|
Eklingji
A RELIGIOUS COMPLEX Northern region of Mewar (22
Kms)
 It
houses 108 temples chiselled out of sandstone and
marble, this temple of Eklingji was built in 734 AD.
Enclosed by high walls, it is devoted to Eklingji (A
form of Shiv Deity adored under the epithet of
EKLINGA).
One of the prominent deity of the Maharanas of Mewar,
worshiped as Mahadeva Chaumukhi,the quadriform
divinity, represented by a bust with four faces., it
has an ornate Man dap [ A pillared hall ] and the
huge pyramidal roof composed of hundreds of knots
very vividly carved and finely decorated with the
coloured stones. Before the entrance in the main
temple there is a beautifully sculpted huge Nandi [
the sacred brazen bull who is the loyal steed of
Lord Shiva and has his altar attached to all his
shrines.
The temple of EKLINGJI was constructed roughly in
between the Uda- Nath route, with the hills towering
around it and abundant small springs of water where
more or less every tourist takes a break. And locals
pay homage through out the whole year.The Belief is
such.
|
