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A celebratory chant that requests this figure to return next year references a devotee (15[1])who merged with him at Chinchwad. Some scholars consider a twenty-line (15[1])aside about this figure’s demand for continuous recitation an inauthentic addition to one epic poem. This figure is offered durva leaves (15[1])since they eased his pain after swallowing Analasura. This figure and a plant goddess cursed each other after he rejected her request to become his consort, so (*) tulsi is never offered to him. A popular Marathi bhajan invoking this figure calls him bringer of happiness, dispeller of sorrow. Eight sites surrounding Pune are dedicated to this figure, the most important of which is Morgaon. Clay idols of this god (10[1])are immersed (10[1])in water during a (10[1])summertime celebration of his birthday. For 10 points, the first prayers of any puja are traditionally received by what modak-loving “remover of obstacles”? ■END■

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