Chitti Gatti is a hamlet located in Gandhian (village) of Inayatabad union council, of

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area, of Hazara,

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. Since early times, it is especially notable for two

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festivals which occur on 6th Phagan and on 1st Baisakh, as mentioned by an early Settlement Report;, dedicated to the worship of the deity

Shiva Shiva (; , ), also known as Mahadeva (; , , Help:IPA/Sanskrit, ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐh 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 present old Mansehra Shiva Temple here on this site, which has been recently restored, was originally constructed by a Raja of

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in the 1830s as an act of devotion. According to the latest archaeological research, there were probably earlier

temples on this same site, but the ancient ''Shiva Lingam'' (or ''Ling'') inside the temple's precincts is truly ancient and at least 2000 years old.Report on Antiquities of the Mansehra Region, based on Joint Research by UNESCO and the Hazara University, Dhodial-Mansehra Campus, 2007 The temple and ''Lingam'' still attract many Hindu pilgrims and tourists each year, especially at the time of the annual ''Maha Shivratri'' festival.

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Images of Shiv Mandir at Chitti GattiCelebration of Maha Shivratri in Manshera
Mansehra District Populated places in Mansehra District 1st-century Hindu temples {{Mansehra-geo-stub