page_title: Koteshwar, Kutch
section_title: Other temples
hierarchical_section_title: Koteshwar, Kutch / Places of interest / Other temples
caption_attribution_description: English: This ancient balcony is in the 'Koteshwar Temple' complex, in Kutch, on the western border of India, close to the river Indus. it is now covered and not used. For full details, see wikipedia link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koteshwar,_Kutch .
context_page_description: Koteshwar is a small village and the location of an ancient Shiva temple. It located near the mouth of Kori Creek, in the west of Kutch district of Gujarat, India.
  In past, the temple was almost entirely cut off from the mainland by tidal creeks but now is connected by road. Koteshwar Shiva is said to be the Bhairava of Hinglaj Mata residing at Hinglaj. The virtuous devotees are therefore recommended to visit Koteshwar after they have visited Hinglaj Mata.
context_section_description: The holy man used to live at Dhunay, three miles east of Koteshwar. He is said to have moved to the present spot in the fifteenth century, when the Brahmachari of Narayan Sarovar established his power. Close to the chief Koteshvar Mahadev temple, is a smaller temple, built by the same men and about the same time in honour of Kalyaneshvar.
  From the fort a paved causeway, twelve feet broad and used as a pier by country craft, runs out for 520 feet. At the end is a square reservoir filled by every high tide, where Hindus perform the shraddh ceremony and bathe. On the middle of the pier is a square platform, kotha, on which is built the temple of Nilkanth, now known as Saraneshvar, facing the west with a porch and a small Islamic dome. It is said to have been originally built in the thirteenth century by God Rani who had come to marry Ra Kanoj, but some difference arising, she went to Sindh and married Lakha Ghurara. It was rebuilt by Mahakunvar, wife of Desalji I (1718 - 1741), and repaired by Kshatri Jetha and Sundarji Shivji. It was again, in 1857, repaired by Gosai Dolatgarji Revagar Kunvargar at a cost of about £200 (7800 koris).
caption: This ancient balcony is in the 'Koteshwar Temple' complex
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