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    The Someshwar temple located in Pimpri-Dumala, Pune is dedicated to Lord Shiva and contains numerous sculptures depicting Hindu deities. The temple features a garbhagriha, antarala, sabhamandapa, and Nandi mandapa. Its architecture resembles the Veesara style and it contains over 100 sculptures in the jangha portion and elsewhere, including figures of Shiva, Ganesha, Vishnu, Nath-Siddhas, and others. The document catalogs and provides photographs of many of the sculptures found at the temple to document their iconography and significance.

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    The Someshwar temple located in Pimpri-Dumala, Pune is dedicated to Lord Shiva and contains numerous sculptures depicting Hindu deities. The temple features a garbhagriha, antarala, sabhamandapa, and Nandi mandapa. Its architecture resembles the Veesara style and it contains over 100 sculptures in the jangha portion and elsewhere, including figures of Shiva, Ganesha, Vishnu, Nath-Siddhas, and others. The document catalogs and provides photographs of many of the sculptures found at the temple to document their iconography and significance.

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    The Someshwar temple located in Pimpri-Dumala, Pune is dedicated to Lord Shiva and contains numerous sculptures depicting Hindu deities. The temple features a garbhagriha, antarala, sabhamandapa, and Nandi mandapa. Its architecture resembles the Veesara style and it contains over 100 sculptures in the jangha portion and elsewhere, including figures of Shiva, Ganesha, Vishnu, Nath-Siddhas, and others. The document catalogs and provides photographs of many of the sculptures found at the temple to document their iconography and significance.

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    Karthikeyan Rajamanickam
    MITU22MARC0002
    M.Arch TIAKS FY 22-23
    ICONOGRAPHY OF SOMESHWAR TEMPLE, PIMPRI-DUMALA, PUNE

    Abstract:
    India with its own heritage has temples rich in sculptures of gods, goddesses and
    yogis. Someshwar temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located at Dumala in the suburbs of Pune.
    The art and architecture of the temple resembles similarities with Veesara architecture and
    hence features of this temple are different from the other temples of Maharashtra.

    The temple adorn with various sculpture of deities like Shiva, Bairava, Ganesh, some
    incarnation of Vishnu and Nath-sidhas. The depiction of Nath-sidhas in this temple is an
    important piece of evidence to understand the temple ages to medieval period.

    The main aim of this article is to document the iconography of sculptures found in
    Someshwar temple with the help of photographs. The sculptures in this temple are an
    important source of information on the socio-religious scenarios of modern society in this
    region.

    Keywords: Shiva, Iconography, Medieval temple, Art and architecture, Sculptures, Step
    wells, Nath-Siddhas, Mahadeva Temple, Maharashtra.

    Introduction:
    The Someshwara temple is located at Pimpri-Dumala(18° 46’ 32.02” N; 74° 13’ 1.51
    E), a Village in Shirur Taluka in Pune District of Maharashtra State, India. It is located 55
    KM towards East from Pune. The temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva and rich in sculptures of
    various god and goddesses both inside and somewhere spread across outside of the temple
    complex. It has step well to the southern side of the sabhamandapa. Close to stepwell we can
    find a mandap with sculpture of Vishnu and his incarnations, those might be remains of a
    dilapidated temple of its own or from close by, Rameshwar temple in the same village was in
    a totally ruined and only some pillars and sculptures were scattered around Someshwar
    temple. [1]

    The shrine has the typical art and architecture of hindu temples, the main sanctum –
    garbhagraha, the vestibule – antarala, the assembly hall or gathering space – sabhamandapa
    and the shelter for vaahan of shiva – nandi mandapa (Fig 1). The sculptures were vastly seen
    on the exterior of the temple – in the jangha portion (Fig 2), which is much similar to the
    temples of Hoysala architecture. This feature makes this temple unique from the temples in
    this region.

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    ICONOGRAPHY OF SOMESHWAR TEMPLE, PIMPRI-DUMALA, PUNE

    Fig 1: Plan of Someshwar Temple (Not to Scale)

    Fig 2: Showing the Jangha Portion

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    ICONOGRAPHY OF SOMESHWAR TEMPLE, PIMPRI-DUMALA, PUNE

    Iconography:
    Iconography representations seen in Someshwar temple of various gods such as Shiva,
    Parvati, Ganesha, Vishnu including Nath panths, Surasundari, and other sculptures.

    Fig 3:Plan showing the position & number of Sculptures

    There are hundreds of sculptures on the Jangha phase, Column and temple inside. The
    ICONOGRAPHY is documented and described clockwise as Pradhikshana Path through
    Photographs only in the jangha portion (Fig 3). Images shown in the order of placement as
    per the plan (Fig 4 – Fig 15)

    Fig 4: 01-07(left to right) Unidentified, Sursundari, Yogi, Yogi(Guru), Ganesha(worshipped


    by Yogi/Disciple), Man with lady

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    ICONOGRAPHY OF SOMESHWAR TEMPLE, PIMPRI-DUMALA, PUNE

    Fig 5: 08-14(left to right) darpana sundari, nidentified, woman giving birth, man with penis,
    sursundari, lady, man with phallus

    Fig 6: 15-20(left to right) women with Padma, Unidentified, Unidentified , Yogi in


    padmasana and namaskar mudra, Yogi in padmasana, Unidentified

    Fig 7: 21-25(left to right) Yogi in Padmasana, Yogi in Padmasana, Sursndari, Unidentified ,


    Yogi in padmasana

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    ICONOGRAPHY OF SOMESHWAR TEMPLE, PIMPRI-DUMALA, PUNE

    Fig 8: 26-34(left to right) Sursndari, Yogi, Unidentified , Ganesha, Devotee – teertangara


    (nude and long fingers) , Devotee – Unidentified, Yogi

    Fig 9: 35 Bhairava(left) Fig 10: 36-41(left to right) Yogi, Unidentified , Sursndari, Vishnu,
    Unidentified Yogi, Lakshmi?(Right)

    Fig 11: 42-47(left to right) Unidentified, Sursndari with Chamara, Unidentified , Bhrinji(?),
    Yogi , Unidentified

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    ICONOGRAPHY OF SOMESHWAR TEMPLE, PIMPRI-DUMALA, PUNE

    Fig 12: 48 Shiva(left) Fig 13: 49-54(left to right) Sursundari, Darpana Sundari,
    Sursundari, Unidentified, maid women(?), Unidentified Yogi (Right)

    Fig 14: 55-60(left to right) Unidentified Yogi, Sursndari, Unidentified, Sursndari with
    Chamara,Unidentified, Unidentified(left) Fig 15: 61 Chamunda (right)

    Fig 16: 62-70(left to right) Bhrinji (?), unidentified, Gana, Natarajar, Sursndari,
    Unidentified, Sursundari with Chamara,Unidentified, Devotee

    Fig 17 (left): 71-75(left to right)


    seshnath(?)snake, Unidentified Yogi,
    Sursundari, Unidentified Yogi, Ganesh

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    ICONOGRAPHY OF SOMESHWAR TEMPLE, PIMPRI-DUMALA, PUNE

    Fig 18: 76-81(left to right) Snake, Sursndari, UnidentifiedYogi , HariHara, Sursundari with
    Chamara, Anna Lakshmi (?)

    Fig 19: 82-89(left to right) Ganesh with Devotee, women playing mardala – baansuree,
    Narthagi, Lakshmi (?), Unidentified, Sursundaris

    Fig 20: 90-95(left to right) Narthagi, Sursundaris, Narthagi, Unidentified

    References:
    1. Sarde, V. 2014. Nath-Siddha sculptures on the Someshwara Temple at Pimpri-
    Dumaal in Pune District, Maharashtra, BDCRI 74: 117-126. 5)
    2. Art and architecture of Someshwar temple at pimpri-dumala, punedistrict,Maharashtra

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