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{{Infobox Hindu temple<br />
|name = Ekteswar temple<br />
|native_name = <br />
|native_name_lang = <br />
|image = File:Ekteshwar Shiva Temple, Bankura.jpg<br />
|map_type = India# India West Bengal<br />
|map_relief = yes<br />
|map_caption = Location in India<br />
|coordinates = {{coord|23.2100301 |N|87.0838666|E|type:landmark_region:IN_source:dewiki|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
|country = {{flag|India}}<br />
|state = [[West Bengal]]<br />
|district = [[Bankura district|Bankura]]<br />
|location = [[Ekteswar]]<br />
|deity = [[Shiva]] ([[Ekapada]])<ref name="ekapada"/><br />
|festivals = [[Maha Shivaratri]]<ref name="shivratri">{{cite book |last1=Sena |first1=Pralaẏa |year=1979 |title=Paścimabāṃlāra tīrtha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JGogAAAAMAAJ |language=bn |publisher=Bān̐kuṛā Lokasaṃskr̥ti Ākādemi |lccn=79902281 |pages=210, 213}}</ref><br>[[Gajan (festival)|Gajan]]<ref name="gajan">{{cite book |last1=Sāmanta |first1=Dhanapati |last2=Dāsa |first2=Śailena |year=1993 |title=Bān̐kuṛāra melā-gājana-paraba |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uBEFAQAAIAAJ |language=bn |publisher=Bān̐kuṛā Lokasaṃskr̥ti Ākādemi |lccn=93905594 |pages=6, 87}}</ref><br>[[Charak Puja]]<br />
| architecture_type = Temple<br />
| architecture_style = [[Rekha deul]]<br />
| founded_by = [[Raghunath Singha Dev|Raghunath Malla]]<br />
| creator = <br />
| established = {{Start date and age|1626}}<br />
| height_max = 45ft<ref name="kings">{{cite news<br />
|url = https://bengali.indianexpress.com/lifestyle/famous-ekteswar-shiv-temple-in-bankura-559893/<br />
| author = IE Bangla Web Desk<br />
| title = রহস্যে ভরা এক্তেশ্বর, বাংলার অন্যতম শৈবতীর্থ, মনস্কামনা পূরণের মন্দির<br />
| website = [[Indian Express]]<br />
| date = 18 March 2023<br />
| access-date = 16 September 2024<br />
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240916144534/https://bengali.indianexpress.com/lifestyle/famous-ekteswar-shiv-temple-in-bankura-559893/<br />
| archive-date = 16 September 2024<br />
| quote = ল্যাটেরাইট তৈরি সুগঠিত পশ্চিমমুখী মন্দিরটির উচ্চতা প্রায় ৪৫ ফুট।<br />
| trans-quote = The well-structured west facing temple made of laterite is about 45 feet high.}}</ref><br />
| website = <br />
}}<br />
'''Ekteswar temple''' is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva, is located at [[Ekteswar]], Bankura district, in West Bengal.<ref>{{cite web<br />
| url = https://bankura.gov.in/culture-heritage/<br />
| title = Culture & Heritage<br />
| website = bankura.gov.in<br />
| access-date = 16 September 2024<br />
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240916103445/https://bankura.gov.in/culture-heritage/<br />
| archive-date = 16 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite book<br />
|title = Encyclopaedia of Tourism Resources in India<br />
|last = Sajnani<br />
|first = Manohar <br />
|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nxtnsT8CdZ4C<br />
|isbn = 9788178350189<br />
|volume = 2<br />
|year = 2001<br />
|publisher = Kalpaz Publications<br />
|pages = 345<br />
}}</ref><br />
== About == <br />
The Ekteswar temple is laying on the bank of [[Dwarakeswar River]], which is 10 kilometers away from [[Bankura]] town.<ref>{{cite web<br />
| last = রায়<br />
| first = প্রণব<br />
| publisher = পূর্বাদ্রি প্রকাশনী<br />
| url = https://ia804703.us.archive.org/23/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.266285/2015.266285.Banglar-Mandir-sthapatya_text.pdf<br />
| title = বাংলার মন্দির স্থাপত্য ও ভাক্ষর্ষ<br />
| access-date = 16 September 2024<br />
| page = 22<br />
| lang = bn<br />
}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web<br />
| last = Chel<br />
| first = Shubhendu <br />
| website = researchgate.net <br />
| url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/370155789<br />
| title = Population growth and socio economic condition of people<br />
| access-date = 16 September 2024<br />
| volume = 3 <br />
| page = 3<br />
| year = 2023}}</ref> It is dedicated to Lord Shiva, particularly associated with the deity's form known as [[Ekapada|Ekapada Murthy]].<ref name="ekapada">{{cite book<br />
|title = The Modern Review<br />
|last = Chatterjee<br />
|first = Ramananda<br />
|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=2xwFAAAAMAAJ<br />
|lccn = 25004740<br />
|series = Encyclopaedia of Tourism Resources in India<br />
|volume = 89<br />
|year = 1951<br />
|publisher = Prabasi Press Private Limited<br />
|pages = 138<br />
}}</ref><br />
== History ==<br />
[[File:Temple at Ekteswar, Bankura district of West Bengal in 1872.jpg|thumb|right|Ekteswar temple in 1872]]<br />
There is also a legend that in the past, when a dispute arose over the boundary between Mallabhum and [[Samantabhum]], Lord Mahadev himself resolved the issue.<ref name="kings"/> However, according to another popular legend, Lord Shiva himself meditated to resolve this boundary dispute between the two kingdoms. At the junction of the two borders, as a symbol of unity, King [[Raghunath Singha Dev|Raghunath Malla]] of [[Mallabhum]] built the Ekteswar Shiva Temple and initiated the celebration of Ekteswar's Gajan festival.<ref>{{cite news<br />
| url = https://www.etvbharat.com/bengali/west-bengal/state/bankura/ekteswar-dham-in-bankura-is-a-symbol-of-unity/wb20210425224551215<br />
| title = দুই রাজার সন্ধির নিদর্শন বাঁকুড়ার এক্তেশ্বর ধাম<br />
| website = etvbharat.com<br />
| date = 25 April 2021<br />
| access-date = 17 September 2024<br />
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240917033415/https://www.etvbharat.com/bengali/west-bengal/state/bankura/ekteswar-dham-in-bankura-is-a-symbol-of-unity/wb20210425224551215<br />
| archive-date = 17 September 2024<br />
| lang = bn}}</ref> According to Acharya Jogeshchandra Roy bidyanidhi, "The Vedas mention 'Eka Padeshwar,' which over time has transformed into the name 'Ekteswar.' In the Ekteswar temple, Lord Shiva is worshiped as 'Ekapada Murti' (one-legged deity). Such a form of Shiva is not found anywhere else, making it extremely rare."<ref>{{cite news<br />
| url = https://www.anandabazar.com/editorial/ekteswar-siva-temple-is-example-of-unity-1.961740<br />
| title = একতার প্রতীক শৈবতীর্থ এক্তেশ্বর <br />
| publisher = [[Anandabazar Patrika]]<br />
| date = 5 March 2019<br />
| access-date = 17 September 2024<br />
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240917035101/https://www.anandabazar.com/editorial/ekteswar-siva-temple-is-example-of-unity-1.961740<br />
| archive-date = 17 September 2024<br />
| lang = bn}}</ref><br />
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