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PLACES
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KASARDE
Kasarde (Sahuwadi T.; 16° 25' N; 73° 40' E; p. 450), lies thirty-six miles north-west of Kolhaur. On a hill, a mile and a half from the village, stands a temple 26' x 13' x 8' high, sacred to Dhopeswar whose image is said to be Svayambhu or self-made. According to a local legend, while a vani of Karad named Purva was returning from the sea coast with a pack bullock, loaded with tin and iron, the animal strayed to the place where the self-made image of Dhopeshvar was laying. The Vani followed his bullock and passed the night where the bullock had stopped. On rising next morning the vani found that the tin and iron had turned into gold. In return for this gift of wealth the vani built a temple to Dhopesvar with part of the money, and that it might be afterwards used in completing the
spire, he buried the rest in a corner to the north of the temple. Dhopesvar issued an order forbidding any one digging up the treasure and it has never, since been touched. The temple has an yearly income of Rs. 400 derived from the whole village of Kasarde and part of the village of Javali.
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