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Multi-periodSite Name: Grishneshwar Jyotirlinga TempleCountry: India Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Elora
Latitude: 20.024380N Longitude: 75.169624E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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Ancient Temple in India
The Lord is known by several names - Kusumeswarar, Ghushmeswara, Grushmeswara, Grishneswara There once lived a pious Brahmin & his wife. He was a great devotee of Siva. He was not blessed with a son. At the persuasion of his family, he got married to Kusuma, in order to give him a son. Kusuma was an even greater devotee of Lord Siva. Everyday she would make one Siva Linga, worship it and then immerse it in the temple tank. Soon she was blessed with a baby boy. The first wife was seething with jealousy and ill treated Kusuma. Putting all her faith in the Lord, Kusuma bore all the sufferings humbly. When the boy grew older, they planned his wedding. The jealous first wife, killed the boy with an axe.
Kusuma was deeply grieved, yet did not stop her daily worship of Lord Siva. She continued to make the Lingam, worshipped & immersed it in the tank. To the surprise of one and all, her son rose out of the water one day, coming back to life.
Lord Siva appeared before them & blessed them. He declared that he would give darshan to devotees in his Jyotir Linga swarupam at the same spot where Kusuma immersed the Lingams.
This Jyotir Lingam is considered to exist in two places, one at Devagiri near Ellora & the other at the Kailasa temple at Ellora.
On plan the temple consists of a garbha griha (sanctum sanctorum), antarala (antechamber) and a sabha mandapa (pillared hall). The exterior surface of the wall portion is relieved vertically and horizontally with short depth projections. The horizontal mouldings were utilised for carving different motifs.
The most striking feature of this temple is the five tiered shikara rising in diminishing height. The height of the shikara is enhanced by the high wall portion of the sanctum. The shikara is crowned by a couchant bull at each corner along with a monkey behind it. The shikara is beautifully decorated with geometric motifs and also images of Brahmanical deities including Siva and Parvati.
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