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greedy brahmins readily agreed to the deal. But to ! when the image
was weighed in the balance, the Lord reduced Himself to such an
insignificant weight that He weighed equal to the weight of the nose
ring of Bodhana's wife. To the awe-struck greedy priests, there
heard then aerial voice chastising for descending to that nefarious
level and directing them to run post-haste to install another statue
in the temple. They did. How fortunate was Bodhana! This event is
said to have occurred in 1159. Realising its significance and to
make Dakor another pilgrim centre, one of the . Sankaracharyas
opened a branch of the Peeta at Dakor. Ardent theists visit Dakor to
feast their eyes with the beauty of the original image of
Jaganmohanakara and offer pujas with unbounded zeal. Dakor thus
perpetuates the memory of Bodhana and hence became a place of
pilgrimage.
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