According to the local stories, Shivalinga in this temple was installed by Khara Rakshasa.
Yet another suggestion is associated to Hindu epic, Ramayana, that the name originated from the pursuit of Khara for Rama and Lakshmana.
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Khara on seeing the duo, removed his sword from sheath, first at a place now known as Karavaloor (Malayalam Val- Sword, Ooruka - to remove).
Korn (Khara), Tooth(Dushana) and Trisian (Trishira) - younger brothers of Thotsakan, and the first three to be killed by Phra Ram, in that order.
Tabun-Khara-Obo is an impact crater in the Dornogovi Aimag (province) the south-east of Mongolia.
Pushpotata gave birth to Ravana and later to Kumbhakarna, Malini bore Vibhishana, and Raka had the unpleasant and unsociable twins Khara and Shurpanakha.
Khara | Dudhwa Khara |
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His descendants are found in Multan, Karor laal esun, Gujrat, Watli Distt.Chakwal, Pir Khara Distt.Jhelum, Bhera, Karuli, Attock (Pourmiana), Lahore, pail, Delhi, Meerut, Allahabad.
It was from here that the Rakshasa Khara attacked Raghava Rama of Kosala, who lived with his wife and brother at Panchavati (modern day Nashik), not far away.
The string of victories emboldened Khara Khula to take control of the salt mines near the Russian outpost at Tara in 1610 and demand a fee in exchange for the salt from the neighboring Cossacks and Siberian nomads.