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High medieval · Hindu · India

Tapkeshwar Temple

Dehradun, Uttarakhand · 30.3573°, 78.0167°

Shiva, as a natural cave shivalingaUndetermined
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

A cave shrine on the bank of the Tons at Dehradun, built over a natural shivalinga onto which water drips continuously from the rock above — the feature that gives the temple its name.

Sthala katha — the legend

The cave is linked to Dronacharya: when his wife could not nurse their son Ashwatthama and the family could not afford milk, the boy prayed to Shiva, who fed him with milk dripping from the lingam.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined