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Shree Dev Vyadeshwar
Clan Deity in Hinduism From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shree Dev Vyadeshwar temple[1][2] is a temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. It is[3][4] in Guhagar town from Ratnagiri District of Maharashtra State in India.[5][6] The deity is considered as the Kuladevata (Clan-deity) of many Chitpavan families from the Konkan region.[7]
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Legend
Sage Parashurama created the land [8] of Konkan by shooting his arrow into the sea and commanding the Sea God to retract the waters to the point where his arrow landed. This new land came to be known as Sapta-Konkana, meaning "piece of earth", "corner of earth", or "piece of a corner", derived from Sanskrit words: koṇa (कोण, corner) + kaṇa (कण, piece).[9][10][11]
Shree Parshurama also requested 60 rishis to settle in the newly created land and protect the resident clans. He, being a devotee of the God Shiva, requested Shree Shiva to meet him daily.[12] Sage Vyadi installed the lingam of Shiva at this temple in Guhagar. The Shiva icon and temple was thus named as Shree Vyadeshwar (the Lord of Vyadi). It is believed that Shree Shiva stays here in the invisible form.[13][14]
Shree Vyadeshwar Deity was lost to time and is rediscovered in the era of King Sakuran, when the current temple structure was built. The temple is constructed between 1st and 2nd century, which makes it around 2000 years old[15]
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Style
The architectural style is called 'Panchayatan'.[16] A Panchayatan temple contains four subordinate shrines in four corners and the main shrine in the center of the podium, which forms the base.[17] Here, Shiva is Shree Vyadeshwar, the central shrine, with Surya, Ganesha, Amba or Ambika (Shiva's consort) and Vishnu with his wife Lakshmi as the South-East, South-West, North-West and North-East subordinate shrines respectively. Nandi (the vahana of Shiva) sits in front of the main shrine.
The temple has three entrances to the east, west and south. Shri Garuda (the vahana of Vishnu) and Shri Hanuman are installed on either sides of the East entrance, inside the temple.
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Renovations
This 'Panchayatan'[18] temple is ancient, as are its deities. Due to aging, the three shrines were found eroded. In May 2015, the shrines of Shri Parvati (Ambikamata), Shri Garud and Shri Hanuman were ceremonially replaced by new shrines. Also the shrine of Shri Suryanarayan was replaced later. All the required reinstatement rituals were systematically performed. The old entrance facing due East was small in size and was inconvenient. That entrance (Mahadwar in local Marathi language) was replaced with a completely renovated gate, during the recent renovation of the temple.[19]
Gallery
Following are the relevant photographs:
Official Shri Vyadeshwar Aarti
Shri Talkeshwar
Shri Balkeshwar
Shri Uddalakeshwar
Shri Talkeshwar Mandir
Shri valukeshwar mandir
Shri Uddalakeshwar Mandir
Shri Ganesh from shri vyadeshwar Panchayatan
The Sun from shri vyadeshwar Panchayatan
New Idol of Shri Suryanarayan
Shri Vishnu from shri vyadeshwar Panchayatan
Shri Ambika Mata
Shri Amba from Shri Vyadeshwar Panchayatan
Shri Garud
New Idol of Shri Garud from Shri Vyadeshwar Panchayatan
Shri Maruti
New Idol of Shri Hanuman
Shri Nandi
Shri Vyadeshwar dahibhat limpan
Decorated Pindi with dahibhat limpan
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See also
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