A History of the Mahrattas v2.c57.26

v2.c57.26

¹ [The lake and temple-crowned peak of Pārvatī (Parbuttee) lie about one mile to the south of the city of Poona. Moor describes the ceremony of Dakshina, or almsgiving, to Brahmans at the temple in 1797 during Bājī Rāo’s reign, he and a Captain Gardner having been admitted to one of the enclosures. The four gates of this enclosure were superintended respectively by the Pēshwā himself, Amrat Rāo, his elder brother, Chimnājī Appā, his younger brother, and Nānā Farnavīs. The total sum distributed on this occasion by the Pēshwā was 5,00,000 rupees (about £62,000 at the rate of exchange then current). (Edward Moor, The Hindu Pantheon, 1st ed., London, 1810, pp. 376–8.) Half-way up the Pārvatī hill is a small altar marking the spot where the last Satī in Poona is said to have taken place in 1832.