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Tourist Destinations of Rajasthan
Mount Abu
Achalgarh
Achalgarh,
situated eleven kilometers north of Mount Abu has a beautiful
Shiva temple which has many interesting features, including what is said
to be the toe of Shiva and group of colorful Jain Temples.
Places
To See in Mount Abu
<Achalgarh -
The Shiva Temple of Achaleshwar
Mahandeva, in Achalgarh, boasts a number of interesting features ,
including what is said to be a toe of Shiva, as well as a brass Nandi
(Shiva's vehicle, a bull) and, where the Siva Lingum would normally be,
there is a deep hole that is said to extend all the way down to the
underworld.
Just outside the temple beside the car park,
three stone buffaloes stand around a tank, while the figure of a King
shoots at them with his bows and arrows. A legend states that the tank was
once filled with ghee, but demons, in the form of buffalos came down and
polluted the ghee until the king shot them. A path leads up to the
hillside to a group of colorful Jain temples, which all have fine views
over the plains.
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