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Nalas, Rajpura, Patiala district, Punjab · 30.5378°, 76.5811°
A Shiva shrine near Rajpura built around a lingam held to be self-manifested, with a structure commissioned by the Maharaja of Patiala and a sadhu presence recorded from the fifteenth century. Hundreds of thousands of devotees converge on it at Maha Shivaratri.
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.
A cowherd is said to have found the lingam after his cow kept letting down her milk at one spot; when the buried stone was struck it bled, and a sage nearby recognised it as divine.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Patiala royal patronage
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