According to a legend, a local powerful Jain woman, Padmavati, fell in love with a Shaivate merchant, Abbayya, who had come down to Lakshmeshwar. Abbayya agreed to marry her on the condition that she should adopt Shaivism. After their marriage, the idol of Somanatha, which Abbayya brought with him from Saurashtra was installed inside the … Continue reading Legend has it…