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SHIVNATH TEMPLE MUDGERI
Shivnath Temple Mudgeri Was Built In 1656 By The Sondha Raja Or The Sodhe raja On the Auspicious Day on Monday and On The occasion Of Kartikpunav.

As Monday Is The Day Of Lord Shankara And Shivnath Is the Avtara Of Lord Shankara.

Followers of Sondhe Raja - Gaonkar And Desai Community As Konkan Maratha
The LINGA Of Shivnath Temple Mudgeri Had Been Brought Form Halekot Nearby. In Those Days There Was No Electricity So They Brought the LINGA By Burning the COCONUT LEAVES To Get More Of Light. So As Now whenever Every year While Taking PALKHI Now Also They Burn the coconut Leaves. And Also the PILLAR In front Of The temple Is Also That Much Years Ago when the Temple is built And Now The Pillar Is Fully Decorated With Deep And It is Auspicious And Good for Hinduism .The LINGA of Shri Shivnath Temple Mudgeri Had Been Brought on The Day Of AKSHAY TRITHIYA So Akshay Trithiya As Mentioned Is Celebrated Now Also.

The SONDHE RAJA Or SODHE Is Conquered Emperor Of The MARATHA WARRIOR SHIVAJI. One Fort Is There In Halekot where The LINGA is Brought. Another Fort of Shivaji is there in SADASHIVGAD Nearby As Gad Represent To Shivaji.

As Shivaji As MARATHA The Shivnath Temple Is Being Maintained By Martha On As We Are from KONKAN and Shivaji Is From Konkan We Present Konkan Maratha. The Two Community Such Gaonkar And '''Desai. Are The Two Communities Who Handle It And Maintain the Temple.'''

The PAINATINGS And CARVINGS Of The Shivnath Temple Is Unique And Had Been Done By Under SONDHE RAJA With Emperor SHIVAJI .The First Entrance Is Like A Cave or Fort Of Shivaji as You have Observed.

The Temple Trust Are the Two Communities Gaonkar And Desai Who Look after Each And Everything.

The Dhols And Band Are Four Fathers. Their Children's Come To Play On The Auspicious Occasion.

There Is No Temple This Much Older Nearby And Also the PILLAR Is So Tall That No temple Has That Much Tall Nearby.

From Top of the Pillar Full View If The Village Can Be Seen.

The DEVALI Community People Light The Lamp of Deep On the Pillar.

So Every Year KARTILPUNAV ( JATROTSAV) Is Celebrated And Lots Of People Gather Here For Two Days. One Day Jatrotsav And Second Day Is The DAHIKAL On This Day The Full Temple is Decorated With Flowers and Lighting.

First Day Natak Is Organised First day PALKHI Had been taken To The Vaan of Shivnath And While Coming LALKHI ( RATH ) Is Brought By the People Of Mudgeri gram And At Thorens Arati Thali is Given To The Lalkhi ( Rath) And After That Around At Midnight 12.00 AM to 1.00 AM After Lalkhi ( Rath ) Arrives Natak Is Started.

To Watch The Kartilpunav ( Jatrotsav) Utsav And Natak Videos Are There On The YOUTUBE  Channel SAJIT GAONKAR OFFICIAL  Who Is The Local boy Of Mudgeri And Updates every Occasion Celebrated in Mudgeri Area On YouTube Sajit Gaonkar Official.

Besides That The Pillar Infront of The Temple Is Fully decorated With Deep As Deep Is Considered as Auspicious In Hindu Dharm.

As Now Also Every Year Akshay Trithiya Is Celebrating On A large scale As well as Shivratri Is Celebrated As number of Abhisek Is Been Done In shivnath Temple