Pashupatinath Temple, Mandsaur
Best Visiting place in Madhya Pradesh
Best Visiting place in Madhya Pradesh
ABOUT PASHUPATINATH TEMPLE:-
Pashupatinath
temple is Lord Shiva temple and temple is situated in Mandsaur city and best visiting place in Madhya
Pradesh.
This
temple is having a eight faces statue of Lord Shiva. This is one of the largest
statue of lord Shiva and famous in India. Temple is situated at river bank and
name of the river is Shivana. Pashupatinath statue height is approx. 8 feet.
Statue having four faces at bottom and four faces at top end. You never seen
these type of statue before. Temple is situated at river bank, which gives the
great look to temple.
The
Pashupatinath temple is very spacious. It has big entrance gate and followed
the path, which is having side railing to reach at temple. I have visited this
temple so many time and every time i observed new development in temple.
You
will see large waiting area inside the temple with proper roof. This waiting
area is open and not having barricading. You can seat here when pilgrim queue
is long. At front of lord Pashupatinath statue, open space is available. Where
you can seat and prey.
Generally
pilgrims crowd are not so high. so it's easily manage in large space available
in the temple. Generally hindu pilgrims do the ABHISHEK (Worship) of lord
Pashupatinath with cow milk. You can do the same and also pilgrims are worship
with flowers and coconuts.
Top
of lord Pashupatinath statue, one dish type jhumar is hanging and that is made
by silver metal. These hanging ornament gives very attracting look inside the
temple. Temple inside floor is made by marble tiles. Which provides cold
atmosphere inside the temple. Temple is open from all the four direction, you
can feel fresh air and that define purity of place.
Parking
is available at front of exit gate. You
can easily approach that. In normal days parking is empty and in the occasion,
it will full of vehicles.
At
Pashupatinath temple big fair (MELA) is organised by the municipal corporation
of Mandsaur in every year. This is fair organised at time of KARTIK PURNIMA as
per hindu calendar and just after DIWALI. Thousands of shop for different item
like woven cloths, crockery, artificial jewellery, kitchenware and restaurant
etc. are set-up here. These make Pashupatinath temple as a best visiting place in Madhya Pradesh.
So
many lightening is decorating at Pashupatinath temple, which turn these place
into magical place. Thousands of peoples are come to see these big fair from
Mandsaur city and nearby villages.
HOW TO REACH MANDSAUR:-
Mandsaur
is city of Madhya Pradesh state and Mandsaur is having railway station but
limited of train connectivity. Ratlam is the nearest big junction of railways
and Ratlam is approx. 80 km far from the Mandsaur and you can easily find
trains and buses from here to Mandsaur.
The
nearest airport is Indore, which is approx. 200 km from the Mandsaur. In
Indore, you can hire taxi or take root of bus to reach Pashupatinath temple.
Pashupatinath
temple is approx. 3-4 km from railway station and approx. 2.5km from main
highway called Mhu-Neemuch highway.
STAY IN MANDSAUR:-
Mandsaur
is not a tourist place so availability of good hotels are less. You can't find
good hotel straight away at outside the temple like other tourist place.
At
Pashupatinath temple outside no hotel is available. All hotels are available
inside Mandsaur city. Hotel TULSI is good and good for those travellers who
travels long distance. Many DHARMASHALA is also present in Mandsaur and you can
find it at near the bus station/Dipo.