SIT to probe Trimbakeshwar temple incident

• Maharashtra govt has constituted SIT to probe Trimbakeshwar temple incident.
• SIT will probe a recent incident in which a group of people from minority community allegedly attempted to ‘forcibly’ enter Trimbakeshwar temple in

ABOUT TRIMBAKESHWAR TEMPLE

• Trimbakeshwar temple is the abode of one of the 12 Jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva.
  • A Jyotirlinga is a representation of Lord Shiva in Hinduism.
• Temple is located at foothills of mountain Bramhagiri, from which river Godavari flows.
• It was constructed by third Peshwa Balaji Bajirao (1740-1760) on the site of an old temple.
• The sanctum, internally a square and externally a stellar structure, houses a small Shivaling – Tryambaka.
• The temple is built of black stone in the Nagara style of architecture is enclosed in a spacious courtyard.

ABOUT NAGARA STYLE OF TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE

• It became popular in northern India.
• An entire temple is built on a stone platform called “Jagati” with steps leading up to it.
• The temple does not usually have elaborate boundary walls or gateways.
• The garbhagriha is always located directly under the tallest tower.
• Amalaka or Kalash is installed on Shikhara.
• The ‘latina’ or rekha-prasada, Phamsana and valabhi are important types of Nagara style of architecture.
• Prominent examples– Kandariya Mahadev Temple in Madhya Pradesh, Sun temple at Konark, and Ossian temple, Gujarat.