The Kopeshwar Temple is located in Kolhapur, Khidrapur district of Maharashtra . Shilahara (Shelara) king Gandaraditya constructed it in the twelfth century between 1109 and 1178 CE. On the banks of the Krishna River, it is an old & artistic city to the east of Kolhapur. Despite being Jain kings, the Silaharas constructed and renovated a number of Hindu temples, demonstrating their respect and love for all religions. Lord Shiva is referred to as Kopeshwar when he is furious. Shilahara monarchs constructed the current temple. They were feudatories of Rashtrakutas. In addition to the mythology, the previous name of the town, Koppam, may have been the source of the name. The Temple is close to the Karnataka-Maharashtra border. It can also be reached from Sangli. There is a circular aperture to the sky on the Svarga-Mandap. There are carved images of Lord Ganesh, Karthikeya Swami, Lord Kubera, Lord Yamraj, Lord Indra, etc. around the Svarga-Mandap, along with their attendant animals like peacocks, mice, elephants, and so on. On the left side wall of the entry of the Sabha Mandap are statues of Lord Brahma. The Lord Shiva Kopeshwar-Shivling is located in the Garbh-Griha in the centre, while a carved image of Lord Vishnu is located on the right side wall. A Sanskrit inscription in Devnagari script is carved into a stone pedestal that is positioned to the east of the southern door of the temple. It states that Raj Singhadev of the Yadav dynasty restored the temple around 1136 A.D. Only a few of the around dozen inscriptions on the inside and outside of this temple are in decent shape right now. Few kings and the names of their officers are revealed in these inscriptions. With the exception of one, all of these inscriptions are written in Kannada. The only Devanagari writing inscribed in Sanskrit is by Singhan-II and is found on the exterior wall close to the south entrance of the temple. [Information and Image Credit : Kopeshwar_Temple, Wikipedia] [Image: Inside Main Sanctum, Kopeshwar Temple] [Image Availed Under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International (Please Relate to Individual Image URLs for More Usage Property)] [Source Image-Link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Inside_main_sanctum.jpg ]
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