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According
legend, in the dim past, a youthful ascetic visited the temple. He was a great
Sivabhakta. Contented with surroundings exuding divinity, he started meditation.
He used to sit in front of the shrine in the mornings and disappear with the
closing of temple doors, and reappear just at the opening the next day. His
masculine vigor, youthful charm and saintly attitude drew the attention of the
visiting bhaktas. The young women taking fancy for him openly `fasted their eves
with his unusual charms. Result! When children were born to those who looked at
him long for days, resembled the young saint. Men suspected and decided to get
rid of him. Somehow! The news came to him. Soon he engaged some skilled artisans
and made a huge image of an enchanting bull and installed it at the
entrance.
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