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High medieval · Hindu · India

Changdeva Temple

Changdeva, Muktainagar taluka, Jalgaon district, Maharashtra · 21.0919°, 76.0061°

Changdeva MaharajUndeterminedHemadpanthi
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

A stone temple at the Tapi-Purna confluence dedicated to the yogi Changdeva Maharaj, built in dove-tailed black rock in the Hemadpanthi manner; ASI excavations from 2008 uncovered foundations of earlier stone temples and images of Ganesha, Vishnu and Hanuman.

Sthala katha — the traditional account

What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.

Local legend holds that the temple was raised in the course of a single night that lasted six months.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined