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{{Short description|Hindu deities temple in india}}
{{Infobox Hindu temple
|name=Vankhandeshwar Mahadev
|image=Vankhandeshwar mahadev bhind.jpg
|deity=[[Shiva]]
|tradition= [[Shaivism]]
|festival=[[Maha Shivaratri]]<br>Shiva Baraat
|location=Vankhandeshwar Mandir, HQ5R+WRF, Sarvoday Nagar, [[Bhind district|Bhind]], Madhya Pradesh, India 477001
|district=[[Bhind district|Bhind]]
|state=[[Madhya Pradesh]]
|creator=[[Maharaja Mahendra Badan Singh Bhadauria]]<ref name ="Imperial Sovereignty And Local Politics">{{Cite book | last=Imperial Sovereignty And Local Politics | title=Imperial Sovereignty and Local Politics: The Bhaduria Rajputs and the Transition from Mughal to British India, 1600– 1900 | date=23 May 2019 | publisher=Cambridge University Press | isbn=978-1-108-49743-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=boOWDwAAQBAJ}}</ref>
|year_completed=1652 AD
|temple_tree=[[Ficus religiosa|Peepal]]
|architecture_type= [[Nagara architecture|Nagara]]
}}

'''Vankhandeshwar Mahadev Mandir''' is a [[Hinduism|Hindu]] temple dedicated to Hindu deity [[Shiva]] located on the banks of Gauri Lake in [[Bhind]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vankhandeshwar Temple {{!}} District Bhind, Government Of Madhya Pradesh {{!}} India |url=https://bhind.nic.in/en/tourist-place/vankhandeshwar-temple/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== History ==
It was built by the Maharaja of Bhadawar, Badan Singh Devju Bhadauria in 1652 A.D<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Tripurdaman |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=boOWDwAAQBAJ |title=Imperial Sovereignty and Local Politics: The Bhaduria Rajputs and the Transition from Mughal to British India, 1600– 1900 |date=2019-05-23 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-108-49743-5 |language=en}}</ref>., after the construction of Gauri Taal, surrounded by fine ghats, and on the bank of which stands the temple of Vyankateshwar Mahadev.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Luard |first=C. E. |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35648/page/n229/mode/2up?q=Bhadawar |title=Gwalior State Gazetteer Volume I |date=1908}}</ref>

There is famous old mythical assertion that the temple was built by Samrat [[Prithviraj Chauhan]], but no contemporary and epigraphical sources proves that it was built by him.

== About the Temple ==
The Shivalinga present in the temple is swayambhu. Akhand jyoti or the eternal flame of two diyas is continuously burning in the temple since the construction of temple. Every year at the time of Mahashivaratri lakhs of devotees go to the mandir to take blessings of Mahadev.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-11 |title=PHOTOS: भोलेनाथ का अनोखा वनखंडेश्वर महादेव मंदिर, यहां आज भी जल रहा है पृथ्वीराज चौहान का जलाया हुआ दीपक |url=https://hindi.news18.com/photogallery/madhya-pradesh/bhind-lamp-lit-by-prithviraj-chauhan-still-burning-in-vankhandeshwar-mahadev-temple-in-bhind-know-the-secret-behind-it-6836337.html |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=News18 हिंदी |language=hi}}</ref>

Apart from Mahadev, idols of [[Rama|Shri Ram]], Laxman,Mata Jaanki, Lord Ganesh are also present in the temple.An old Peepal tree is also located in the temple premises.

The Maha Aarti is organized in this temple every Monday, with devotees from far flung areas coming to attend<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vankhandeshwar Temple {{!}} Commissioner Chambal Division {{!}} India |url=https://chambaldivisionmp.nic.in/en/tourist-place/vankhandeshwar-temple/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |language=en-US}}</ref>

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[[Category:Shiva temples in Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Shaivism]]

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