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High medieval · Hindu · Nepal
Gokarneshwor Mahadev Temple
Gokarna, northeast of Bodhnath, Kathmandu District · 27.7394°, 85.3878°
Shiva (lingam)Undetermined—
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Shiva temple near Gokarna village, northeast of Bodhnath in the Kathmandu Valley, whose sanctum houses a lingam of considerable importance in the valley's Shaiva worship.