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Navratangarh, Gumla district, Jharkhand · 23.1167°, 84.7667°
A 17th-century Shiva temple near Navratangarh in Gumla district, built in 1643 CE by the Nagvanshi king Ram Shah, successor of Durjan Shah, after the dynasty moved its capital from Khukhragarh. Unusually the Shiva linga stands outside rather than inside the shrine, and the temple draws its largest crowds at Shivratri.
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.
Ram Shah is said to have seen his cow's milk dripping into the mouth of a cobra and then to have beheld Shiva himself, and on his guru's advice resolved to build the temple.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Nagvanshi
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