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
