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'''Kaleshwarnath Mandir, Pithampur''' is a temple of [[Shiva]] located at [[Pithampur, Chhattisgarh|Pithampur]] in the [[Janjgir–Champa district]] of [[Chhattisgarh]].<ref name=a/>
== Festivals and history ==
The temple is situated on the bank of the [[Hasdeo River]]. A ten-day fair is held at the temple during the festival of [[Maha Shivaratri]] and [[Rang Panchami]]. Every year on Rang Panchami the procession for Lord Shiva is carried out in [[palanquin]]. The [[Shiva Lingum]] is taken to [[Ghats]] of Hasdeo River, where after the Holy Bath and [[Puja (Hinduism)|Puja]] it is taken back to the temple. The [[Naga Sadhus]] also take part in a fair that has been held at the temple for over 100 years. Over a lakh of people visit the temple during the ten-day-long festive and religious fairs held twice a year.

Records{{which|date=April 2026}} indicate that temple is more than 300 years old; however, according to a stone inscription on the temple, the current temple structure was built by [[Jagmal Gangji Sawaria|Jagmal Gangji]], a railway contractor from [[Kumbharia, Kutch District, Gujarat|Kumbhariya, Kutch]].<ref name=ks/> The stone plaque on back of temple mentions that the construction of the temple was started in [[Vikram Samvant|V.S.]] 1949 (1892 AD) and was completed on [[Kartika (month)|Kartik]] [[Shukla Paksha|Sudi]] 2, V.S. 1953 (1896 AD) by Mistri Gokul Dhanji working under Jagmal Gangji. Jagmal Gangji built the temple at his own cost out of reverence and dedicated it to Hindu community.<ref name=n>''Diary of Golden Days at Jharia – A Memoir and History of Gurjar Kashtriyas of Kutch in Coalfields of Jharia – written by Natwarlal Devram Jethwa of Calcutta (1998)'':pp:40-41: Jagmal Gangji Sawaria & Rai Sahib Mulji Jagmal Sawaria – Life sketch.</ref>

Pandit Chhabinath Dwivedi of Champa wrote and published "Kaleshwar Mahatmya Stotram" in [[Sanskrit]] in 1897 in praise of Lord Kaleshwar Nath of Pithampur. The first [[Mahant]] of this [[Math]] was Shri Shankar Giri Ji Maharaj and the Math was affiliated to Tilbhandeshwar Math of [[Varanasi|Kashi]]. The Thakur family the [[jamindar]] of [[Champa, Chhattisgarh|Champa]] and the [[Sarbarakar]] families donated generously from time to time for up-keepment and maintainace of temple. The temple also houses a statue of Rani Sahiba of Champa Estate.<ref name=a>{{cite web |title=PITHAMPUR (SHIV MANDIR) {{!}} Janjgir-Champa District, Government of Chhattisgarh {{!}} India |url=https://janjgir-champa.gov.in/en/tourist-place/pithampur-shiv-mandir/ |access-date=14 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=पीथमपुर के महाकालेश्वर का पौराणिक महत्व |url=https://www.deshbandhu.co.in/parishist/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5-15227-2 |access-date=14 April 2025 |work=www.deshbandhu.co.in |date=13 March 2013}}</ref><ref name=ks>{{cite news |title=होली विशेष : पीथमपुर के कालेश्वरनाथ : प्रो. अश्विनी केशरवानी - chhattisgarhaaspaas |url=https://chhattisgarhaaspaas.com/chhattisgarh/28685/ |access-date=14 April 2025 |date=4 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=चांदी की पालकी में निकली बाबा कालेश्वरनाथ की बारात |url=https://www.dailychhattisgarh.com/chhattisgarh-article-details.php?article=166065&path_article=13 |access-date=14 April 2025 |date=14 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=बाबा कलेश्वरनाथ की रंग पंचमी पर निकलती है बारात, पंचमुखी स्वरुप में देते हैं दर्शन - BABA KALESHWARNATH BARAT |url=https://www.etvbharat.com/hi/!state/baba-kaleshwarnath-barat-comes-out-on-rang-panchami-he-gives-darshan-in-panchmukhi-swaroop-chhattisgarh-news-cts25031503740 |access-date=14 April 2025 |agency=Etv -Bharat |date=15 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=कोरोना का असर:पीथमपुर मंदिर स्थापना के 322 साल में पहली बार धूल, पंचमी पर नहीं निकलेगी बाबा कलेश्वर नाथ की बारात |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/chhattisgarh/raigarh/champa/news/for-the-first-time-in-322-years-after-the-establishment-of-pithampur-temple-the-procession-of-baba-kaleshwar-nath-will-not-come-out-on-panchami-128376417.html |access-date=14 April 2025 |date=March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Rang Panchami 2023: चांदी की पालकी में निकले बाबा कलेश्वर नाथ, नागा साधुओं ने दिखाया शौर्य |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/chhattisgarh/janjgir-rang-panchami-2023-baba-kaleshwar-nath-silver-palki-barat-organize-in-pithampur-naga-sadhu-showed-stunts-5522069.html |access-date=14 April 2025 |work=News18 हिंदी |agency=News 18 Hindi |date=12 March 2023 |language=hi}}</ref><ref>Kesharwani, Professor (March 2006). Kaleshwarnath of Pithampur . Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh): Bilasa Publications. p. 58.</ref>

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