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to pay obeisance and hear His teachings. No less a person than His Imperial Majesty Bharata became one of his ardent devotees. Such was, the. Glory of Gommateśvara who was none else than Bāhubali, the King of Paudanapura. The devotion of Bharata was so intense that he caused an image of Bahubali to be made in gold and installed at Paudanapura.
REFERENCES
1 Hari-Vansa-purāņa- 9/22. 2 Ibid., 9/94. 3 Ibid., 9/95. 4 Ibid, 11/56. 5 Ibid., 11/56. 6 lbid., 11/57-58. 7 Ibid., 11/76. 8 Ibid, 11/76. 9 Ibid., 11/77-78. 10 Ibid, 11/79. 11 Ibid., 11/80. 12 Ibid., 11/81-82. 13 Ibid., II 83. 14 Ibid., 11/84. 15 Ibid., 11/81-84.
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