Hatkeshvar Temple

Hatkeshvar Temple:-

                              This profusely carved 17th century temple just outside  town enshrines Hatkeshvar Mahadev, the family deity of Nagar Brahmins who once a prominent community in Vadnagar.

                            The temple's inner sanctum houses a Shiva linga said to self-emerged(Svayabhu). from the roof of the sanctum a massive shikhar sors high into the sky.Facing east, the temple enclosed by a high wall topped by three circular domes interspersed with flat stretches in the indo-Saracenic tradition.

                             The exterior of the temple exquisitely ornamented with figures of the nine planets,musician,evocative,dancing apsaras,regent deities,the chief of gods of the hindu penthion, scene from the Ramayana and Mahabharata and varied animals, and floral motifs. The premises also have an ancient Kashivishveshvara temple, a Swaminarayan temple and two Jain temples.

Hatkeshvar Mahadev