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Wangath, near Naranag, Ganderbal district, Jammu and Kashmir · 34.3528°, 74.9761°
A ruined group of Shaiva temples in grey granite beside the spring at Naranag in Ganderbal district, expanded in the 8th century under the Karkota ruler Lalitaditya Muktapida. Now centrally protected by the Archaeological Survey of India, the site is the starting point of the annual Gangbal yatra to Gangabal lake.
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.
Kalhana's Rajatarangini credits King Jaluka, son of Ashoka, with raising the Bhuteshvara and Jyestarudra shrines here around 220 BCE.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Karkota
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