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Origin
Legend
Local story
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Temple legend
In stone and bronze
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Temple legend · 1 telling · contested
Ghushma's hundred and one lingas
The brahmin Sudharma and his wife Sudeha have no child.
Temple legend · 2 tellings · contested
Pundalik's brick
Busy serving his parents when Krishna calls, Pundalik tosses him a brick to stand on; the god waits there still, hands on hips, as Vithoba of Pandharpur.