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{{Short description|Hindu temple in Maharashtra, India}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox Hindu temple
|name = Tungareshwar Temple
|native_name_lang = तुंगारेश्वर शिव मंदिर
|image = Tungareshwar Temple at Vasai, Mumbai.jpg
|caption = View of Tungareshwar Temple at Vasai (click on the first day of the Shravan month in 2019).

|religious_affiliation = [[Hinduism]]
|deity = [[Shiva]]
|festival = [[Maha Shivaratri|Maha Shivratri]] & [[Shraavana]]

|location = [[Vasai]]
|district = [[Palghar district|Palghar]]
|state = [[Maharashtra]]
|country = {{flag|India}}
|map_type = India Maharashtra#India#Asia
|map_size = 200
|coordinates = {{coord|19|24|59.4|N|72|54|05.4|E|type:landmark_region:IN|display=inline,title}}

| architecture_type = [[Hindu temple|Hindu Temple]]
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'''Tungareshwar Temple''' is located in [[Vasai]] (2177 feet above the ground on the highest [[Mountain]] [[plateau]] of Tungareshwar<ref name="pilgrimaide">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pilgrimaide.com/temples/tungareshwar-shiva-temple|title=Tungareshwar Shiva Temple|author=Pilgrimaide|access-date=5 October 2020}}</ref>), [[Palghar district|Palghar District]], Maharashtra, India. The temple is dedicated to the Hindu god [[Shiva]], about 3 to 4 kilometers from the "Tungareshwar Entrance Gate," and opens in the morning from 05:00 AM to 06:00 PM. This is a Lord Shiva temple and also has a Ram Kund in the backside area ([[Taanka|Kunds]] are human-made small water bodies). <ref name="Mumbai77">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mumbai77.com/city/4448/vasai-virar/tungareshwar-waterfalls-temple|title=Tungareshwar Vasai – Temple Waterfalls and Green Heaven Near Mumbai|date=29 October 2018|author=Deven Jadav|access-date=5 October 2020}}</ref> Alongside the Tungareshwar Temple, a small temple of Goddess "[[Khodiyar|Khodiyaar Mataji]]" (with her vehicle, a crocodile). Being said about God and Goddess, Tungareshwar attracts devotees who visit both these temples at special occasions and festival seasons like "Khodiyar Jayanti," which comes in around February, and "[[Maha Shivaratri|Maha Shivratri]]" in [[Shravana]] Months as per the [[Hindu calendar]], falling between July and August every year. Bhandara (a religious, publicly organized feast) takes place every year at the "[[Maha Shivaratri|Mahashivratri Festival]]" and every Monday at the Shravan month.<ref name="pilgrimaide"/>

==History and Legend==
Tungareshwar, a collection of five mountains, houses some very holy temples like those of Shiva, [[Bhairava|Kal Bhairav]] (the avatar of Shiva), Jagmata Temple (the avatar of [[Parvati]], wife of Lord Shiva), the Balyogi Sadanandh Maharaj Matth.<ref name="Mumbai77" /> According to the legends,<ref name="pilgrimaide"/> Lord [[Parashurama]] killed a [[Demon]] named 'Tunga' at this place. The temple was built in the honor of Lord Parashurama. Lord Parashurama meditated here in this place. It is believed that [[Adi_Shankara|Adi Shankaracharya]] had meditated at a place nearby Shuparak, now called Sopara or [[Nala Sopara|Nalasopara]].<ref name="pilgrimaide"/>

==Architecture==
This temple is naturally situated in a strangely beautiful garden. In the dome, a trident (trident) stands impressively against the horizon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.myyatradiary.com/2012/08/ancient-tungareshwar-shiva-temple-in.html|title=Ancient Tungareshwar Shiva Temple in Vasai, Mumbai during Shravan|date=6 August 2012|author=My Yatra Diary|access-date=5 October 2020}}</ref> The temple room was small but beautifully decorated in minimalist works of colourful glass. In one corner of the room, a diya was lit, and there was a small temple of Devi. In the center, there is the Main [[Lingam|Ling]]<ref name="pilgrimaide"/> – Lord Shiva, with a huge serpent in brass coiled around it. A brass post hangs above, and water trickling down from it drops by drop over the Shivling. The temple also has some symbols of sacred geometry, and the temple is designed as per [[Vastu shastra|Vaastu Shastra]].<ref name="pilgrimaide"/>

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="150" heights="150">
File:View of Tungareshwar Entrance Gate.jpg|View of Tungareshwar Entrance Gate, Vasai.
File:Close View of Tungareshwar Temple.jpg|Close View of Tungareshwar Temple at Vasai.
File:View of Tungareshwar Temple Shiv Ling.jpg|View of Tungareshwar Temple Shiv Ling.
File:Ram Kund at Tungareshwar Temple.jpg|View of Ram Kund at Tungareshwar Temple.
File:Goddess Khodiyaar Mataji at Tungareshwar Temple.jpg|View of A small temple of Goddess Khodiyaar Mataji (with her vehicle crocodile)
File:Ma Durga idols at Tungareshwar Temple.jpg|View of Mother Durga idols at Tungareshwar Temple
File:Hanuman Temple at Tungareshwar.jpg|View of small Hanuman Temple at Tungareshwar Temple.
File:Information Board of Tungareshwar Temple.jpg|View of Information Board of Tungareshwar Temple.
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Jivdani Mata|Jivdani Mata Temple]]
* [[Mumba Devi Temple]]
* [[Siddhivinayak Temple, Mumbai]]
* [[Mahalakshmi Temple, Mumbai]]
* [[Babulnath Temple]]
* [[Walkeshwar Temple]]
* [[Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Mumbai]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Shiva temples}}
{{Mumbai topics}}
{{Maharashtra}}
{{Tourist attractions in Mumbai}}
{{Hindu temples in Maharashtra}}

[[Category:Hindu temples in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Shakti temples]]
[[Category:Hindu temples in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Palghar district]]
[[Category:Vasai-Virar]]

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