Madhyamaheshwar

Madhyamaheshwar
Madhyamaheshwar
	Madhyamaheshwar Temple
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Garhwal District
Deity	Shiva
Festivals	Maha Shivaratri
Location
Location	Gaundar Village, Garhwal
State	Uttarakhand
Country	India
	Location in Uttarakhand
Geographic coordinates	30°38′13″N 79°12′58″E / 30.63694°N 79.21611°E
Architecture
Type	North Indian - Himalayan Architecture
Creator	Pandavas, according to legend
Completed	unknown

Madhyamaheshwar (Sanskrit: मध्यमहेश्वर) or Madmaheshwar is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva, located in Gaundar,^[1] a village in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand, India. Situated at an elevation of 3,497 m (11,473.1 ft), it is one of the Panch Kedar pilgrimage circuits, comprising five Shiva temples in the Garhwal region. The other temples in the circuit include: Kedarnath, Tungnath and Rudranath which are culturally visited before Madhyamaheshwar and, Kalpeshwar generally visited after Madhyamaheshwar. The middle (madhya) or belly part or navel (nabhi) of Shiva is worshipped here. The temple is believed to have been built by the Pandavas, the central figures of the Hindu epic Mahabharata.^[2]

^ "Gaundar · Uttarakhand 246439". Gaundar · Uttarakhand 246439. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
^ "Panch Kedar: Madmaheshwar". Shri Badrinath -Shri Kedarnath Temple Committee. 2006. Retrieved 16 July 2009.

[1] "Gaundar · Uttarakhand 246439". Gaundar · Uttarakhand 246439. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

[temple-2] "Panch Kedar: Madmaheshwar". Shri Badrinath -Shri Kedarnath Temple Committee. 2006. Retrieved 16 July 2009.

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