alias prominent saint hindu sect considers elephant faced god supreme considered chief spiritual described famous lifetime speculated 13th 17th century numerous legends recall life devoted started visiting temple believed services god popular shrine told appear worship moved built temple consequently took burying alive tomb son called living incarnation addressed god succeeded tomb temple attract dating places 13th 14th century places 16th century date dates marriage year given son birth corresponds dates death legends associate son memorial temple inscription records started early life according version story born thrown house father thought use family travelled shrine neighbouring found liking settled miles away story declares son poor pious couple believed born grace childless couple birth family moved miles away death parents moved miles away legends declare visited temple regularly daily monthly worship tale tells parents wife moved parents prayed soon born later seriously ill recovering prayed soon priest named came gave medicine preached henceforth family took family known according legend occasion august september largest festival dedicated find place temple crowded wealthy family left offering tree miracle offerings temple exchanged offerings tree accused prohibited entry appeared dream told offended ill treatment favourite requested come refused gave vision saying come stay accordingly found image similar bathing river built small shrine tale tells head man impressed pious ways offered milk day visited head man present house blind girl went offer milk moment touched threshold house waiting sight restored famous miracle credited cured eyes founder later escape crowds people relocated forest present day stands growing age found hard continue visits reached temple closed tired hungry slept gave dream vision telling offer prayers reside lineage seven generations find temple doors opened offered prayers morning temple priests opened temple doors fresh flowers offered lord pearl necklace missing necklace discovered neck imprisoned freed aid found conical stone rising home recognized built temple legend talk arrest says realised presence realised devotion moved forest near worship fourth lunar day moon visit temple requested visit bank form believed ordered marry orders got married daughter family staying near according story guru orders performed observing strict fast days period believed divine revelations death parents moved present structure temple built death lineage continued visit temple site son named living incarnation according experts helped deposed emperor escape emperor delhi gifts according father recorded donor wife death guru took burying alive tomb holy book hand left strict orders tomb opened built temple father tomb described shown true form saint poet called god lineage henceforth known family followed emperor gifted hereditary grant villages impressed miracle changing piece beef sent flowers beef considered killing cows considered sacred prohibited violated orders opened tomb according tale found tomb disturbed cursed son son seventh generation died childless ending direct lineage distant relative installed continue temple funding poetry survive considered chief spiritual important saint hindu sect centred worship tradition described famous departed chief memorial temple low plain building square hall octagonal inner shrine inscribed inscription temple begun bright twelfth november december finished monday bright fourth temples enjoyed revenue villages given past tomb temple constructed attracts believe attained salvation presence continues shrine sacred significance path path temple tree near tree believed spot underwent image temple complex credited popularized temple
Morya Gosavi