Category:Pataleshwar Mahadev Temple Malhar
The Pataleshwar Mahadev Temple, also spelled Pataleshvara Mandir, is a 12th century Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva found in Malhar (Mallar, Mallala) village of Masturi tehsil, Bilaspur district of Chhaattisgarh state in India. It survives partially, and is next to a village museum containing hundreds of ruined parts of this and many other temples and stupas that once existed in this area during the Kalachuri era. Malhar was an ancient capital and later became the second largest city when the Hindu kingdom's capital was moved to Sripura (now Sirpur) next to the Mahanadi river. Both cities were destroyed after the 14th-century, reducing to villages leaving many mounds and fort-parts in and between the two cities (some excavated). Kalachuri supported Hindu, Buddhist and Jain religions in their kingdom, and many of the temples found in this region through Sirpur show synthesis and fusion of Buddhist-Shaiva religious themes.
The temple and its ruins contain inscriptions, one of which suggests that it was built by a Brahmin named Somraj about 1167 CE. The sanctum of the Pataleshwar temple – also spelled Pataleshvar or Pataleshwara – was excavated by the temple's architect and artists, and continues to exist at a lower level (underground). This feature gives it the name Pataleshwar (the lord of the netherworld). The temple is an ASI protected monument, managed from Raipur circle. There is the museum next to it with numerous ruins and artwork from destroyed Hindu and Jain temples, as well as Buddhist stupas.
Media in category "Pataleshwar Mahadev Temple Malhar"
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