Shree Dev Vyadeshwar temple is a temple dedicated to the God Shiva. It is located in Guhagar town from

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of Maharashtra State in India. The deity is considered as the

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(Clan-deity) of many

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families from the Konkan region.

Legend

Sage Parashurama created the land of Konkan by shooting his arrow into the sea and commanding the Sea God to retract the waters to the point where his arrow landed. This new land came to be known as ''Sapta-Konkana'', meaning "piece of earth", "corner of earth", or "piece of a corner", derived from Sanskrit words: ''koṇa'' (कोण, corner) + ''kaṇa'' (कण, piece). Shree Parshurama also requested 60 rishis to settle in the newly created land and protect the resident clans. He, being a devotee of the God Shiva, requested Shree Shiva to meet him daily. Sage Vyadi installed the lingam of Shiva at this temple in Guhagar. The Shiva icon and temple was thus named as Shree Vyadeshwar (the Lord of Vyadi). It is believed that Shree Shiva stays here in the invisible form. Shree Vyadeshwar Deity was lost to time and is rediscovered in the era of King Sakuran, when the current temple structure was constructed.

Style

The architectural style is called 'Panchayatan'. A Panchayatan temple contains four subordinate shrines in four corners and the main shrine in the center of the podium, which forms the base. Here, Shiva is Shree Vyadeshwar, the central shrine, with

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, Ganesha, Amba or Ambika (Shiva's consort) and Vishnu with his wife Lakshmi as the South-East, South-West, North-West and North-East subordinate shrines respectively.

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(the '' vahana'' of Shiva) sits in front of the main shrine. The temple has three entrances to the east, west and south. Shri Garuda (the ''vahana'' of Vishnu) and Shri Hanuman are installed on either sides of the East entrance, inside the temple.

Updates

This 'Panchayatan' temple is ancient, as are its deities. Due to aging, the three shrines were found eroded. In May 2015, the shrines of Shri Parvati (Ambikamata), Shri Garud and Shri Hanuman were ceremonially replaced by new shrines. Also the shrine of Shri Suryanarayan was replaced later. All the required reinstatement rituals were systematically performed. The old entrance facing due East was small in size and was inconvenient. That entrance (Mahadwar in local Marathi language) was replaced with a completely renovated gate, during the recent renovation of the temple.

Incarnations of Shri Vyadeshwar

Three small pieces were separated from the main or core part of the Pindi. One piece was located at Borya Adoor; the second piece went to Asgoli and the third piece to Anjanwel. At these locations, new Shiva temples were erected. These temples are known as Talkeshwar, Balkeshwar (Valukeshwar) and Udaleshwar (Uddalakeshwar) respectively. These three Shiva Pindis are considered to be incarnations of Shri Vyadeshwar. The said locations being very close to Guhagar, devotees of Shri Vyadeshwar may visit these three temples also.

Nearby holy sites

Other holy places reflect the presence of different deities :

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, Garamath, Velneshwar, Tarakeshwar, Taldeo, Kartikeya, Someshwar, Sapteshwar, Karneshwar, Karhateshwar, Kutakeshwar, Hrudakeshwar, Saptakotishwar, Dalbhyeshwar, Harihareshwar, Bhairav, Rameshwar, Chyavaneshwar, Ufrata Ganesh, Karanjeshwari Pethmap Chiplun and Durga Devi temple, Guhagar.

Shri Vyadeshwar Mantra and Aarti

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. Shri Vyadeshwar Mantra is given in adjacent picture while snap of Shri Vyadeshwar Aarti is given in gallery

Gallery

Following are the relevant photographs: File:Official shri vyadeshwar aarti.jpg, Official Shri Vyadeshwar Aarti File:Shri Talkeshwar.jpg, Shri Talkeshwar File:Balkeshwar.jpg, Shri Balkeshwar File:Uddalakeshwar.jpg, Shri Uddalakeshwar File:Shri Talkeshwar Mandir.jpg, Shri Talkeshwar Mandir File:Shri valukeshwar mandir.JPG, Shri valukeshwar mandir File:Shri Uddalakeshwar Mandir.jpg, Shri Uddalakeshwar Mandir File:Shri Ganesh Panchayatan.jpg, Shri Ganesh from shri vyadeshwar Panchayatan File:Shri Surya 2.JPG, The Sun from shri vyadeshwar Panchayatan File:New Shrine of Shri Suryanarayan.jpg, New Shrine of Shri Suryanarayan File:Shri Vishnu 2.JPG, Shri Vishnu from shri vyadeshwar Panchayatan File:Shri Ambika Mata.jpg, Shri Ambika Mata File:Shri amba.jpg, Shri Amba from Shri Vyadeshwar Panchayatan File:Garud 2.JPG, Shri Garud File:New Shrine of Shri Garud from Shri Vyadeshwar Panchayatan.jpg, New Shrine of Shri Garud from Shri Vyadeshwar Panchayatan File:Maruti.jpg, Shri Maruti File:Shri hanuman.jpg, New Shrine of Shri Hanuman File:Shri nandi 2.JPG, Shri Nandi File:Shri vyadeshwar dahibhat limpan photo 2.png, Shri Vyadeshwar dahibhat limpan File:Shri vyadeshwar dahibhat limpan photo 1.png, Decorated Pindi with dahibhat limpan

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