Shiv Mandir (Ambarnath):
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Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj & Chhatrapati
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LOCATION: Ambarnath to Shiv Mandir 2 kms, 50 kms from Mumbai, 153 kms from Pune. Best time to visit: ANY TIME THOUGHTOUT THE YEAR.
The Shiv Mandir of
Ambarnath is a historic 11th-century Hindu temple.
It is also known as the
Ambreshwar Shiva Temple, and known locally as Puratana Shivalaya. It is
situated on the bank of [vrindawan] river.
The temple was built in
1060 AD beautifully carved in stone. It was probably built by Shilahara king
Chhittaraja, it may also have been rebuilt by his son Mummuni.
Unusually, the sanctuary
or garbhagriha is below ground, reached by some 20 steps down from the mandapa,
and is open to the sky as the shikhara tower above stops abruptly at a little
above the height of the mandapa, and was apparently never completed.
It is in bhumija form,
and if completed would have been close in form to the Udayesvara Temple also
known as Neelkantheshwara temple in Udaipur, Madhya Pradesh, begun in 1059 and
the Gondeshwar Temple at Sinnar. It is clear from what was built that the
shikhara would have followed these in having four corner bands of gavaksha-honeycomb
sweeping uninterrupted up the full height of the tower, while in between each
face has rows of five spirelets on individual podia, reducing in size up the
tower.
There's also a
possibility that the shikhar here represents of Sky as the name suggests
Ambarnath which means the Sky.
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