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'''Ekadash Rudra Mahadev Mandir''' is a Hindu temple dedicated to [[Shiva|Lord Shiva]] at [[Mangrauni]] village of [[Madhubani district]] in the [[Mithila (region)|Mithila region]] of [[Bihar]], India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=एकादश रूद्र महादेव मंदिर में विशेष पूजा |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/madhubani/story-special-worship-in-ekadasha-rudra-mahadev-temple-9963050.html |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=Hindustan |language=hi}}</ref><br />
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== Description ==<br />
It is said that ''Ekadash Rudra Mahadev Mandir'' is the world's only one temple of Lord Shiva having eleven forms of [[Lingam|Shivlinga]]. The eleven forms of Shivlinga are ''Mahadeva, Shiva, Rudra, Shankar, Neelalohit, Ishaan, Vijay, Bhima, Devadeva, Bhavodbhava and Kapalischa''. All the [[Lingam|Shivalingas]] are made of [[black granite]] stone, which are more than 200 years old. On every Monday of [[Shravana (month)|Sawan]], a large number of devotees participate in the ''Mahasringar'' ritual of ''Ekadasha Rudra Mahadev lingams''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=मंगरौनी में विराजते एकादश रुद्र महादेव - |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/madhubani-12753233.html |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref><br />
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A rare idol of [[Shiva|Lord Shiva]] and [[Parvati|Goddess Parvati]] is also installed in the temple, in which Goddess Parvati is sitting on the left thigh of Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva's left hand is on Goddess Parvati's waist and his right hand is on her lips. On the left side of this idol is ''Basaha'' and beside it are ''Mahakali, Mahalakshmi, Mahasaraswati Yantra and Vishnu Paduka''. There is another temple ''Radheshyam Mandir'' made of granite and [[ashtadhatu]] to the right of this temple, which has the [[Dashavatara]] form of [[Vishnu]] and ''Shri Vidyayantra'' whose work is to achieve the goal while keeping [[Lakshmi]] [[Saraswati]] equal. There is a [[Temple tank|Sarovar]] in front of the temple and ''Vishnu Pada Gaya Kshetra''. There is ''[[Samadhi]]'' of Pandit Muniswar Jha next to the temple. There is also ''Mahakal Mandir'' next to which a huge [[Ficus religiosa|pipal]] tree is there.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=एक मंदिर ऐसा भी जहां हैं ग्यारह शिवलिंग - |url=https://www.jagran.com/spiritual/mukhye-dharmik-sthal-it-is-a-temple-where-there-are-eleven-shivling-10897820.html |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref> <br />
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== History ==<br />
According to the priest ''Baba Atmaram'', the temple was established by the famous ''Tantrik Munishwar Jha'' in 1953. In 1997 [[Jayendra Saraswathi|Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati]] of [[Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham|Kanchi Peetha]] came here. Seeing the eleven divine forms of [[Shiva|Lord Shiva]] on a single Shakti altar, he said "''This is the only temple of its kind in the world, where the eleven Linga forms of Shiva have been established using the Tantric method''." Tantrik Munishwar Jha wrote a ''[[Mantra]]'' having eleven [[Akshara|Akshar]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-07-20 |title=“एकादश रूद्र महादेव” :: मंगरौनी |url=https://www.maithilmanch.in/history/ekadash-rudra-mangrauni/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=Maithil Manch |language=en-US}}</ref> The Mantra is<br />
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On 17 May 2001, [[Nischalananda Saraswati|Shankaracharya Nischalananda Saraswati]] of [[Puri]] [[Govardhan Math|Govardhan Peetha]] came here to worship Lord Shiva.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-28 |title=तांत्रिक विधि से हुई थी यहां 11 शिवलिंग की स्थापना, जानें क्या है मान्यता |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/bihar/11-shivlingas-were-once-established-here-through-tantric-method-7784916.html |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=News18 हिंदी |language=hi}}</ref><br />
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