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is just possible that all the five queens of Manasimha shown in the first sculpture, burnt themselves on the funeral pyre of their husband and became Satis. There is a Nandi in the mandapa of the shrine. The temple, with its low shikhara, is enclosed in a small compound.
(9) Cave of Bhartrhari.
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A little away from the northern bank of the Mandakini kunda, is a cave which people have named after Bhartṛhari, It is now included in a lately erected building. About 40 years ago a sadhu Avadhūtānanda built some quarters and a Shiva temple nearby and made it a monastery (matha) for Hindu monks. But somehow the state forced them to vacate the area and the building, now uncared for, is in ruins.
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Revati-kunda.
About a quarter of a mile from the Achaleshvara shrine, behind the Mandakini kunda in the east, is another small reservoir of water known as the Revati kuṇḍa. Always full of sweet cool waters, it seems to be an old kunda with flights of steps built on two sides, and the remaining sides formed of natural rocks. Both the kundas, the Mandakinī and the Revati, now need immediate repairs and better preservation. (IIa) Bhrgu-Ashrama.
About half a mile eastward of Revati kunda is the Bhṛgu-ashrama where there is a small Shiva temple with shikhara and a wall enclosing the Bhamati or the circumambulatory passage. In the shrine is the Shiva-linga and an image of Pārvatī; beside the shrine are a small step-well
2 It is believed that this building was a mansion of Bhima Shah who built one of the shrines at Delvada, discussed before. -Translator,
