Umbardi Shiva Mandir, Maharashtra

Address

Umbardi Shiva Mandir, Umbardi, Maharashtra 402120

Diety

Shiva

Introduction

Umbardi is a small Village/hamlet in Mangaon Taluka in Raigad District of Maharashtra State, India. It comes under Umbardi Panchayath. It belongs to Konkan region . There are three temples in the Bouddhawadi area of the Umbardi village. These are Shiva temple, Kalabhairi temple, and Hanuman temple. The Hanuman temple is modern. The Shiva temple is in collapsed state, whose sanctum and the Kalasha are extant.

Puranic Significance

It had a perimeter wall measuring 40 x 30 m whose remains are found scattered around the temple. The foundation of the temple (19 x 19 m) is more or less intact. This temple was made using basalt and dry masonry technique. A few isolated sculptures are kept on the foundation platform, which include two nandi images, a Ganesa sculpture and a broken Shivalinga Forty‐two hero stones were observed scattered around the temple. An icon of Hanuman, about one meter tall, is kept on the northern side of the temple and a donkey‐curse stone was seen in the temple premises. The Kalabhairi temple area also has hero stones (4) and remains of Maratha period memorials (Samadhi). In the area near the Shiva temple, locally known as Brahmanapada, no significant remains were observed. However, around the houses abutting the Siva temple a few dressed masonry plinths, grinding wheels and decorated stones with rectangular flower motif were seen. This indicated an old settlement. More significant remains were found at the place, locally called Rahati. This area is to the east of the present‐day village. 1,000-year-old Shiva temple under the ASI (Archaeological Survey of India) control.