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The Discovery of a Hidden Temple
Lakhamandal Temple
Lakhamandal is a famous temple located in Chakrata region. The deity of temple is Lord Shiva. Remains of several temples still exist in the Lakhamandal premises. Here, the Shivling is made of graphite which shines on pouring water on it.
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Unraveling the mystery behind the Lakhamandal
Lakhamandal, is a place that has huge significance in the Hindu mythology and a temple which has interesting piece of history.
Lakhamandal is a must visit destination for people of the Shakti Cult - The followers of Lord Shiva, Lakhamandal is also one of the places that is mentioned in the Holy Book of the Hindus “The Mahabharata”.
Duryodhana, the cousin if the Pandava brothers who was the ruler of the kingdom had ordered to build a palace out of was for the Pandavas, with an ill motive of burning the palace, so that subjects of the kingdoms won’t suspect Duryodhana. But, the Pandavas had somehow managed to know the plan of their cousin and had escaped through a tunnel at the opening of the cave and thus the place has a lot of mythological importance.
There is also an ancient temple dedicated to lord Shiva and the temple looks like the temple at the Kedarnath Peak. The temple too has its own history and the story behind that is all more fascinating, a long time ago a cow would come here every day to drain her milk on the “Shivling” and when this continued for long the owner of the cow had followed the cow and discovered the temple. The stone inscriptions near the temple dating back to the 6th century states that the temple was built by princess Ishwara from the royal race of Singhapura in memory of her deceased husband Chandragupta from the Jalandhar kingdom. The temple also has a green coloured “Shivling” and red coloured “Shivling” which is believed to be from different eras.
The Cave and the Temple in Lakhamandal are highly mysterious, putting it all aside you must have to visit this place to witness this natural cave and the temple that has a truly fascinating mystery and history.
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