Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c9.64
Gorakhnāth and the Kānphaṭa Yogīs c9.64
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c9.64
The shrine is old. The first temple is said to have been built there in the *Tretā* age and it was dedicated to Śiva.⁷ Tradition has it that Gorakhnāth found there an old shrine of Gorakṣa, a deity of great renown in Nepāl, and made it famous.⁸ Popular report puts the founding of the city by Gorakhnāth in A.D. 1400. It is also said that when Gorakhnāth came to this place he found only a tank, *Mānsorāwar*, in a jungle with fine trees all about it. He remained there a long time. It is possible that both the name and the fame of Gorakhnāth may be traced to this place.