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in the year 1847 A.D. the then Governor of Bombay seems to have reconsidered the question
and declared that his Bhargavpatti was no longer obligatory. This reduced the levy to the
status of a voluntary grant made to the temple. Even then a handsome amount was collected
till some years back. Recently however, the revenues from this head have fallen to zero.
Just as the Angres had made a grant of this Bhargavpatti the Peshwa Nanasahib gave the
village of Tolkhurd in the Rajapuri division as an Inam grant to the shrine. This was in
1754 A.D. The Peshwa also aided the repair work necessary and in fulfilment of a vow taken
by this lieutenant, one Ramachandra Ganesh, caused to be erected a drumhouse, a
nagarkhana, above the gateway and made an additional grant of twelve hundred rupees to
meet the expenses of the chaughada, the band of musicians maintained for the service of
the god. Very recent legislation has aflected the shrine rather adversely and the kshetra
which was never rich is now in a most unenviable condition.
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