| Temples & Legends Of Bihar |
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MANDAR HILL |
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| Mandar Hill is
a great place of pilgrimage although it is not so well known now. The relies on Mandar
Hill indicate a confluence of two religions, Hinduism and Jainism, and side by side there
are temples held sacred by the followers of these two creeds. Mandar Hill temples were
desecrated by Kala Pahar and one of the idols, Madhusudan Bhagwan, was removed by someone
and enshrined in a temple at Baunsi. Especially on Makar Sankranti day thousands of local
pilgrims visit the temples at Mandar, which are now in ruins. The numerous relies of
buildings, tanks, large wells and stone figures, found for a mile or two round the base of
this sacred bill, indicate that once there was a large city here. The popular story is
that the city at the foot of the hill had 52 markets, 53 streets and 88 tanks. According
to local tradition, on the night of the Diwali festival a large building (the ruins of
which are still there and the walls of which contain an immense number of small holes,
evidently to hold chiraghs or small lamps) was formerly illuminated by thousands of
lights, each householder supplying one light only.
Now for a description of the relics at Mandar Hill. The two temples at the top are to
be approached by stages, as it were. At the foot of the hill there is a tank called
Papaharini and from the vicinity of the tank three routes lead to the top of the hill. The
name of the tank Papaharini is suggestive. |
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