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High medieval · Hindu · India
Puneshwar Temple
Pune, Maharashtra · 18.5230°, 73.8577°
ShivaUndetermined—
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Shiva temple that stood on the bank of the Mutha river and from which the city of Pune takes its name; it was pulled down in the late 13th century and a dargah rose over the site, where temple artefacts resurfaced after a river wall collapsed in 2006.