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📜 Golden dawn rises over the Chamundi Hill and the heritage arches of Mysore (Year 2025). The air smells of fresh jasmine flowers and brewing filter coffee.
Chapter 01 • Mysore
The Mysore Dussehra Mystery: The Power of Saving
In heritage Mysore, Dev spends all his chore money on sweet Mysore Pak, while Kavya saves in a red clay Gullak. What happens when the Dussehra art kit is ruined?
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📜 In the red-oxide veranda, 68-year-old Ajji was polishing her traditional brass oil lamps for the upcoming Dussehra festival.
Ajji (Kalyani Amma)
"Good morning Kavya and Dev! Dussehra festival is just two weeks away. Who wants to earn their festival allowance today?"
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📜 Dev jumped with excitement, while 10-year-old Kavya listened with calm focus.
Ajji (Kalyani Amma)
"I have 3 important morning chores. For each completed task, I will pay you ₹10 in shiny new coins!"
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📜 Kavya carried two fragrant wicker baskets of yellow and orange marigold flowers into the prayer room.
Kavya
"Chore #1 complete, Ajji! Fresh orange marigolds from Devaraja Market for the puja!"
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📜 Dev swept every leaf from the heritage courtyard steps with a big broom.
Dev
"Look Ajji! The stone courtyard is sparkling clean! That is Chore #2 done!"
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📜 Together for Chore #3, the siblings walked down the sunny avenue to deliver a sealed brass milk canister to the temple priest.
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📜 Ajji placed three crisp ₹10 coins into each child’s palm. Dev’s eyes sparkled with big dreams of sweets!
Ajji (Kalyani Amma)
"Well done children! Here is ₹30 for Dev, and ₹30 for Kavya. Spend it with wisdom!"
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📜 The children ran to Devaraja Market, bursting with aromas of sizzling sweets, sandalwood carvings, and spinning wooden tops.
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📜 In less than 3 minutes, Dev spent every single rupee he earned on instant treats.
Dev
"Uncle! Give me two warm Mysore Paks (₹15), a spinning wooden top (₹10), and a glass of badam milk (₹5)! Take all my ₹30!"
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📜 Dev dusted sweet crumbs off his shirt. Total balance remaining: ₹0.
Dev
"Burrrp! That was so delicious! My pocket is empty, but my tummy is full!"
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📜 Kavya practiced Delayed Gratification. She kept ₹25 safe in her hand.
Kavya
"If I spend all ₹30 right now, the taste lasts 5 minutes, but the money is gone forever. I will buy one small sweet for ₹5 and save the rest."
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📜 At the pottery corner, artisan Somanna was painting red clay piggy banks with yellow floral borders.
Somanna
"Namaskara little Kavya! Look at these hand-painted red clay Gullaks (piggy banks). Just ₹5 each!"
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📜 Kavya bought the red clay Gullak for ₹5. Then, one by one, she dropped her remaining two ₹10 coins into the slot. *Clink! Clink!*
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📜 Dev teased his sister on the walk home, but Kavya smiled and hugged her red pot.
Dev
"Haha Kavya! You locked your coins in mud! You can’t eat mud, and you can’t play with it!"
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Inspiration & Educational Attribution
FinJunior interactive quests are adapted and gamified with gratitude and inspiration from Zerodha’s Rupee Tales and Varsity Junior educational initiatives to champion early financial literacy for children across India.