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PLACES
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LOHARE
Lohare (Poladpur Peta, 17° 55' N, 73° 50' E; p. 1,247; RS.
Mumbra, 105 m.) village in the Poladpur Peta eight miles southeast of Mahad, to the right of and close to the Mahad-Poladpur road, has a newly built temple of Mahadev on an old plinth, round which are eleven square monumental pillars or battle-stones ranging between 1½' to 4' in height, with sculptured panels on the faces as at Mathvad. The Mahadev temple is 39' long, 25' broad and 12' high. The temple is well built and well roofed and has four pindis, one big and three small and two big Nandis or sacred bulls. There is also a Sati stone in the same premises, with the female arm bent below the elbow, and two figures of a man and a woman.
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