PURPORT

Kolapura is a town in the Maharastra province formerly known as Bombay Pradesh. Formerly it was a native state, and it is bordered on the north by the district of Saṅtara, on the east and south by the district of Belagama, and on the west by the district of Ratnagiri. In this place there is a river named Urna. From the Bombay Gazette it is understood that there were about 250 temples there, out of which six are very famous. These are (1) Ambabai, or Mahalaksmi Mandira, (2) Vithoba Mandira, (3) Temblai Mandira, (4) Mahakali Mandira, (5) Phiraṅga-i, or Pratyaṅgira Mandira, and (6) Yyallamma Mandira.