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KASARDE
Kasarde (Sahuwadi T.; 16° 25' N; 73° 40' E;
p. 450), lies thirty-six miles north-west of Kolhaur. On a hill, a
mile and a half from the village, stands a temple 26' x 13' x 8'
high, sacred to Dhopeswar whose image is said to be Svayambhu
or self-made. According to a local legend, while a vani of
Karad named Purva was returning from the sea coast with a pack
bullock, loaded with tin and iron, the animal strayed to the place
where the self-made image of Dhopeshvar was laying. The Vani
followed his bullock and passed the night where the bullock had
stopped. On rising next morning the vani found that the tin and iron
had turned into gold. In return for this gift of wealth the vani
built a temple to Dhopesvar with part of the money, and that it
might be afterwards used in completing the spire, he buried the rest
in a corner to the north of the temple. Dhopesvar issued an order
forbidding any one digging up the treasure and it has never, since
been touched. The temple has an yearly income of Rs. 400 derived
from the whole village of Kasarde and part of the village of Javali.
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