| Temples & Legends Of Bihar |
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MUNDESVARI |
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is a Siva Linga, with four human faces on the phallus. The image called Mundesvari, or the
goddess Munda, is an armed female having many hands and riding on a buffalo: it probably
represents the wife of Mahisasur, a celebrated antagonist of Parvati the hair and
ears evidently resemble those of the Buddhas: it is placed in the door, behind which is a
small cavity without any external opening." Buchanan's account is of particular
importance because of the tradition that was mentioned to him regarding the temple. It is
as follows:
" There was a certain Munda, whom people pretty generally call a Chero Raja; but
the pandit of the survey says that he was a Daitya, who had a brother named Chanda, and
both lived in the golden age. These brothers who, according to theMarkandeya Purana, were
the chief military officers (senaptis) of Sumbha and Nisumbha, two great infidel (Daitya)
kings, were killed by Parvati, who on that account is called Chamunda, a title, it is
said, composed of the two infidels' names. |
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