Ahilya,the wife of Sage
Gautam Hrishi was very beautiful woman and Lord Indra heard the fame about
her looks.Indra came in to temptation and had a plan to molest her.As the
Sage Gautam went to the river Ganges for a bath,Indra did not miss the
opportunity.Indra transformed
himself into Gautam Hrishi and was successful in his wicked plans.When
Sage Gautam came to know about this incident,he cursed Indra that he will
have cracks all over his body.He also cursed Ahilya that she will become a
stone.
Repented Indra started meditation and
prayed Shree Ganesha for many years.After getting the blessings of
Ganesha,Sage Gautam resolved that the cracks on Indra's body will be
healed and transformed in to one thousand eyes.And Ahilya will be reformed
after Shree Ram touches the stone.
In the town of Kadamb,Indra erected a
temple of Chintamani Ganesh.Soon the cracked skin of Indra
vanished,creating a peacock there and the thousand eyes were embeded on
the feathers.Further during his fourteen years stay in jungle,Shri.Ram
touched the stone and Ahilya was reformed.
This temple is thirty feet deep and there
is a small tank of water where people with skin diseases take a sacred
wash.