JEJURI - KHANDOBA TEMPLE  

Deciding to blow up the fort, he ordered a hole to be made in the wall for putting dynamite exactly at the place, where the Savalaksha Bhunga lies now. Would Khandoba, the presiding deity tolerate such sacrilege? Does it not tantamount to his helplessness, if the zealot succeeds? So, he mounted a counter attack in an odd way; for, he knows how to make the wicked bite the dust. There emerged then from the hole honey bees one after another in quick succession. Numberless and timeless. 

Their sudden and unceasing emergence and fierce attack was beyond explanation. They attacked the soldiers with great noise, covering the whole body of each soldier. Tried however much, the army failed; for, their numbers were increasing non-stop and noise was deafening. So the bitten battalion, wailing told everything to their leader Aurangazeb. He was confounded and found completely paralyzed. When guidance from a Hindu soldier was sought for, he replied that Lord Khandoba is a powerful God and is ever vigilant to protect his votaries. He would not spare sacrilege and avenge it in several ways till it was totally wiped out. And added that by appearing him alone, the trouble would be got over. 

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