Book Title: Nav Smarana
Author(s): Vinod Kapashi
Publisher: Vinod Kapashi

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________________ carrying the image of the Goddess Padmavati with him. He came to Humbaj safely due to the presence of Padmavati. There is now a temple in the city and pilgrims flock for a darshan of the Goddess. It is also noteworthy that there is a famous pilgrimage place for Hindus called the Vyankteshvar temple in South India. Here one can see an idol of the Goddess Padmavati and every Hindu before going into the main temple of Vyankteshvar visits Padmavati's shrine and worships her. This is the Hindu goddess Padmavati but it seems that at certain time in history, some Jains may have installed this idol and now it has been considered as the Hindu goddess. 180

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