Book Title: Mahavira Nirvan Bhumi Pava Ek Vimarsh
Author(s): Bhagwati Prasad Khetan
Publisher: Parshwanath Shodhpith Varanasi

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________________ परिशिष्ट-२ : २०९ to the worship of the goddess (Bhawani), where 4,000 people assemble on the Dasahara of spring. There are other 10 places dedicated to the worship of the goddess, and 50 Linggas, of which 19 have small temples of brick. Every old mauza has a place dedicated to the worship of some ghost of the sacred order, with a kindred priest annexed. Those of whom I heard are Harirama Misra, and Govinda Vama Misra. Very few devils of lower rank presume to intermeddle with village affairs. About half-a-mile south from Parraona at Chbauni, which during the Nawab Vazir's government was a military station, there is a very considerable heap of bricks now covered by soil and trees, and of a conical form. It extends about 224 feet from east to west, and 128 from north to south. It is said, to have been the temple where Rasu, p. 356-the Musahar, who was family priest of Madan Sen, was wont to pray, nor is there any reason to doubt the tradition. I presume that it has been a solid temple, because on the top there is no cavity except a trench, that by orders of Sakhautullah, a Tabasildar, was dug about 20 years ago in search of materials for building. When a good many bricks had been teken several images were found, although the workmen had not penetrated into any chamber. On the images having been found, the work was abandoned as impious. Some of the images were buried again, one remains near the trench, and some have been removed by the Hindus to a small terrace at a little distance from the ruin, where one of them has become an object of worship. The image remaining near the trench (plate 1. A.) represents a male with two arms. He has a male and female attendant, and on each side is supported by two Buddhas. The one which has become an object worship, and has been placed on the terrace by the name of Hathi Bhawani, is evidently a Buddha, with a triple umbrella over his head (plate 1. B.). When the Hindus Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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