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 BHIMA VARAM—BHIM GHORA.

396

Gunupddi, 1620.

Rice forms the staple product and the main item

in

the trade.

—

Bhimavaram. Village in Nellore District, Madras Presidency adjoins the Shrotriem of Singara-ayakonda, and granted in support of the Singara-ayakonda shrine. The ancient Vaishnav temple on a

neighbouring

hill is said to have been founded by Agastya-Malai and on the same hill is a cave temple, the entrance to which is blocked by a large stone image, which the temple guardians will not

Muni



The annual

allow to be removed. as Narasinhaswami,

namely,

Hindus,

honour of Vishnu, known

festival in

celebrated in April.

is

Population (1881) 1552,

Muhammadans, 17; and

1512;

Christians,

23;

inhabiting 316 houses.

Bhimbdndh. miles

south

springs,

of the

— Hot

springs in

of Rishikund.

which are the

Mahideo

sidered one of

Hill,

District,

25° 4' n., long.

so near the

Man

river

The hot water

86°

27'

e.

The

from the eastern base that they may be con-

issues from four different

some distance from each other, springing numerous crevices of the rock. The temperature from 144° to 150° F. in the month of March.

places at

tasteless,

Bengal; about 16

finest in the District, issue

sources.

its

Monghyr

Lat.

each place from

at

of the water varies It is

limpid and

but contains earthy matter, the stones through which the

hottest spring bubbles

calcareous

up being encrusted with a deposit resembling

tufa.

Bhimbar.

— Torrent

in

Gujarat

District,

Punjab.

Rises in the

second

Himalayan range, drains a considerable valley within the mountain region, passes round the Pabbi Hills, runs due south for 25 miles, and fertilizes a low fringe of land upon its banks. Four miles north-

west of Gujarat

it

loses itself in the surface of the country, moistening

and enriching the surrounding plain it collects again near the village of Harialwala, and runs north-west until it reaches the Jalalia nald^ a branch of the Chenab. An unmanageable stream during the rains, but completely dry in the winter months, leaving its bed a broad waste ot sand. Fordable at all points, except for some hours after heavy rains

in the hills.

—

Bhini Ghord. A place of Hindu pilgrimage in Saharanpur District, North-Western Provinces. Lat. 29° 58' n., long. 78° 14' e. In a small recess of the mountain bounding the Dehra Dun on the south, and in a perpendicular rock about 350 feet high, is a kund or sacred pool supplied with water from a small branch of the Ganges ; and above the pool an excavation in the rock, about 5 feet square, occupied by afakir. According to the legend, Bhima was stationed at this point to prevent the Ganges from taking a different course, and the small cave referred to is said to have been made by the kick of the horse on which he was mounted.

Pilgrims bathe in this pool, the waters of which are supposed