Note 44 — Chapter II · HEROIC GODLINGS
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Nearly twelve miles from Vanod lies the temple of Bechrā Mātā, who is the patron goddess of the Pāvaiyā sect. A male buffalo is offered to her as a victim on the 15th day of the bright half of every month. Near the temple there is the holy kund of Mānsarovar, the legend about which has already been related in these notes.44