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    The Pataleshwar temple in Pune, India follows the vastu-purusha-mandala design principle of Hindu temple architecture. It is built around a symmetrical grid layout with the main temple at the center. The temple is dedicated to Lord Pataleshwar (Shiva) and was constructed in the 8th century. It has a cube-shaped sanctum housing a Shiva linga, with two smaller cells on each side and a circular Nandi mandapa in front supported by large pillars. The temple offers a peaceful historic and educational experience for visitors.

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    The Pataleshwar temple in Pune, India follows the vastu-purusha-mandala design principle of Hindu temple architecture. It is built around a symmetrical grid layout with the main temple at the center. The temple is dedicated to Lord Pataleshwar (Shiva) and was constructed in the 8th century. It has a cube-shaped sanctum housing a Shiva linga, with two smaller cells on each side and a circular Nandi mandapa in front supported by large pillars. The temple offers a peaceful historic and educational experience for visitors.

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    Pataleshwar Cave Temples, Pune Architectural Drawings-Plan, Section

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    The Pataleshwar temple in Pune, India follows the vastu-purusha-mandala design principle of Hindu temple architecture. It is built around a symmetrical grid layout with the main temple at the center. The temple is dedicated to Lord Pataleshwar (Shiva) and was constructed in the 8th century. It has a cube-shaped sanctum housing a Shiva linga, with two smaller cells on each side and a circular Nandi mandapa in front supported by large pillars. The temple offers a peaceful historic and educational experience for visitors.

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    Pataleshwar Cave Final

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    The Pataleshwar temple in Pune, India follows the vastu-purusha-mandala design principle of Hindu temple architecture. It is built around a symmetrical grid layout with the main temple at the center. The temple is dedicated to Lord Pataleshwar (Shiva) and was constructed in the 8th century. It has a cube-shaped sanctum housing a Shiva linga, with two smaller cells on each side and a circular Nandi mandapa in front supported by large pillars. The temple offers a peaceful historic and educational experience for visitors.

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    The temple is built on the principles of Hindu Temple

    planning the Pataleshwar temple design follows a


    geometrical design called vastu-purusha-mandala. The name
    is a composite Sanskrit word with three of the most important
    components of the plan. Mandala means circle,Purusha is
    universal essence at the core of Hindu tradition, while
    Vastumeans the dwelling structure. Vastupurushamandala is
    a yantra. The design lays out a temple in a symmetrical, selfrepeating structure derived from central beliefs, myths,
    cardinality and mathematical principles.
    The four cardinal directions help create the axis of a temple,
    around which is formed a square in the space available The
    symmetric Vastu-purusa-mandala grids are combined to form
    a temple superstructure with two or more attached squares.
    The Pataleshwar Caves is dedicated to Lord Pataleshwar- the
    God of Underwater and Lord Shiva. It was constructed in 8th
    century and many of its stones date back to 700 to 800 AD.
    These temples are considered to be a part of the protected
    monuments category of Pune. The temple is located across
    the river in Shivaji nagar on Jangali Maharaj Road,Pune.The
    temple hence offers a peaceful and delightful historic as well
    as educational experience to all its visitors.

    MAP OF PATALESHWAR CAVES,PUNE

    03.ABHISHEK AGRAWAL 13.MANAS CHORDIYA 19.RAJDEEP DESHPANDE


    30.YASH JAIN 80.CHAITANYA WAGHMARE

    3D VIEW OF THE COLUMN

    03.ABHISHEK AGRAWAL 13.MANAS CHORDIYA 19.RAJDEEP DESHPANDE


    30.YASH JAIN 80.CHAITANYA WAGHMARE

    The sanctum, a cube-shaped room about 3


    to 4 metres on each side - houses a lingathe symbol of Shiva and there are two
    smaller cells on each side. In front of the
    cave is a circular Nandi mandapa, its
    umbrella shaped canopy supported by
    massive square pillars. This mandapa is one
    of the peculiar structures of Pataleshwar.

    3D VIEW OF PATALESHWAR CAVES

    The temple was left incomplete, possibly


    because of a fault line found at the back of
    the sanctum or so called garbagriha-the
    core part of a temple, which made the
    further sculpting unsafe, or political
    upheaval resulting in loss of patronage. A
    brass temple bell hangs outside the basalt
    entryway.
    Recently,some pillars of the circular
    mandapa are reinforced with steel for

    VIEW OF NANDI INSIDE CIRCULAR


    MANDAPA

    NANDI FACING THE SHIVA LINGA INSIDE


    THE TEMPLE

    03.ABHISHEK AGRAWAL 13.MANAS CHORDIYA 19.RAJDEEP DESHPANDE


    30.YASH JAIN 80.CHAITANYA WAGHMARE

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