Temples in Mandu - photos, details and travel help.
The shrines that draw pilgrims here
The Lohani Caves and Temples in sharp contrast to the rest of Mandu are stark and strangely devoid of inscriptions and carvings that are so much a part of nearly all the buildings in Mandu. The Lohani Caves are a group of cells cut into rocks. They were initially meant to serve as residences for Shaiva Yogis. A storage tank cut into the rock served as a water source and forms the entrance to the caves. Lohani Caves have a disputed history.
Among all other architectural structures influenced by the Islamic methods, this Jain temple stands as an exception, totally different from all other structures. It is a present-day architectural building that boasts of gold, silver and marble statues of Jain Tirthankaras. Also, there is a picturesque Jain museum that is inspired by Shatrunjaya, the temple on the hilltop at Palitana in Gujarat.
The Nilkanth Mahal is over looking a valley and we climbed down steep steps to reach the place. Neelkanth Mahadev temple is there with a Shivlinga which is placed few steps underground and there is a natural spring of water from above which is doing Abhishekam to Shivlinga. We are allowed to go down the steps near the Shivlinga and take water with our hands and do abhishekam to Shiva. The pandit quietly sits there and offer tikka and prashad. He never demanded money.
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