Maheshwara Temple

Maheshwara Temple

The temple stands on a lofty platform built in stone consist of a garbhagriha with lingum, anatarala, an open mandapa and three ardhamandapas. This temple has been built on the plan of a circular star of 28 angles or points. The design of pillars is dignified and adorned with decorative motifs among which the kirttimukha notable. The exterior wall bears images like that of Mahakali, and Bhairava. The frieze of small niches at the top of doorway has Siva in the centre with Saptamatrikas and Ganapati on either side of him. The images of Siva, Parvati, Laxmi-Narayana and Surya, which are lying about, were probably once placed in the niches of temple. The south side of mandapa, a large slab bearing a Sanskrit inscription in Devanagari script is fixed. It records the consecration of a temple of Siva, which had been begun by Indraraja, the father of a Khandesh chieftain Govana in 1173 AD (1095 Saka) and that grants were made to its by his sucessorsSoideva and Hemadideva , who are mentioned in a another inscription at the same place.