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==History== | ==History== | ||
[[File:Bagnath Temple.jpg|left|thumb|King [[Chand kings|Laxmi Chand]] built the present building in 1450.]] | [[File:Bagnath Temple.jpg|left|thumb|King [[Chand kings|Laxmi Chand]] built the present building in 1450.]] | ||
According to Hindu Legend, [[Markandeya|Sage Markandeya]] worshipped [[Shiva]] here.<ref name="Dehradun">{{cite news|title=बाघ और गाय बनकर इस संगम पर घूमते थे भगवान शिव और पार्वती|url=http://www.amarujala.com/photo-gallery/dehradun/mythological-facts-about-bagnath-temple-bageshwar|accessdate=15 October 2016|publisher=[[Amar Ujala]]|date=30 May 2016|location=[[Dehradun]]}}</ref | According to Hindu Legend, [[Markandeya|Sage Markandeya]] worshipped [[Shiva]] here.<ref name="negi" /><ref name="Dehradun">{{cite news|title=बाघ और गाय बनकर इस संगम पर घूमते थे भगवान शिव और पार्वती|url=http://www.amarujala.com/photo-gallery/dehradun/mythological-facts-about-bagnath-temple-bageshwar|accessdate=15 October 2016|publisher=[[Amar Ujala]]|date=30 May 2016|location=[[Dehradun]]}}</ref> Lord Shiva blessed sage Markandeya by visiting here in the form of a [[Tiger]].<ref name="negi" /><ref name="Dehradun" /> | ||
Though some sources state The existence of Bagnath temple since 7th Century,<ref name="Kasniyal" /> the present building in [[Hindu temple architecture#Nagara (नागर) architecture|nagara style]] was built in 1450 by [[Chand kings|Chand]] ruler, Laxmi Chand.<ref name="Nag" /><ref>{{cite book|last1=Guides|first1=Rough|title=The Rough Guide to India|date=3 October 2016|publisher=Rough Guides Limited|isbn=9780241295397|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aL_kDAAAQBAJ&q=bagnath+temple&pg=PT511|accessdate=15 October 2016|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlytravelguide.com/uttaranchal/spiritual/bagnath-temple.php |title=Bagnath Temple (Bageshwar)|publisher=onlytravelguide.com}}</ref> The various statues in the temple date back from 7th century AD to 16th century AD.<ref name="District">{{cite book|title=District Census Handbook: Bageshwar|date=2011|publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, Uttarakhand|location=Dehradun|edition=Series-6 Part XII-B|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0508_PART_B_DCHB_BAGESHWAR.pdf|accessdate=15 October 2016|language=English}}</ref> In 1996, the Archeology department of Uttarakhand state took over the temple, following which, several inscriptions and idols from the eighth to the tenth century were sealed inside the temples. These include idols of Shiva, Ganesha, Vishnu, Chaturmukhi Shiva, Teen Mukhi Shiva, Panch Mukhi Shiva, Mahishasura Mardini, Sahasra Shivalinga, Ganesh, Karthikeya, Panchdevapath, Navagraha etc.<ref>{{cite news |title=बागेश्वर में पुरातत्व विभाग की कैद में आठवीं सदी के शिलालेख, नहीं हो पा रही पूजा |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/uttarakhand/haldwani/story-eighth-century-inscriptions-in-the-capture-of-archeology-department-in-bageshwar-1601458.html |accessdate=10 April 2020 |work=[[Hindustan (newspaper)|Hindustan]] |date=18 Oct 2017 |location=Haldwani |language=hi}}</ref> | Though some sources state The existence of Bagnath temple since 7th Century,<ref name="Kasniyal" /> the present building in [[Hindu temple architecture#Nagara (नागर) architecture|nagara style]] was built in 1450 by [[Chand kings|Chand]] ruler, Laxmi Chand.<ref name="Nag" /><ref>{{cite book|last1=Guides|first1=Rough|title=The Rough Guide to India|date=3 October 2016|publisher=Rough Guides Limited|isbn=9780241295397|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aL_kDAAAQBAJ&q=bagnath+temple&pg=PT511|accessdate=15 October 2016|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlytravelguide.com/uttaranchal/spiritual/bagnath-temple.php |title=Bagnath Temple (Bageshwar)|publisher=onlytravelguide.com}}</ref> The various statues in the temple date back from 7th century AD to 16th century AD.<ref name="District">{{cite book|title=District Census Handbook: Bageshwar|date=2011|publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, Uttarakhand|location=Dehradun|edition=Series-6 Part XII-B|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0508_PART_B_DCHB_BAGESHWAR.pdf|accessdate=15 October 2016|language=English}}</ref> In 1996, the Archeology department of Uttarakhand state took over the temple, following which, several inscriptions and idols from the eighth to the tenth century were sealed inside the temples. These include idols of Shiva, Ganesha, Vishnu, Chaturmukhi Shiva, Teen Mukhi Shiva, Panch Mukhi Shiva, Mahishasura Mardini, Sahasra Shivalinga, Ganesh, Karthikeya, Panchdevapath, Navagraha etc.<ref>{{cite news |title=बागेश्वर में पुरातत्व विभाग की कैद में आठवीं सदी के शिलालेख, नहीं हो पा रही पूजा |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/uttarakhand/haldwani/story-eighth-century-inscriptions-in-the-capture-of-archeology-department-in-bageshwar-1601458.html |accessdate=10 April 2020 |work=[[Hindustan (newspaper)|Hindustan]] |date=18 Oct 2017 |location=Haldwani |language=hi}}</ref> | ||