Topic summary
Pundarika
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Pundalik.
Legends
Pundarika requests Krishna to remain in this form on the banks of the Chandrabhaga River, believing that his presence will make the site both a tirtha (a sacred place near a water body) and a kshetra (a sacred place near a temple). This location is identified as modern-day Pandharpur, situated on the banks of the Chandrabhaga. The description of Krishna in this legend closely resembles the features of the Pandharpur image of Vithoba.