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 ...
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