Shree Hatkeshwer Mahadev Temple (Vadnagar)

India / Gujarat / Vadnagar
 Shiva temple, hindu temple
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This profusely carved 17th century temple just outside town enshrines Hatkeshwar Mahadev, the family deity of Nagar Brahmins, who were once a prominent community in Vadnagar. The temple's inner sanctum houses a Shiva linga said to have self-emerged (swayambhu). From the roof of the sanctum a massive shikhar soars high into the sky. Facing east, the temple is enclosed by a high wall topped by three circular domes interspersed with flat stretches in the Indo-Saracenic tradition. The exterior of the temple is exquisitely ornamented with figures of the nine planets, musicians, evocative dancing apsaras, regent deities, the chief gods of the Hindu pantheon, scenes from the Ramayana and Mahabharata, and varied animal and floral motifs. The premises also have an ancient Kashivishveshvara Shiva temple, a Swaminarayan temple and two Jain temples.

Jai Hatkesh! is the Identity of the Nagar & Nagar bhrammin cast
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Coordinates:   23°47'13"N   72°38'5"E

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  • Shree Hatkeshwardada is onw of the 7 svaymbhu mahadev.. In Shravan month there is a big celebration...
  • jai hatkeshwar mahadev namah: nagars kuldevta .......ravi nagar (vapi)
  • 4 this JAY HATKESH is enough......JAY HATKESH.
  • SHEE HATKESHWARDAD'S TEMPLE IS OLDEST TEMPLE IN GUJART LORD KRISHNA VISIT VADNAGAR FOR NARSINH MEHTA KUNVARBAI MOMERU & ALSO AKBAR BADSHAH FOR TANARIRI
  • JAI JAI HATKESH
  • Please anyone know history about Jay Hatkesh temple please share
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