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High medieval · Hindu · India

Gondeshwar Temple

Sinnar, Nashik district, Maharashtra · 19.8514°, 74.0020°

Shiva (Gondeshwar)Seuna (Yadava)Bhumija
Sacred since
1100 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
11th-12th c. (Seuna Yadava)
Seuna (Yadava)

History & significance

A Shiva temple at Sinnar in Nashik district built under the Seuna (Yadava) dynasty, laid out as a panchayatana with the main shrine ringed by four subsidiary shrines to Surya, Vishnu, Parvati and Ganesha. One of the finest surviving Bhumija-style complexes in Maharashtra, it is protected by the Archaeological Survey of India.

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 tradition credits its building to Rav Govinda, son of the Gavali chief Rav Singhuni, at a cost of two hundred thousand rupees.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Seuna (Yadava)