GURU DATTATREYA OF GANAGAPUR

OTHER ABODES OF GURUS

Aong the three, Audumbur is one. It is not a big place but can be reached by train or bus and it is near the Railway station Bhiavadi on the Poona Bangalore Southern Railway. It is on the bank of Krishna. Just as the Guru's padukas are worshipped at Ganagapur, here also the very same procedure is adopted. Except the holy padukas, no other image is worhsipped with much fervor. Many devotees and princes of Sangli state endowed lavishly and built the temple together with making strong embankments of the ghats. All pujas and festivals are celebrated in the same manner as at Ganagapur; no difference exists in the conduct or collection of charges. Sri Nrisimha Saraswati stayed here for four months and blessed 64 yogins. And it is from here, he left for Narasimha Wadi. Here also the similar pujas and festivals are conducted on the same lines of Ganagapur. As the object of worship is the holy padukas only, there is no much difference in the routine worship. Some of the prominent spiritual leaders like Sri Vasudev and Saraswati regarded as the incarnations of Dattatreya lived here and hence its importance spread far and wide. It can be approached from the Jaisingapur railway station on the Miraj - Kolhapur Railway. Bus journey from nearby towns by State or Private buses also possible.

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