Note 11 — INDEX
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The local account explains the origin of the name Kanak which also means gold by the story of a Bhil who was drowned on the waxing fifth of Bhádarwa. The Bhil’s wife who was with him failing to drown herself prepared a funeral pyre. Mahádeva pleased with the woman’s devotion restored her husband to life and made his body shine like gold. As a thankoffering the Bhil enlarged the tank and built a shrine to Kirait Mahádeva. ↑