Aundha Nagnath Temple
— — the stone shrine that holds the eighth Jyotirlinga.
Not only on a wall.
“A Shiva temple in the small town of Aundha in Hingoli district, traditionally counted as the eighth of the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines. The current building is Hemadpanthi work, rebuilt by the Yadavas of Devagiri in the thirteenth century on a much older foundation, with carved courses on every outer face. Pilgrim traffic runs heavy in Shravan. From the studio.
Aundha Nagnath Temple, on ceramic.
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The place, in three passes.
Aundha Nagnath Temple stands in the town of Aundha in Hingoli district, in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra, India. It is traditionally counted as the eighth of the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines of Shiva, the set of self-manifested lingas that anchor Shaiva pilgrimage across the subcontinent. The temple sits on the plain about 25 kilometres from Hingoli town and roughly 200 kilometres west of Nanded, which is the nearest major rail head. The site has been continuously revered for centuries; the present building is medieval and is set on what tradition holds is a much older sacred foundation associated with the Pandavas.
The temple is a Hemadpanthi structure, the dry-jointed black-stone architectural style associated with Hemadri, the thirteenth-century minister to the Yadava kings of Devagiri. The current building is attributed to that Yadava reconstruction, in which large dressed blocks were fitted without mortar and the outer walls carved in deep horizontal courses of figural and floral relief. The plinth is unusually tall, and the sanctum sits below the level of the surrounding courtyard, which is reached by a descent of stone steps. The shikhara was damaged in the medieval period and has been rebuilt in later phases.
The temple is open daily, with morning and evening aartis that draw the largest gatherings of the day. The Shravan month in the Hindu calendar, falling in July or August, is the peak pilgrim season, when Shaiva devotees on the Jyotirlinga circuit pass through Aundha; Mahashivaratri in February or March brings the largest single-day crowd. The nearest railway station is Hingoli, with broader connections at Nanded. The town has basic lodging; many pilgrims arrive on day trips from Nanded or by road from Parbhani. Photography rules inside the sanctum vary and are posted at the entrance.