the Hindus and Muslims believed in the same God, and the Koran forbade conversion. However, his advisors suggested that his teachings be disregarded and Uderolal imprisoned. When the guards proceeded to arrest him, an inferno and a flood engulfed his palaces. Mirkshah relented, abolished his decree, and asked for forgiveness from Uderolal. As the palace was saved and harmony restored, Jhulelal gained devotees even among the Muslims (including Mirkshah). Jhulelal requested that a flame be burnt for eternity, in the memory of his deeds, before leaving his earthly avatar. Variant readings The myth of Jhulelal is not seen in regional histories written prior to the 20th century. While all Jhulelal legends broadly revolve around two themes — the valorization of Sindhi communal harmony and the intrinsic superiority of tolerant and devout Hindus over Muslims who weren't even able to interpret their own religious texts — the specifics vary widely and have even been a site of internal contestation among Sindhi Hindus. Moreover Sindhi Muslims have forged their own legends concerning Jhulelal. Hindus The birth-name varies from Uderolal to Amarlal to Daryasahib; the event of his first appearance is either noted to be from a human birth or from the Indus, riding on a fish. He is variously noted as an avatara of Vishnu or a manifestation of Varuna; one conflates the two to deem him as the Varuna avatara of Vishnu. How he came to be known as Jhulelal attracts another set of fascinating claims. The transpirings that arose out of his encounter with Mirkshah varies — some claim that the King had submitted long ago in the face of his supernatural powers while others claim that Jhule Lal led a secretly gathered force to victory in an old-school war. The presentation of the narrative differs too. Many renderings choose to emphasize on the cruelty of Muslim rulers against Brahmins (and Hindus, by extension) — a column in Indian Express had projected contemporary Hindu Nationalism onto the narrative with Jhule Lal "fill[ing] the shrinking Hindus with courage" and "put[ting] holy terror into the persecuting Muslims" while some Sindhis have transplanted Jhulelal into the reign of Aurangzeb, a ruler notoriously renowned in public memory for being the worst persecutor of Hindus. Some choose to emphasize on the Hinduness of Jhulelal drawing tenuous connections with Vedic corpus. Muslims Jhulelal is declared to be Khwaja Khizr. Festivals Cheti Chand The Cheti Chand festival