Mahadev Temple

Mahadev Temple, Tambdi Surla may be a 12th-century Shaivite temple of the Lord Mahadeva and a lively place of Hindu worship.The temple was designed by Hemadri, the minister of the Yadava King Rama. The Jain vogue construction has crystal rectifier to debates regarding the origins of the temple, since the Kadamba family dominated province between the tenth and fourteenth centuries.
 The temple is constructed within the Hemadpanthi vogue from volcanic rock, carried across the mountains from the Deccan highland and carved  craftsmen. it's thought-about to be the sole specimen of Kadamba-Yadava design in volcanic rock stone preserved and accessible in province. The temple survived invasions and also the province Inquisition because of its remote location in a very clearing deep within the forest at the foot of the Western Ghats that surround the location.
The temple is devoted to Lord Shiva and is harking back to the temples at Aihole in near  province.

there's a linga (symbol of Lord Shiva) mounted on a pedestal within the inner sanctum, and native legend has it that an enormous hamadryad is in permanent residence within the dimly lit interior.The temple consists of garbhagriha, antarala and a columned Nandi mandapa designed of volcanic rock. The four pillars chains support a stone ceiling embellished with finely carved  Ashtoken lotus flowers.
The tortuous carvings created by skilful craftsmen adorn the inside and also the sides of the building. Bas-relief figures of Lord Shiva with their several consorts seem on panels at the perimeters of the temple.  The temple faces east in order that the primary rays of the rising sun shine on the god. there's alittle mandap and also the inner sanctum is head by a three-tired tower whose prime is incomplete or has been razed someday within the distant  within the centre of the mandap, encircled by four matching columns.
There is a headless Nandi (bull, Shiva's vehicle)he image of the Kadamba kingdom, associate degree elephant sound a horse is carved  on the bottom of 1 of the columns. The watercourse Surla flows near  and is accessible for ritual bathing by a flight of stone steps.


The competition of Mahashivratri is widely known with eclat and gaiety at the temple by native individuals residing in close villages. The temple is constructed in a very place that is kind of inaccessible and faraway from the most settlements of the time. The temple is little compared to the common Goan temple.