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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Cave temple in Pune}}<br />
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[[File:Pataleshwar cave temple.JPG|thumb|250px|The Pataleshwar cave temple]]<br />
[[File:Pataleshwar Caves Internal Temple Corridors.jpg|thumb|Pataleshwar Caves Internal Temple Corridors HDR Panorama Image.]]<br />
The '''Pataleshwar''' Cave Temple (''also called Panchaleshvara or Bamburde'') is a [[Indian rock-cut architecture|rock-cut cave]] temple, carved out in the 8th century in the [[Rashtrakuta]] period by [[Kannada people|Kannadiga]] kings.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pataleshwar caves|url=http://www.punesite.com/pataleshwar-cave-temple-in-pune.html|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917105218/http://www.punesite.com/pataleshwar-cave-temple-in-pune.html|archive-date=17 September 2018|access-date=14 January 2012|publisher=www.punesite.com}}</ref> It is located in what is now [[Pune]], in the state of [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. It was originally situated outside the town, but the city limits have expanded so that it is now located on the [[downtown]] Jangali Maharaj Road. It has been declared as a protected [[monument]] by the government.<ref>{{cite web|title=List of the protected monuments of Mumbai Circle district-wise|url=http://www.asimumbaicircle.com/images/list-of-protected-monuments-n-forts.pdf|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104211235/http://www.asimumbaicircle.com/images/list-of-protected-monuments-n-forts.pdf|archive-date=4 November 2019}}</ref> <br />
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==Temple==<br />
The temple, made of [[basalt]] rock, is dedicated to the [[Hindu]] god [[Shiva]]. The [[garbhagriha|sanctum]] - a cube-shaped room about 3–4 metres on each side - houses a [[linga]] - the symbol of Shiva and there are two smaller cells on each side. In front of the cave is a circular [[Nandi (bull)|Nandi]] [[mandapa]], its umbrella shaped canopy supported by massive square pillars. This mandapa is one of the peculiar structures of Pataleshwar. The cave is located at a lower level than the present level of the road and the cave complex. There is an exquisitely carved circular Nandi shrine in the huge courtyard of the cave. The main cave is rectangular on plan and has a pillared porch. There are three sanctums in the cave temple and the central one houses the Shivalinga. There is a circumambulation path provided in the cave where one can see the unfinished part of the cave temple. It appears that after finishing the front and the sanctum the cave was left incomplete due to some reasons, one of which could be the faults in the rock. However the walls in the main cave have some outlines drawn suggesting the sculptures depicting stories from Indian mythology, especially involving Shiva.{{fact|date=September 2018}}<br />
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The huge complex of the cave has been converted into a garden and there are a few architectural members stored in it probably belonging to some old temple nearby. As this is the oldest monument in Pune, which is over 1300 years old, the Pune office of the Archaeological Survey of India is located in the adjacent property. <br />
[[File:Pataleshwar Caves Internal Temple Columns.jpg|thumb|Pataleshwar Caves Internal Temple Columns HDR]]<br />
The temple was left incomplete, possibly because of a [[fault line]] found at the back of the sanctum sanctorum, which made the further sculpting unsafe, or political upheaval resulting in loss of patronage. Still in use, the linga is anointed with ghee and [[yogurt]]. A brass temple bell hangs outside the basalt entryway.{{fact|date=September 2018}}<br />
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[[File:Exclusive close up of Nandi Bull - Pataleshwar Cave Temple, Pune.jpg|thumb|Exclusive close up of Nandi Bull]] <br />
[[File:Pataleshwar Caves Internal Temple Corridors 2.jpg|thumb|Pataleshwar Caves Internal Temple Columns HDR Image.]]<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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File:Pataleshwar Caves temple columns.jpg|A passage with stone pillars inside the Pataleshwar temple<br />
File:Shivalinga Pataleshwar.jpg|The Shiva Linga inside the temple<br />
File:Pataleshwar Nandi.jpg|Circular Nandi Mandapa<br />
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File:Pataleshwar temple by Thomas Daniell 019PZZ000000175U00000000(SVC2).jpg|Water colour painting of Pataleshwar temple by British artist [[Thomas Daniell]] in 1803. He called it "Pandoo's (Pandav's) cave.<br />
File:Pataleshwar Caves, Pune, Maharashtra.jpg|Deity in Pataleshwar Caves, Pune<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:Caves of Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Pune]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu temples in Pune]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu cave temples in India]]<br />
[[Category:8th-century Hindu temples]]<br />
[[Category:8th-century establishments in India]]<br />
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