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PLACES OF INTEREST
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SHENDURNI.
Shendurni (Jamner Taluka; 20°35' N, 75°35' E; R. S. Pachora.
m. 12; p. 11.686), about 12 miles east of Pachora, belonged to
Patankar Dikshit, the family priest of Bajirav, the last of the
Peshvas. The Dikshits were the first family in whose favour Bajirav spoke to Sir John Malcolm, and Shendurni was granted to
them instead of Dalehkhand in Hindustan. Outside of the town
to the south, with a well fifteen feet by twelve and a broad flight
of steps leading to the stream, is an old Hemadpanti temple
sacred to Mahadev. The hall, forty-two feet by thirty, is built
of long blocks of solid stone, and the roof is supported by stone
pillars. Connected with the temple are about twenty minor
shrines, some of them with curious carving. In the middle of
the town, in an earthen cave, is an image of the god, Trivikram,
in whose honour a yearly fair is held. The story goes that the
god Trivikram, appearing to him in his sleep, implored Kadir Bava
Teli, a famous local saint, to release him from his earthen prison.
Kadir began to dig in the market-place, found the image, and set
it in the place where the temple now stands.
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