Madhyamaheshwar Temple

It is believed that Madhyamaheshwar temple is built by Pandava’s (heros of mahabharata war) over 1000 years ago.

Story associated with the temple is that after killing their cousins in the war, Pandavas started their journey to visit Lord Shiva to wash away their sins. Lord Shiva wanted to avoid them as he was deeply incensed by the death and dishonesty in the Kurukshetra war. Therefore, he disguised himself in the form of a bull (Nandi) and disappeared into the ground with different parts of the body appearing at various places. His hump appeared at Kedarnath, his bahu (arm) was spotted at Tungnath, his head surfaced at Rudranath, the stomach and navels were traced at Madhyamaheswar and his jata (tress) was divined at Kalpeshwar.  Pandvas built a temple at each of these places to worship Lord Shiva and to please him. Lord Shiva is worshipped in the form of navel – shaped lingam in Madhyamaheshwar.