Kamal Guha at 11:18, 14 November 2023

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{{Short description|Hindu temple in Kashmir Valley, India}}
{{Infobox Hindu temple
| name = Mamaleshwar Temple
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| image = Mamaleshwar Temple - Pahalgam, Kashmir.jpg
| caption = Mamaleshwar Temple during summers

| deity = [[Shiva]]
| tradition = [[Hinduism]]
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| functional_status = Open
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| location = [[Pahalgam]]
| district = [[Anantnag district]]
| state = [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| country = [[India]]
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| coordinates = {{coord|34.009771|75.311833|display=inline,title}}
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| architecture_type = [[Indian architecture]]
| architecture_style = Kashmiri
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| established = 400 AD
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'''Mamal Temple''' or '''Mamaleshwar Temple''' is a Hindu temple located in [[Pahalgam]] town in [[Kashmir Valley]]. It is situated on the banks of [[Lidder River]] at an elevation of {{convert|2200|m}}. According to legend, this is the temple where Ganesha was placed as door keeper by [[Parvati]], not allowing anyone to enter the premises without her permission. This is the place where [[Shiva]] cut the head of [[Ganesha]] and gave him an elephant head. Mam Mal means ''don't go'', and thus it is also known as Mammal temple.<ref name="TOI">{{Cite news |title=Mamleshwar Temple |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/pahalgam/mamleshwar-temple/ps49892575.cms |access-date=2021-05-15}}</ref>

==History==
This temple was constructed around 400 AD (1,600 years ago) and was reconstructed and opened for worship in the medieval period.<ref name="TOI" /> The [[Rajatarangini]] refers to a temple called Mammesvara and recorded its decoration with a gloden kalasa at its top by king Jayasimha.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hassnain |first=F. M. |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=YP9m8fINAVoC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&lpg=PP1&pg=PA24#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Sri Amarnatha Cave, the Abode of Shiva |last2=Miura |first2=Yoshiaki |last3=Pandita |first3=Vijay |date=1987 |publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distri |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Myers |first=Bernard S. |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=obcRAQAAMAAJ&q |title=Encyclopedia of World Art |date=1959 |publisher=McGraw-Hill |isbn=978-0-07-019466-3 |page=969 |language=en}}</ref>

==Legend==
According to legend, this is the temple where Ganesha was placed as door keeper by [[Parvati]], not allowing anyone to enter the premises without her permission. This is the place where [[Shiva]] cut the head of [[Ganesha]] and gave him elephant head. Mam Mal means ''don't go'', and thus it is also known as Mammal temple.<ref name="TOI" />

==References==
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[[Category:Kashmir]]
[[Category:Hindu temples]]

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{{Hindu temples in Jammu and Kashmir}}

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Kamal Guha at 11:18, 14 November 2023