Visapur Mahadev Temple, Maharashtra

Address

Visapur Mahadev Temple, Visapur Village, Pune, Maharashtra 410406

Diety

Mahadev

Introduction

Visapur Mahadev Temple is located in the hill top of Visapur Fort (also called Visapoor Fort) is near Visapur village in Maharashtra, India. This temple is dedicated to lord shiva (Mahadev) It is a small temple with a shivaling inside, Nandi placed outside the temple.. It is 1000 years old ancient temple in the hill. There are two temples in the top of the hill, one is dedicated to shiva, and another one is Mata (Durga) temple. The shiva temple is completely dilapidated condition. The Fort and the temple are under the control of Archaeological Survey of India(ASI).

Puranic Significance

It was built during 1713-1720 CE by Balaji Vishwanath, the first Peshwa of Maratha Empire. On 4 March 1818, Visapur Fort and the temple were attacked. There is a well which local legend says was built by the Pandavas. In 1885, near the north wall there was an iron gun ten feet long and of four-inch bore, marked with the Tudor Rose and Crown, flanked by the letters E. R. This is probably a gun of Queen Elizabeth’s reign probably taken as bounty from an English ship and presented to the Peshwa by Kanhoji Angre or some other commander of the Maratha Navy. Like other guns on the fort it has been disabled by breaking off its trunnions. Close to it, the remains of an old Mahadev shrine. Unlike the inner structure, majority of its wall is still intact.