| Temples & Legends Of Maharashtra |
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| Temples & Legends Of India |
PEDHE-PARASHURAMA |
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game of hide and seek took place several times, until the lands of Anga. Kalinga, Malawa,
Videha, Kashmir, Kunti, Shibi, that were formerly the strongholds of the kshatriyas were
entirely rid of the warrior race. Some great battles were fought, one of them on the
famous field of Kurukshetra and legendary accounts state that the Ramadoha was overflowing
with kshatriya blood. Rather strangely, Ganesh became involved in the struggle and
unfortunately on the wrong side. But he escaped by loosing nothing more than one of his
tusks, whereby he came to be known as ‘Ekadant’. Ultimately the earth became
void of any warriors, the face of the earth-'urvitala’ became nir-vira -without any
fighter. And now Bhargavrama decided to retire from the contest. Richika, his grand father
came down from the heavens to advise Parashurama to stop the blood-shed. He decided to respect the opinion of his elders and before going back to his jungle abode planned to celebrate a sacrifice. Bhargavrama, through his triumph over the kshatriyas had become the Lord of the Earth and hence everything about the Yajnya was on a grand and magnificent scale.
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