Wangath
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Wangath (वांगठ) is a village close to Naranag, in the Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located 77 km northeast of Srinagar.[1]
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History
Kalhana notes in Rajatarangini that Ashoka built the city of Srinagar in the 3rd century BC. His son Jaloka, 220 BC, built the Shaivite temples Bhuteshvara, Jyestarudra, and Muthas in the Wangath valley around the holy spring of Naranag. The Wangath temples were built in three groups, around the same time as the Shankaracharya Temple in Srinagari and the Bumazuv temple near Mattan.[2] King Jaluka built a stone temple at the site of the spring Naranag around 137 BC. King Jayendra (61 BC) used to worship Shiva Bhutesha at the shrine. Lalitaditya Muktapida (713-735 AD) donated a good sum of money to the shrine after his victorious expedition. King Avantivarman (855-883 AD) built a stone pedestal with a silver conduit at this shrine for the bathing of sacred images. Kalhana's father Canpaka and uncle Kanka also frequented the site.
As per Kalhana, the treasury of this shrine was plundered by King Sangramraja of Kashmir (1003-28 AD), during King Uccala's time (1101 – 1111 AD) and later by the rebel baron Hayavadana.[3]
Wangath Temple complex
Wangath Temple complex is a group of monuments in Wangath, close to Naranag, in the Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir. The current structure was built by Lalitaditya Muktapida of the Karkota dynasty in the 8th century AD.[4]
वांगठ, कश्मीर
वांगठ (AS, p.838), कश्मीर में श्रीनगर से 77 किमी दूर स्थित है. यहाँ का प्राचीन मंदिर वास्तुकला की दृष्टि से अनंतनाग के प्रसिद्ध मार्तंड मंदिर की परंपरा में है.[5]
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References
- ↑ Parmanand Parashar (2004). Kashmir: The Paradise of Asia. Sarup & Sons, Darya Ganj, Delhi. p. 249. ISBN 81-7625-518-1.
- ↑ Chaman Lal Gadoo (2009). KASHMIR: Hindu Shrines. Vidya Gauri Gadoo Research Center, Shakarpur, Delhi. p. 67. ISBN 978-81-910057-0-7.
- ↑ Bansi Lal Malla (2009). Sculptures of Kashmir, 600 - 1200 A.D. Agam Kala Prakashan. p. 16.
- ↑ Hermann Goetz (1955). The Early Wooden Temples of Chamba. Copyright, 1955, by E.J. Brill, Leiden, Netherlands. pp. 66, 114.
- ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.838