ROCK CUT TEMPLE
It is one the oldest temple of the district kangra as it belongs to the Mahabharat era As Local believes this place was built by Pandavas when they were on their on Banvas .
MARSROOR. Which is located at the top of mountains hills crafted by beauty and architecture it is located at the Nagrota Suriyan. This is one of the precious temples in district- Kangra. It was built by Pandavas when they visit Himachal Pradesh during their “Ban-bas” of Mahabharat but archeologically it was built in 8 century. If you are not from Himachal Pradesh, then you must reach Palampur and then distance from Palampur to Mata Ashapuri is around 45 KM. The road is one way so you must drive carefully. On the way you can see the beautiful mountain and green hills, small rivers and view of Shivalik range. Ashapuri is surrounding with nature and a small lake with a beautiful forest peace no extra construction site or any disturbance total silence which gives you full peace of mind and unbelievable journey experience.
This is are some view of the temple from front and back .It was old designed built with proper architecture but in 4 April 1905. The earthquake measured 7.8 on the surface wave magnitude scale and killed more than 20,000 people have destroyed this temple and do you to non-reconstruction skill lost by centuries the temple can never bult again until it's study how it was made and with precise measurement. The temple was little broken but if you are inside, it you will feel it is quite strange how the building is made. This site under archaeological site so little amount of Rs 20 will be conducted and Rs 100 For foreigner.
LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING DO YOU BELIEVE THE PANDVAS MADE THIS TEMPLE
IS THIS FACT OR MYTH IN YOUR VIEW COMMENT DOWN
DON'T WORRY I WILL PROVE IS IT REAL OR MYTH
Let's understand how this temple was made according to survey let's see temple structure. This how temple is constructed according to survey and architectures
Masrur Hindu temples complex is henotheistically dedicated to Shiva, Vishnu, Devi and Surya traditions of Hinduism. It is collection of an early 8th century rock-cut monolithic temples found in the Beas River Kangra valley Himachal Pradesh facing the Himalayas. It has three carved entrances, plus one incomplete started entrance. The temple is symmetrically arranged in a square grid.
The above is a 1915 sketch of the temple's roof plan.
Date 31 December 1915
Source https://archive.org/stream/in.gov
Author H. Hargreaves (1915 )
Let,s see some other specs too
This front and overall structure of the temple thus we conclude that same structure was built was shastras knowledge introduced during time of Gupta era thus we can say this temple are made by Gupta kingdom with prefect excellence to tribute to the lord shiv and Mata Ashapuri but what about the Pandavas are they stayed here and made this places Answer is Yes they live ,Answer lie in temple it was made in place where there was no heritage or place to live at that time but we can see various people visiting the sites as the belief arises when Pandavas on Ban bas visited northern side of Indian there are more temple near this where we can see sign of Pandavas living there and thus local belief are real and later on gupta period this are made a tribute by architect to preserve our culture and importance place by crafting with excellence but some invasion of Mughal era and earthquake create this place
broken.
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