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It is
said that Kashyap rishi undertook a long penance in order to achieve the
destruction of these demons. The goddess Sharika was very pleased with
him. She came in the form of a mynah with a pebble in her beak. She dropped
the pebble on the demon leader. He was crushed under it, and the pebble
turned into a big mountain. People claim that the present Hari Parbat (
'mynah mountain') is the same mountain. By and by, Kashyap managed to have
the lake drained. It is said that the water of this lake was drained through
Baramulla. The land that was recovered after draining the lake was first
named Kashyapmar, then later changed into Kashyap Por and  . |
