Kankaleshwar Temple: Know in detail about this miraculous temple of Mahadev situated on the banks of Bindusar river

Kankaleshwar Temple: Built in the center of an 84-meter-square lake in Beed, Maharashtra state, India, is the Kankleshwar shrine, a Shiva shrine. Situated on the banks of the Bindusar River, the temple is 1.52 meters high. Because of the administration’s carelessness, the temple area is becoming contaminated, and the government has to take this seriously. We will thus go into great depth regarding the Kankleshwar Mahadev Temple in today’s news. Tell us.

Temple structure

The Kankleshwar temple is oriented westward and has a Talvinyas, a sanctum sanctorum attached to this mandap on three sides, an Ardha Mandap behind it, and a Mukha Mandap. Each of these three sanctum sanctorums has a star-shaped Talvinya and is of the same size. This temple has an octagonal mandap. Each of the mandap’s four primary directions and four sub-directions has a pair of pillars or columns.

These sixteen pillars have a domed ceiling. The round rings that make up this roof progressively become smaller. The roof is decorated and carved with flowers. On top of the roof, in the middle, is a lotus. The pillars in the mandap and sanctum sanctorum have a square foundation, with octagonal, square, and circular pillars spaced a certain distance from the square base. The circular portion of the pillar bears a keya hasta.

Sanctum sanctorum of the temple

The temple’s exterior is divided into many levels, with Kirtimukhas adorning the highest layer and frame carvings adorning the lowest. The Shiva, Brahma, and Shakti sects’ deities are found in the temples erected on Bhadra on the temple’s outside. The mandap’s thigh is adorned with images of Ashta-Dikpal and Vishnu’s 10 avatars. Let us inform you that the Kankaleshwar temple’s sanctum sanctorum door is of the Panchashakha style and is embellished with vyala, lotus, and flowers.

History of the temple

This temple was constructed during the tenth and eleventh centuries by the Chalukya monarch Vikramaditya (VI). This temple is dedicated to Dashavatari. During the Chalukya era, women used to actively take part in combat. On the temple is a statue of a battling woman. It is influenced by Greek sculpture. The statues of Aryanath and Neminath, two Jain Tirthankaras, are also located inside the shrine.

The temple is shaped like a starfish, and under the temple pavilion lies another sanctum sanctorum. Five hundred years have passed since it was shut down. For long years, the temple of Kankaleshwar was closed. A Khanqah was present. In addition, the Nizam’s government resolved to outlaw the Mahashivratri fair. Nizam hired a priest, Shambhuv Pathak, to lead worship at the temple after issuing a government edict.

It took until 1915 to resolve this conundrum. In fact, on September 17, 1948, Hyderabad Independence Day, this shrine was freed. According to a myth, Brahma, Vishnu, and Mahesh were happy. Dasi and Nidhi are seen carrying Kumbh and Chauri in the bottom portion of these Dwarshakhas. In front of the main sanctum sanctorum is a statue of Ganesha.