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Miracle Place of Mahavira.
Justice R. B. Jugmander Lal M-A..M.R.A.S, Bar-at-Law, There is a temple Mahavira in
of Lord
Chandanpur gram of Pargana and Tehsil Naurangabad in Jaipur State, at a distance of about nine miles from the Pataunda Mahavira Road Rly. Station; between Gangapur city and Hindaun Junction on the B.B. & C.I. Rly.
The calm image of
Lord Mahavira, with round cheeks, arched eye-brows Bort of innocent and almost dimpled chin gives a The mouth child-like or cherub-like look to the face is an eternal blossoming of a smile of irresistible calm and never-failing compassion and sweet beneficence. The right foot resting on the left thigh showed a life-like firmness in the curve between the ankle and the toes. Similarly the hand, specially the left hand showed a life-like render. ing of flesh in stone. So I gazed on and on at the figure of calm compassion and Serene Bliss.
About 500 years ago the Image was discovered by a cowherd, whose one cow on return home gave no milk. Suspecting that some one milked her in grazing, he watched her and found that she repaired to a spot, stood quietly there and milk flowed from her as if unseen hands were milking. This phenomenon occured from day to
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