Pandavas during the war of Mahabharata. Seeing the Pandava army discouraged, Shri Krishna asked Yudhishthira to resort to diplomacy to kill Dronacharya. Under this scheme, it was spread in the battlefield that Ashwatthama was killed. When Dronacharya wanted to know the truth of Ashwatthama’s death from Dharmaraja Yudhishthira, Yudhishthira replied that ‘Ashwatthama Hato Naro wa Kunjaro Va’ (Ashwatthama is killed, but I do not know whether he was a male or elephant).
Hearing this, Guru Drona, son of Drona, gave up arms and sat in the battlefield and took advantage of the same occasion, Dhrishtadyumna, son of Panchal King Drupada, killed him. The father’s death distracted Ashwatthama. After the Mahabharata war, Ashwatthama killed the Pandava sons to take a vengeance of the father’s death and had run the Brahmastra to kill Abhimanyu son Parikshit, who was in the womb of Uttara for the perfect destruction of the Pandava dynasty. Lord Shri Krishna protected Parikshit and took out the gem on the forehead of Ashwatthama as a punishment and made him fast and cursed to wander for ages. Since then Ashwatthama has been wandering on earth. Worship Lord Shiva. Ashwatthama is said to have been seen in many areas of India. People worshiping Ashwatthama at Shiv Mandir in Shivrajpur, Kanpur have claimed to see Ashwatthama.
Apart from Kanpur, Ashwatthama is also claimed to be seen in Burhanpur in Madhya Pradesh. Local people say that after bathing in the pond in the fort, Ashwatthama goes to worship at the Shiva temple. Some people say that they bathe in the Utawali river and come here for worship. Surprisingly, this pond situated in the fort built on the top of the mountain never dries up even in the hot summer of Burhanpur. There is a temple of Gupteshwar Mahadev, a little further of the pond. The temple is surrounded by trenches from all sides. According to the legend, there is a secret route in one of these trenches, which goes through Khandava Van (Khandwa district) directly into this temple. Through this path, Ashwatthama comes inside the temple. The Shivling has fresh flowers and gulal every day.
According to the book Bhavishya Purana, the book of Sanatan Dharma, there will be a big crisis on Sanatan Dharma in the future. At that time, human thinking and character must have fallen. Then a person will try to eradicate eternal religion from the world and at the same time the end of Kali Yuga will also be. At this time Lord Vishnu will be born on earth as “Kalki” avatar and Ashwatthama will also join his army and fight against unrighteousness. The warrior Ashwatthama will continue to wander like this while protecting religion for about 5000 to 6000 years on earth. In fact, while serving the punishment of the unrighteousness that the warrior Ashwatthama had done, he will continue to wander like this till Lord Vishnu has an incarnation. The reason for the wandering of the warrior Ashwatthama is to join the battle of religion war and to get salvation free in this curse.