The Confluence
Narsingpur, at the confluence of the Bhima and the Nira, in the extreme south-east of the Pune district, about twelve miles south-east of Indapur, has a temple of Shri Lakshmi Narsinh. The temple is the Kuldaiwat (Family deity) for a number of Marathi families of different castes. Granite flights of steps lead to the river bed at the confluence. [Mr. Norman's Report on Poona temples. Dr. Burgess'Lists, 81.] The temple was built by the chief of Vinchur in Nasik about 150 years ago at a cost of about £45,000 (Rs. 4,50,000). The temple is eight-sided, built of black stone, with a gilt apex seventy feet high. Most of the steps are as old as the temple and a ruined part on the south was rebuilt by Vaman Kelkar a Deshmukh of Aurangabad at a cost of about £1100 (Rs. 11,000). A yearly fair, attended by about 4000 people and lasting two days, is held in honour of the god on the bright fourteenth of Vaishakh or April-May.
The Confluence
Narsingpur, at the confluence of the Bhima and the Nira, in the extreme south-east of the Pune district, about twelve miles south-east of Indapur, has a temple of Shri Lakshmi Narsinh. The temple is the Kuldaiwat (Family deity) for a number of Marathi families of different castes. Granite flights of steps lead to the river bed at the confluence. [Mr. Norman's Report on Poona temples. Dr. Burgess'Lists, 81.] The temple was built by the chief of Vinchur in Nasik about 150 years ago at a cost of about £45,000 (Rs. 4,50,000). The temple is eight-sided, built of black stone, with a gilt apex seventy feet high. Most of the steps are as old as the temple and a ruined part on the south was rebuilt by Vaman Kelkar a Deshmukh of Aurangabad at a cost of about £1100 (Rs. 11,000). A yearly fair, attended by about 4000 people and lasting two days, is held in honour of the god on the bright fourteenth of Vaishakh or April-May.