This famous temple of Lord Shiva, Stambeshwar Mahadev Temple

Stambeshwar Mahadev Temple: Visiting Shiva temples in the month of Sawan, going to major pilgrimages is very fruitful. Therefore, in the month of Sawan, there is a huge crowd of devotees in the major Shiva temples of the country. Many of these temples are ancient and due to the mysteries associated with them, people from all over the world come to visit them. There is one such world famous temple in Vadodara, Gujarat, which disappears and reappears every day. A large number of people come here every day to see this exciting event.

This Shiva temple is situated in the sea
This famous temple of Lord Shiva, Stambeshwar Mahadev Temple is situated in the sea. It is believed that this temple was established by Lord Shiva’s son Kartikeya. This temple present inside the sea gets submerged in water twice a day and then it starts appearing. Actually, the water level in this sea rises so much every day that the temple gets submerged and then the temple starts appearing again when the water level decreases. This incident happens every morning and evening.

The ocean performs the anointing of Shiva
This incident of the Shiva temple sinking in the sea and reappearing is called the anointing of Shiva by the devotees by the sea. When the sea level starts rising, the entry of devotees in the temple is stopped for some time. In the Rudra Samhita of Skanda Purana and Shiva Purana, it has been said about the Stambeshwar shrine that the demon Tadkasur had taken a boon from Shiva after doing severe penance that only the sons of Shiva could kill him. After this, only 6 days old Kartikeya killed Tadakasur to liberate the people from the catastrophe of Tadakasun.

After this, this Shiva temple was built at the place where the demon was killed. Let us tell you that this temple has been discovered only about 150 years ago.