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High medieval · Hindu · Nepal

Dolakha Bhimsen Temple

Bhimeshwar, Dolakha District · 27.6490°, 86.0892°

Bhimsen (Bhindyo), worshipped as god of trade and fortuneUndetermined
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
founding unrecorded; renovated 1611
Undetermined

History & significance

A shrine in Bhimeshwar, about 4.5 km east of Charikot in Dolakha District, where Bhimsen is worshipped as the god of trade, commerce and fortune; its founding date is unknown, but an inscription of 1611 records a renovation.

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.

Porters cooking rice beside the shrine are said to have realised that a triangular black stone was Bhimsen himself when the rice touching it stayed raw, and the stone bled milk mixed with blood when struck.

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Sources

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