|
|
| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
| | #REDIRECT [[Wangath temple complex]] |
| {{Use Indian English|date=September 2014}}
| | |
| {{Infobox Hindu temple
| | {{Redirect category shell| |
| | name = Wangath Temple complex
| | {{R from move}} |
| | image =
| |
| | alt =
| |
| | caption =
| |
| | map_type = India Jammu and Kashmir#India
| |
| | map_caption = Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India
| |
| | coordinates = {{coord|34.35|74.97|type:landmark_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| |
| | country = India
| |
| | state = [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| |
| | district = [[Ganderbal district|Ganderbal]]
| |
| | locale = [[Anantnag]] | |
| | elevation_m = 1,619
| |
| | deity = [[Shiva]]
| |
| | festivals=
| |
| | architecture =
| |
| | temple_quantity = 17 (seventeen)
| |
| | monument_quantity =
| |
| | inscriptions =
| |
| | year_completed = 8th century AD
| |
| | creator = Jaluka Maurya, Son of [[Ashoka]]{{fact|date=September 2020}} and later [[Lalitaditya Muktapida]]
| |
| | website =
| |
| }} | | }} |
| '''Wangath Temple complex''' is a group of monuments in Wangath, close to [[Naranag]], in the Ganderbal district of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. Wangath is a village located around {{convert|48|mi}} northeast of [[Srinagar]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Parmanand Parashar |title=Kashmir: The Paradise of Asia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gylNFls7xxoC&pg=PA249 |publisher=Sarup & Sons, Darya Ganj, Delhi |ISBN=81-7625-518-1 |year=2004 |page=249 }}</ref> The current structure was built by [[Lalitaditya Muktapida]] of the Karkota dynasty in the 8th century AD.<ref>{{cite book |author= Hermann Goetz |title=The Early Wooden Temples of Chamba |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kMwUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA66|publisher=Copyright, 1955, by E.J. Brill, Leiden, Netherlands |year=1955 |pages=66, 114}}</ref>
| |
|
| |
| ==History==
| |
| [[File:Naranag Temple of kashmir.JPG|thumb|left|Naranag temple complex at Wangath]]
| |
| [[Kalhana]] notes in ''[[Rajatarangini]]'' that [[Ashoka]] built the city of Srinagar in the 3rd century BC. His son Jaluka, 220 BC, built the Shaivite temples Bhuteshvara, Jyestarudra, and ''[[Matha|Muthas]]'' in the Wangath valley around the holy spring of [[Naranag]]. The Wangath temples were built in three groups, around the same time as the [[Shankaracharya Temple]] in Srinagari and the Bumazuv temple near Mattan.<ref name="CL Gadoo">{{cite book |author=Chaman Lal Gadoo |title=KASHMIR: Hindu Shrines |publisher=Vidya Gauri Gadoo Research Center, Shakarpur, Delhi |ISBN=978-81-910057-0-7 |year=2009 |page=67}}</ref> King Jaluka built a stone temple at the site of the spring ''Naranag'' around 137BC. King Jayendra (61 BC) used to worship Shiva Bhutesha at the shrine. [[Lalitaditya Muktapida]] (713-735 AD) donated a good sum of money to the shrine after his victorious expedition. King Avantivarman (855-883 AD) built a stone pedestal with a silver conduit at this shrine for the bathing of sacred images. Kalhana's father Canpaka and uncle Kanka also frequented the site.
| |
|
| |
| As per Kalhana, the treasury of this shrine was plundered by King Sangramraja of Kashmir (1003-28 AD), during King Uccala's time (1101 – 1111 AD) and later by the rebel baron Hayavadana.<ref>{{cite book |author=Bansi Lal Malla |title=Sculptures of Kashmir, 600 - 1200 A.D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d-fVAAAAMAAJ&dq=wangath+temple&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=wangath |publisher=Agam Kala Prakashan |year=2009 |page=16 }}</ref>
| |
|
| |
| == Architecture and style ==
| |
| [[File:Wangath Naranag Temple complex.jpg|thumb|left|Wangath temple complex, partial shot]]
| |
| Bishop Crowie and Major Cole have identified the ruins of seventeen temple structures of various ages and dimensions in Buthser, near Wangath, in two distinct groups: the first on the western side and the second on the eastern side. Each group is enclosed by a separate stone wall, and lie a short distance from one another.<ref name="CL Gadoo"/> The temple complex is located along the ''Kanka nadi'' or the ''Kanaknai'' and is constructed of local grey granite.<ref name="Krishna Deva">{{cite book |author=Krishna Deva |title=Temples of India: Text [Vol 1] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=StnVAAAAMAAJ&q=wangath+temple&dq=wangath+temple |publisher=Aryan Books International (Original from University of Michigan) |ISBN=9788173050541 |year=1995 |page=230 }}</ref> Between the two groups of temples stand a number of structures of a third group, the ''Mathas''.
| |
|
| |
| === Western complex ===
| |
| The first group of six temples, also identified by [[Aurel Stein]] as ''Shiva-Jyestharudra'' or ''Shiva-Jyeshthesa'', is situated within an enclosure wall.<ref name="CL Gadoo"/> The Jyestharudra group is placed on high grounds and consists of a main temple of ''Jyeshthesa'' (Shiva) surrounded by subsidiary shrines.<ref name="Krishna Deva"/> The principal structure is a square of {{convert|25|ft}} externally and {{convert|17|ft}} internally, and has two entrances opposite each other, facing the northeast and southwest. In the center of the floor is a square space which is unpaved. It marks the site of the pedestal of the image. Internally, it has a domed ceiling. Externally, the roof is pyramidal.<ref name="CL Gadoo"/>
| |
|
| |
| === Eastern complex ===
| |
| The second group of temples is enclosed in a massive rectangular stone wall, pierced by a two-chambered gateway. The six temples inside the wall are in ruins and are partly buried in the ground. The largest temple has a {{convert|17|ft}} square base internally, similar to the largest temple in the western complex. This temple has been identified by Stein as ''Shiva-Bhuteshwara''.<ref name="CL Gadoo"/>
| |
|
| |
| === Central pavilion ===
| |
| Between the western and eastern complexes lie a number of structures of a third group. This consists of the remains of a building measuring {{convert|120|ft}} by {{convert|70|ft}}, with a height of {{convert|10|ft}}. Along the side of this structure are 30 monolithic bases or piers at intervals of {{convert|12|ft}}. This was a pillared pavilion or ''matha''. An impressive {{convert|18|ft}} rectangular cistern, hammered out of a boulder, is nearby.<ref name="CL Gadoo"/>
| |
|
| |
| ==Present status==
| |
|
| |
| ===Site of national importance===
| |
| The [[Archaeological Survey of India]] has declared the Wangath Temple complex at Naranag as centrally protected monuments of India.<ref>{{cite web |title=Archaeological Survey of India protected monuments |url=http://www.teindia.nic.in/mhrd/50yrsedu/12/8i/AW/8IAW0E01.htm |access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Archaeological Survey of India protected monuments |url=http://www.heritageofkashmir.org/heritage-tourism/asi-protected-monuments.html |publisher=heritageofkashmir.org |access-date=11 August 2012}}</ref> The temple appears in the list of "centrally protected monuments" as "Group of Ancient Temples" at Naranag, Kangan.<ref>{{cite web |title=Protected monuments in Jammu & Kashmir | url=http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_alphalist_jk.asp|publisher=asi.nic.in, Archeological surey of india |access-date=29 October 2012}}</ref>
| |
|
| |
| ==References==
| |
| {{Reflist}}
| |
|
| |
| {{Jammu and Kashmir topics}}
| |
|
| |
| [[Category:Hindu temples in Jammu and Kashmir]]
| |
| [[Category:Destroyed temples]]
| |
| [[Category:Archaeological sites in Jammu and Kashmir]]
| |
| [[Category:Shiva temples in Jammu and Kashmir]]
| |
| [[Category:2nd-century BC Hindu temples]]
| |
| [[Category:7th-century Hindu temples]]
| |
| [[Category:Ganderbal district]]
| |
This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect: