| Temples & Legends Of Maharashtra |
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aggressive ventures of the Siddis increased in boldness and frequency and ultimately the
Swami thought it advisable to leave the place and go to some safer place, However, he was
all the way worried about the safety of the kshetra and did whatever be could to ensure
it. For more than a decade there was nobody to worship and look after the deity. One
Shivabhat Patankar approached the Admiral of the Marathas, Tulaji Angre, and secured some
each annual grants for meeting the expenses of the daily worship and other rituals of the
shrine. This grant came in the form of a Sanad from the Angre’s authorising the
collection of two rupees from each village from the Dabhol division. Later on it became
evident that some villages considered even this tax, that had now come to be called
Bhargavpatti’, to be too heavy. Hence it was decided to levy one anna on every Hindu
family from each village. Originally this was a compulsory tax.Later on after the Peshwa
rule bad come to an end, for a good many years the British administrators considered this a regular tax and
records show various orders passed by British district authorities directing the
recipients of the notices to pay the levy and any arrears immediately.
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