Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c5.59

c5.59

¹ This story was obtained at Śrī Nagar, Garhwāl. The same reason is found to explain why followers of Guru Govind Singh use ear-rings made of the horn of the rhinoceros. There are many marks, in the lower Himālayas, showing where the Pāṇḍavas, with the dog, travelled in the course of their wanderings. At Deo Dhura may be seen great boulders said to have been thrown about in sport by the Pāṇḍavas; and near the temple of Devī there are two boulders cleft through by a fresh-looking fissure and there is a similar rift in the lower rock. The smaller, upper rock is said to be the weapon with which Bhīma cleft the great boulders. Holes in the rocks are still pointed out as his finger-prints. Himalayan Gazetteer, vol. III, pp. 201, 202.