Shiva temple in Afzalpur Karnataka
Shiva temple in Afzalpur Karnataka
A Shivalinga and idols of Bhramarambika Devi and snake god ... found during an excavation by villagers at Gour (K) village in Afzalpur taluk. ... 11,000 Houses to be Built for Karnataka Policemen This Year.
ASI team visits temple site in Afzalpur
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A Shivalinga and idols of Bhramarambika Devi and snake god ... found during an excavation by villagers at Gour (K) village in Afzalpur taluk. ... 11,000 Houses to be Built for Karnataka Policemen This Year.
ASI team visits temple site in Afzalpur
ASI team visits temple site in Afzalpur
A three-member team of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Monday inspected the remains of an ancient temple of Lord Shiva with intact idols found beneath an agriculture field on the banks of the Bori stream, a tributary of the Bhima, at Gaur (K) village in Afzalpur taluk in Kalaburagi district.
The team of Assistant Archaeologist Kishore, Conservation Officer Ajay Janardhan and Nandakumar Tandurkar spent more than an hour inside the two sancta sanctorum found in a sugarcane field owned by Sunil Shivappa Dafedar.
As per the initial observations by the team, the main Shivalinga found imbedded in the soil might belong to the Chalukyan period. The exact period to which the idol belonged could be ascertained only after further study of the idol by experts. The remaining two Shivalingas might belong to the late 18th or 19th century.
The temple structure constructed using dressed boulders and other findings need to be studied further to know the exact date of construction.
The ASI team, which held discussions with Afzalpur Tahsildar Dayanand Patil, said that there was a need for further excavation of the site and there was a possibility of finding more structures related to the temple and other related items beneath the soil. They also felt that the excavation done by the people at the site was crude and not scientific. “The entire area needs to be cordoned off and a scientific excavation needed to be taken up to unearth the mystery behind the temple,” they said.
The ASI officials were tight-lipped about their findings and said that they would submit a detailed report to the Afzalpur tahsildar within three days and also send a report to the ASI office at Dharwad.
Mr. Dayanand Patil said that he would submit a report to the State government after getting a report from the ASI. The next course of action would be decided based on the directions of the government. Meanwhile, Sri Kailashalingeshwra Swami of the Kailashalingeshwar Mutt has supported the plea for taking up further excavation on the field.
“There could have been a big temple complex and at least another nine Shivalingas there.”
A large number of people continued to visit the ancient temple to pay their obeisance to Lord Shiva.
Ancient temple unearthed just 4 ft under a sugarcane field
ASI authorities, State Archaeology Dept. in Kalaburagi notified of the discovery
An ancient Lord Shiva temple with intact idols has been discovered beneath an agricultural field in Gaur (K) village on the banks of Bori stream, a tributary of the Bhima in Afzalpur taluk in Kalaburagi district.
Two sancta sanctorum and the remains of a temple constructed using huge boulders housing three Shivalingas carved on the solid rocks and imbedded in the soil, an idol of Goddess Brahmaramba, consort of Lord Shiva, an idol of Serpant God Nagaraja along with a few articles including a bell, a conch shell and other items were also found intact during the excavations taken up by villagers at the instance of the head of the Kailashalingeshwar Math, Kailashalingeshwara Swami.
The land on which the temple was found belonged to Sunil Shivappa Dafedar, a local farmer. The digging work began on February 25 and from March 5 several villagers joined in the search, according to them. Afzalpur tahsildar Dayanand Patil, who visited the spot, said that he had already notified the discovery to the ASI authorities in Dharwad and the State Archaeology Department in Kalaburagi and a team of experts either from ASI or the Archaeology Department is likely to visit the spot on Monday.
The discovery of an ancient temple, just a few feet below an agricultural field, has led to enormous excitement at the Gaur (K) village.
The excavation began as an exercise started by Kailashalingeshwara Swami, who claimed that Lord Srisailam Mallikarjuna appeared in his dream and told him that there was a temple in the village beneath an agricultural plot on the banks of Bori stream and directed him to take up the excavation work. “Initially nobody believed me in the village and it was only after I personally decided to take up the excavation work in the land of Mr. Dafedar, the villagers joined me on February 25,” said the head of the Kailashalingeshwar Math.
On March 5, the villagers during the excavation work found the remnants of some structure after digging around 2 to 4 feet and later found the entrance to a structure where the Shivalinga was first found, further excavation led to another sanctum sanctorum where the idol of Goddess Brahmaramba was found and at a distance, the idol of Serpent God Nagaraja was also found along with two more Shivalingas. The swami, an ardent devotee of Srisailam Mallikarjuna, who goes on a padayatra every year on the occasion of Sankranti, said that this was another temple of Srisailam Mallikarjuna and pointed out that in any temple three lingas were not found and the discovery of three lingas in the temple pointed to the fact that there should be at least nine more lingas on the site and wanted the government to take up further excavation. The age and other details of the temple can be ascertained only after authorities inspect the site.
Mr. Dafedar said he regularly cultivated sugarcane in the field and was proud that an ancient temple had been found there and was ready to donate the land for the construction of the temple. This year, the farmer did not take up the cultivation because there was no water in the stream. Suddenly the sleepy Gaur K. village has become a centre of attraction in the taluk and people from far and near have started making a beeline for the village to have darshan of the idols and also pay their obeisance.
Initially nobody believed me. It was only after I personally decided to take up the excavation did the villagers join meKailashalingeshwara Swami,head of Kailashalingeshwar Math
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An ancient Lord Shiva temple with intact idols has been discovered beneath an agricultural field in Gaur (K) village on the banks of Bori stream, a tributary of the Bhima in Afzalpur taluk in Kalaburagi district. ... who claimed that Lord Srisailam Mallikarjuna appeared in his dream and
Idols Found After 'Seer's Dream'
KALABURAGI: A Shivalinga and idols of Bhramarambika Devi and snake god have been found during an excavation by villagers at Gour (K) village in Afzalpur taluk.
Yamunappa of Gour (K) said God Mallayya (Mallikarjuna of Srisaila) had come in the dream of Kailasalinga Shivacharya Swamiji of Gour (B) village a day prior to Shivaratri and told him that he (Mallayya), his wife Bhramarambika Devi and the snake god are living in the field of farmer Sunil Dafedar of Gour (K) village.
On March 9, the seer told the villagers about his dream and tried to persuade them to take up an excavation. Initially, the villagers did not believe it, but when the seer told them that he alone would start digging up the field if the villagers did not cooperate, they agreed to join hands.
The villagers hired an earthmover to dig up the field. After digging up the ground 30 feet deep, a dilapidated temple was found. In the temple, there were a Shivalinga (God Mallayya) and idols of Goddess Bhramarambika and cobra.
Stories are being told that the seer gave Rs 500 to JCB operator Lakshman for digging up the field. There was a verbal clash between the seer and Lakshman who said the wage was too little. “While Lakshman was returning dissatisfied, a cobra appeared and did not allow him to move further. Lakshman came back and returned the Rs 500 to the seer,” a villager said. Afzalpur tahsildar Dayanand Patil visited the temple on Saturday.
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