| Temples & Legends Of Maharashtra |
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| Temples & Legends Of India |
KOLHAPUR-MAHALAKSHMI |
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Malialakshmilabdhavaraprasad is used by the later Shilaharas as well. Thus, three
important dynasties of early medieval Maharashtra, the Rashtrakuts, the Kadambas and the
Shilaharas treated Karvirvasini Mahalakshmi as their family goddess. Several subordinates
of the KaIyan Chalukyas like Sobhneyya, the governor of Kolhapur and Avararaj, another official of the same dynasty were
great devotees of this goddess. Other epigraphic records mention the grant of lands for the daily Worship and other rituals of the goddess. The grants are from various Shilahara and Yadav princes like Bhoja II (1182 A. D.) and Singhana Yadav (1218 A. D.). Numerous other references to the kshetra and the devi are found in medieval inscriptions and also in literary works.
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