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Ekalavya Temple

Khandsa, Gurugram, Haryana · 28.4220°, 76.9900°

EkalavyaEarly modernNagara
Sacred since
1721 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1721
Early modern

History & significance

A temple at Khandsa village in Gurugram, built in 1721 by a well-off villager, described as the only Hindu temple anywhere dedicated to Ekalavya of the Mahabharata.

Sthala katha — the legend

Ekalavya, self-taught and found to outshine Arjuna, cut off his right thumb when Dronacharya asked for it as gurudakshina, and the temple stands where the thumb is said to have been buried.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Early modern