Shree Khanderao Mandir

KHANDOBA MANDIR

This temple is more than Rajvi Gharana 

(Shree Sayajirao Gayakwad) old.

The exact date of construction is not known.

This small temple is situated Near Khanderav Market,

R. V. Desai Road, Vadodara.

Khandoba, is an incarnation of Shiva and is the

presiding deity (Kul Devata) of Maharastrin.

Mhalsapati was the priest of this temple.

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 सर प्रतापशिंह गायकवाड

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Khandoba has many wives who are women from many communities, who serve as cultural links between the god and the communities. He has five wives, Mhalsa and Banai/Banu/Banubai being the most important. While Khandoba's first wife Mhalsa is from the high caste Lingavat merchant (Vani) community, his second wife Banai is a Dhangar (shepherd caste). Mhalsa has had a regular ritualistic marriage with Khandoba. Banai, on the other hand, has a love marriage by capture with the god. Mhalsa is described as ugly, jealous and a good cook; Banai is erotic, resolute, but doesn't even know to cook. Often folk songs tell of their quarrels. Mhalsa represents "culture" and Banai "nature".

The god king Khandoba stands between them.

Khandoba's third wife, Rambhai Simpin, is a tailor woman from Belsare village who was a heavenly nymph or devangana and is sometimes identified with Banai. She is a prototype of the Muralis - the girls "married" to Khandoba. She is the wife who goes for hunting with her Lord. The fourth wife Phulai Malin, from a gardener caste, is a devout devotee of Khandoba and is visited by him at "Davna Mal" (field of southernwood), a herb said to be dear to Khandoba.

The fifth wife, Candai Bhagavin, is a Muslim or a Telin, and a member of the oilpresser caste. Apart from these,

Muralis - girls offered to Khandoba - are considered as

wives of the Lord.

The name "Khandoba" comes from the words "khadga" (sword),

the weapon used by Khandoba to kill the demons, and "ba" (father).

"Khanderaya" means "king Khandoba".

The name "Mallari" or "Malhari" is split as "Malla" and "ari" (enemy),

thus meaning "enemy of the demon Malla". Malhatri Mahatmya records Martanda Bhairava, pleased with the bravery of Malla,

takes the name "Mallari" (the enemy of Malla).

Other names include Khandu Gavda,

Mhalsa-kant ("husband of Mhalsa") and Jejurica Vani.

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