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'''Hatakeshvara''' ({{Lang-sa|हाटकेश्वर|translit=Hāṭakeśvara}}) is an epithet of the Hindu deity [[Shiva]]. It means, "the lord of the Hataka people".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Walker |first=Benjamin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8J2RDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT431&dq=H%C4%81%E1%B9%ADake%C5%9Bvara&hl=en |title=Hindu World: An Encyclopedic Survey of Hinduism. In Two Volumes. Volume II M-Z |date=2019-04-09 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-429-62419-3 |pages=431 |language=en}}</ref> The term is also applied to the pligrimage site associated with the deity.<br />
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== Literature ==<br />
According to the [[Skanda Purana|''Skanda Purana'']], the [[Solar dynasty|Suryavamsha]] King [[Dashratha|Dasharatha]], the ruler of [[Ayodhya (Ramayana)|Ayodhya]], had performed a long penance to [[Vishnu]] for obtaining heirs. He began his penance by visiting many pilgrimage spots in the region of Kartikeyapura, starting with Hatakeshvara. The site was selected by him because his father [[Aja of Kosala|Aja]] had also performed penance at the same spot earlier to appease the deity and obtained certain [[Siddhis|siddhi]]<nowiki/>s. After finishing his pilgrimage, Dasharatha created a massive temple for Vishnu at Hatakeshvara and installed an idol of the deity within.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Skanda Purana, Book Six, Nagara Khanda, Chapter 98, Greatness of Rajavapi, Page 387|url=https://cloudup.com/cKUyNE-m9Wl}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Skanda Purana, Part 16, (Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology Series, Vol. 64),Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass|url=https://www.abebooks.com/9788120818415/Skanda-Purana-Ancient-Indian-Tradition-8120818415/plp|year=2010|page=387}}</ref><br />
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In the hundred and second chapter of the text, there is also a mention of [[Rama]] visiting [[Vibhishana]] to bid him farewell before leaving the earth, after [[Lakshmana]] had already attained [[samadhi]]. On his way back, the [[Pushpaka Vimana|pushpaka vimana]] refused to move ahead till Rama got out of it and visited the shrine consecrated by his father. After taking bath in the pond in front of the temple, Rama installed a [[Shiva Linga|lingam]] in memory of his brother Lakshmana, and also another one in memory of his wife [[Sita]]. Thereafter, he spent a few days at the pilgrim spot of his ancestors and then headed back to Ayodhya.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Skanda Purana, Book Six, Nagara Khanda, Chapter 102, Erection of Five Palatial Shrines for Lakshmana and Others, Page 402|url=https://cloudup.com/cKUyNE-m9Wl}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Skanda Purana, Part 16, (Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology Series, Vol. 64), Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass|url=https://www.abebooks.com/9788120818415/Skanda-Purana-Ancient-Indian-Tradition-8120818415/plp|year=2010|page=402}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Bholenath|Bholanatha]]<br />
* [[Parameshvara (epithet)|Parameshvara]]<br />
* [[Dakshinamurti]]<br />
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