MOTHER MAHALAKSHMI OF KOLHAPUR

THE LEGEND OF MANIKARNIKA KUND

There is a sacred pond in this court called Manikarnika Kund. And it has an odd origin. The story goes that in the third Kalpa, when Gouri Shankar were the presiding deities of this shrine, Mother Gowri lost her ear ring by mishap. Anon the ganas started the quest and delved the earth so deep that they made a big hollow, and at last they succeeded in finding it. Gratified at recovering, Lord Siva turned the deep pit into a thirtha and called it Manikarnika after her Manikundal. Since then, the visitors bathe in it before praying to the Mother. With many such miracles and awe inspiring episodes of the deities installed, the shrine detains the devotees hours together in the campus and liberates them when prayed soulfully.

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