18 September 2019

National

Gabbar Roars Again! Save Chambal's Angkor Wat, Pleads Former Dacoit's Family

Former dacoits of dreaded Chambal ravines seek Prime Minister Narendra Modi's help to restore Bateshwar temple, probably India's biggest temple complex

Temple Run

Reliving the past with a posed photograh in front of the Bateshwar temple

Long before a tobacco-chewing dacoit with an evil grin scorched the silver screen with his manic laughter in the 1975 Bollywood cult Sholay, the real­-life Gabbar Singh was unleashing terror across three states from his hideout in the ravines of Chambal—pillaging, plundering, killing; and cutting off noses of policemen his gang caught....