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Kaleshwari Group of Monuments

Lavana, Khanpur Taluka, Mahisagar district, Gujarat · 23.3219°, 73.5816°

Shiva, with shrines to Kaleshwari Mata, Mahishasuramardini, Nataraja, Ganesha and VishnuUndetermined; restored by Mala Rana of Lunavada (1549)Anarta school of the Maha-Gurjara style, with Dravidian influences
Sacred since
900 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
10th–16th c.; restored 1549 and after
Undetermined; restored by Mala Rana of Lunavada (1549)

History & significance

A cluster of temples, stepwells and a kund near Lunavada built between the 10th and 16th centuries, with a 10th-century Shiva temple at its core and later structures added through the 15th and 16th centuries. Parts were restored in 1549 by Mala Rana of Lunavada and reconstructed again after the 18th century.

Sthala katha — the legend

Local legend attributes one of the stepwells to a daughter-in-law who dug her own after her mother-in-law refused her water from hers.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined; restored by Mala Rana of Lunavada (1549)