Bandakpur Kanvars
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Bandakpur is a small town in the district of
Damoh Damoh is a city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is known for The Bade Baba Temple at Kundalpur, a Jain pilgrimage site. It is one of the major cities of Madhya Pradesh. The city is also the district headquarters of Damoh district ...
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. The town is known for a temple of
Shiva Shiva (; , ), also known as Mahadeva (; , , Help:IPA/Sanskrit, ÉɦaËd̪eËÊ‹Éh and Hara, is one of the Hindu deities, principal deities of Hinduism. He is the God in Hinduism, Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions w ...
-the Jageshwar Nath temple. There is a main temple where Shiva-Linga is situated in main sanctum. Devi Parvati faces Shiva on an adjacent temple. The Temple of lord Shiva situated at Bandakpur Dist- Damoh Madhya Pradesh Called Jageshwar Nath Temple. This is approx 500 years old temple. In front of lord Shiva there is a Same Temple of Goddess Parvati. Doors of the temple opens early in the morning (5:30 am during summer and 6:00 am during winter) and closing time of the doors is (10:00 PM during summer and 9:00 PM during winter) Other Temple Beside of lord Jageshwarnath * Lord Krishna (Radha Krishna) * Goddess Durga * Lord Kaal-Bhairav * Lord Vishnu * Goddess Lakshmi * Goddess Narmada * Lord Hanuman * Lord Ganesh Every year, many Kanvaraiya (people who fetch water pot from Narmada river and keep this water pot on special bamboo baskets like balance structure) fetch Narmada-Jal by walking from Narmada and pour that holy water to lord Shiva. Large Mela gathering happens every year on Basant Panchami and Shivratri. Crowd gathers on Somvati Amavasya also.


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Damoh Cities and towns in Damoh district {{MadhyaPradesh-geo-stub