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Published: April 28th 2006
Chamba, Sahoo
24 feet long shivling of Lord shiv jee.
built in 920 AD and Copper The material which is used to built this templeChandrasekhar Temple at Sahoo
There is a beautiful temple devoted to Lord Chandershekhar in the heart of Saho village. According to one belief , this temple was constructed by Raja Sahil Varman and according to the other belief, the temple was constructed by Satyaki, the son of King Bhagota. the inscription on a slab discovered from the village now preserved in Bhuri Singh Museum in Chamba town unfolds that Satyaki had married to Somprabha, a daughter of Kishkindha royal family. Kishkindha finds mention in Ramayana as the realm of the monkey king Sugriva but here it denotes Himgiri pargana. Satyaki is said to have built this temple to establish unshaken friendship between Somprabha and mountain daughter, Parvati.
Here is an interesting legend as to why the deity came to be called as Chandershekhar. There are two streams called Saredi and Karedi converging at a point about one kilometer from the village on Saho-Kiri road. On the bank of this confluence, there lived a sadhu (hermit) who took his bath regularly in the early hours of morning at the confluence. He made it sure that no one bathed before he bathed. But soon he discovered that some one took bath
Chamba, Sahoo
24 feet long shivling of Lord shiv jee.
built in 920 AD and Copper The material which is used to built this temple before him. To known the secret he hid himself behind a boulder one night. To his surprise, there children bearing resemblance emerged and started taking bath very early. he ran to get hold of the children. He could get hold of one child while the other two managed to escape. Sadhu tried to have some information from the child. Hardly had he taken some introduction, the child in custody also vanished from the scene and appeared in the form of a linga in a place where Chandershekhar temple now stands. This linga is about five feet in length and is biggest in size in the district. The names of the Children where Mahesh, Chandergupat and Chandershekhar. The children who had run away where Mahesh and Chandergupat. Mahesh reached Bharmour and Chandergupt in Chamba. These are worshipped as Manimahesh in Bharmour and Chandergupt in Chamba town, and shikhara style temples stand at these places. The third child Chandershekhar is worshipped at sahoo as Lord Chandershekhar. The temple is in shikhara style and has a slate roof.
The Nandi (bull) in front of the temple has been carved out of stone and is exquisite not only in its appearance but also in the fact that when the throat portion of the bull (Nandi) is tapped it sounds like the jingle of the bell.
The temple is not only the pilgrimage centre but also a centre for all social gatherings like fairs and festivals. The Baisakh fair is celebrated with full festivity and enthusiasm at the temple site.
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Dr Ramswaroop Sharma
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I saw dream about 1990, i saw a wooden temple in which shivling is covered with copper.linga is worshiped after climbing on wooden stair.I was told to visit this. I asked so many relatives about where about such temple.I came to know last year about this and visited chandershekkhar temple.I visited and found that it is same as iswa in dream.It is grace of lord shiva.