Shree Vyadeshwar Temple (Guhagar)

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This is a famous shiv temple.Shri Dev Vyadeshwar (देवनागरी: श्री देव व्याडेश्वर) is an ancient shiva temple[1] located at Guhagar,[2] a well known Taluka place in the Ratnagiri District of Maharashtra State in India. It is considered to be the Kuladevata or clan god of many Chitpavan families from Konkan region.The temple style is called 'Panchayatan'.
A Panchayatan temple has four subordinate shrines on four corners and the main shrine in the center of the podium, which comprises their base.[5] Here, the main shrine at the center is of Shri Vyadeshwar (Shri Shiva) and the other deities at the surrounding are: The Sun, Shri Ganesh, Shri Parvati and Shri Vishnu along with goddess Lakshmi at South-East, South-West, North-West and North-East respectively. Statue of Nandi(So called 'VEHICLE' of Shri Shiva) is installed in front of the main shrine.The plan of the temple[6] is shown in the adjacent photograph.

Plan of Shri Vyadeshwar temple
There are Three entrances to the temple. One each from East, West and South side. After we enter from the East entrance, there are two statues of Shri Garud (The Eagle which is considered to be the carrier of lord Vishnu) and Shri Maruti (Shri Hanuman) from inside of the temple.