User:Shivanand bavaji

KAVI Kankavati nagari (kavi) Kankavati nagari was once a full of Brahmins nagari(village).The original name was Kankavati nagari which has been changed by Mohammad Begda, he was the one of the Muslim king who attacked on the Kankavati nagari. After winning the kankavati nagari he changed the name from Kankavati nagari nagari to Kavi. The Kavi village has so many Shivalaya, Shivalaya means temple of Shiva. This ancient temples were damaged by Mohammad Begda, today there are still khandit(damaged) sculptures(murti) at Kamleswar shivalaya. At the Kamleswar there are tunnels which was used to travel from Kavi to Khambhat.One of this tunnels(bhoyru) is connected to lake, so the sadhu's can reach to the lake and take bath(snan) and get back to temple. There are so many shivalaya(temple of shiva) located in Kavi,this are the few of them »Talkeswae »Dudheswae »Kamleswar »Dakhsineswar »Kashi Viswanath »Somnath mahadev There is also one of the Buddhist temple,called as Sashu Vahuna Dehra.