Madhya 9.281
TEXT 281
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কোলাপুরে লক্ষ্মী দেখি' দেখেন ক্ষীর-ভগবতী ।
লাঙ্গ-গণেশ দেখি' দেখেন চোর-পার্বতী ॥ ২৮১ ॥ kolapure laksmi dekhi' dekhena ksira-bhagavati
laṅga-ganesa dekhi' dekhena cora-parvati
SYNONYMS
kolapure-at Kolapura; laksmi-the goddess of fortune; dekhi'-seeing; dekhena-he visited; ksira-bhagavati-the temple of Ksira-bhagavati; laṅga-ganesa-the deity Laṅga-ganesa; dekhi'-seeing; dekhena-He sees; cora-parvati-the goddess Parvati, who is known as a thief.
TRANSLATION
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.
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