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Welcome to the Himalayan-Forum. A blog to share information about my
involvement with the worldly affairs, particularly the cultural aspects
(temples, village fairs, etc), and conservation of biological diversity in the
Himalayan region. Of course, the state of Himachal Pradesh will always remain
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Sanjeeva Pandey
Sanjeeva Pandey is Chief Conservator
of Forests (Faunal Diversity and
Protected Areas) in the Wildlife Wing
of the Himachal Pradesh Forest
Department. Till very recent, he has
been Director of the Great
Himalayan National Park
(1998-2006), a prime hotspot of
biological diversity in the western
Himalayas, India where he engaged
himself in biodiversity conservation
through livelihood based natural
resource management. Originally
trained in wildlife management at
the Wildlife Institute of India,
Dehradun and in forestry
management at the Indian Forest
College, Dehradun; Sanjeeva also
studied social sciences (History) at
the Jawahar Lal Nehru University,
New Delhi. In 2005, he joined
International Volunteer Leadership
Program (IVLP) of US government.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Naggar Temples
Temples of Kullu - Naggar
Captain A.F.P. (later Colonel) Harcourt, Assistant Commissioner in Kullu
from 1869 to 1871 took a great interest in the temples of the area. His
classification of Kullu temples in four categories has been adopted by
Penelope Chetwode in her famous book, Kulu, The End of the Habitable
World (1984).
Type 1: The pyramidal carved stone temple, e.g. Shiva temples at Bajaura,
Dashal and Lord Krishna temple of Thawa (Naggar)
Type 2: The rectangular stone and wood temple, furnished with a pent roof
and verandah, e.g. Jagatsukh, Jagati Pat and Naggar Castle
Type 3: The small rectangular temple with a pent roof, e.g. Narsingh
temple at Naggar
Type 4: The rectangular stone and wood temple, pagoda fashion, with
successive wooden roofs, one on top of other, e.g. Tripura Sundari temple
at Naggar, Trijugi Narayan Temple at Dayar (near Bhuntar)
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Naggar town (1760m altitude) is located on the left bank of Beas river
about 22km from Kullu (almost mid-way between Kullu and Manali). All the
four types of temples are well represented in this town which is also
famous for the Roerichs Art Gallery.
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Naggar commands a spectacular view of the Beas Valley. During the reign
of Raja Sidh Singh, the splendid Naggar Castle (now a hotel) was built.
Before seventeenth century, Naggar has been capital of Kullu state.
Lord Krishna Temple, Thawa (Naggar)
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Murlidhar (Krishna, the flute player) has a temple about 500 feet above
Naggar very close to the ancient ruins of Thawa town.
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This is a Type 1 temple with all the glory of carvings on its Shikhara. A
gravel road has recently been constructed to reach here.
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The base of the temple resembles late Gupta style carvings while the
above portion of Shikhara has been rebuilt after the devastating
earthquake of 1905.
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used as a chariot for the Lord on Dushera day.
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Gaurishankar Temple, Dashal (Naggar)
The curvilinear tower (shikara) is very characteristic of Type 1 temple with
beautiful carvings in stone. This style is believed to have been imported
from Indian plains to hills in seventh or eighth century AD. The best
example is of Vishveshvara Mahadev temple of Bajaura.
The Gaurishankar temple at Dashal village is located very close to Naggar
on the Naggar-Manali road. The small temple has exquisite stone carvings
in classical style of the late Gupta period. The temple is crowned with the
characteristic amalaka (imitating a segmented pumpkin).
The stone Shiva temples in the area are usually dominated by Brahmins and
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Rajputs, more so in the towns.
I am neither mind, ego, intelligence, nor thought, neither ears, nor
tongue, nor the senses of smell and sight, neither I am ether, earth, fire,
water or air; I am pure knowledge; I am Shiva, I am Shiva.
Tripura Sundari Temple, Naggar
The Tripura Sundari (The beauty of the Triple World') at Naggar is a
Pagoda style (Type 4) temple made of deodar wood. The temple has a
great resemblance with the Hadimba Devi temple of Manali.
The top of this three-tiered temple is circular with a pinnacle crowned by a
Chhatra. The two lower storey are characteristically divided by squat
wooden pillars.
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Kailashan is other name given to Tripura Sundari who receives shrouds of
dead bodies as her clothes once a year on the first day of Baisakh when
Birshu festival is held.
Jagati Pat Temple in Naggar Castle
Jagati Pat temple is now rebuilt but in its old Type 2 style which, in fact, is
indigenous timber-bonded style of western Himalaya. There are alternate
courses of dry stone and deodar beams which makes the structure
earthquake-proof. Inside the temple, there is a slab of 5feet x 8feet x
.6feet which, according to a legend has been transported by bees from a
mountain to make Naggar a celestial seat.
As such, the whole of Naggar Castle is a beautiful example of this kind of
architecture.
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Narsingh Temple, Naggar
This is Type 3 temple located on the other side of the road, at the
south-east corner of the Naggar castle. The small wooden temple is chalet
style which is perhaps the commonest of all the four types of temple in the
Kullu valley. Several small versions of this type can be seen in the area.
A temple of recent origin at Naggar:
Almost no carving on the outer stone walls.
Posted by Sanjeeva Pandey at 11:52 AM
Labels: Temples of Kullu
7 comments:
damyanti said...
Dear Sir,
Excellent photos.
Regards,
Damyanti
January 16, 2009 at 2:09 PM
Sudarshan said...
Excellent blog and photos.
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Sudar
January 16, 2009 at 7:19 PM
ali on blackdown said...
Dear Sanjeeva
Great pics of Naggar. What about that temple off to the left
recently done up by the Archeological lot? Really nice one.
let me ask Amit.
yours
Alison W
January 16, 2009 at 8:17 PM
Ajay said...
Interesting , if possible pl write something about the
relevance of theses temples in social and religious belief of
local populations .
January 17, 2009 at 11:22 AM
Anonymous said...
...very nice. Great effort.
sis...Anita
January 20, 2009 at 5:13 PM
Payson said...
It's great to see your photography posted so that others can
enjoy your years of exploring the Great Himalayan National
Park and its environs.
Having trekked with you for over 1200km in the Park I well
know how many wondrous things you've seen and captured.
Shabash!
Payson
January 29, 2009 at 10:57 AM
Abhivyakti said...
Excellent photographs and great research work Sir. Rgds,
Shashi Purohit
February 10, 2009 at 12:53 PM
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