Sri Chandreshwar Mahadev Mandir Chandwad
Sri Chandreshwar Mahadev Mandir- Chandwad
Sri Chandreshwar Mahadev Mandir is on a hill in Tambakada area, north of Chandwad village near Nashik-Maharastra.
The glory of this place is that after Bhoja King Vikramaditya was freed from the curse of Shani Dev, King Chandrasena of Chandwad married his daughter Chandrakala to King Vikram at this fort and established 52 temples. But this area was destroyed during the Mughal attack and later this area was eclipsed.
Chandreshwar Mahadev Temple was built by King Chandrasen about 2100 years ago and worshiped Lord Shiva which is located on the north-east mountain. There were seven ‘Shaiv Gosavis’ looking after the temple as well performing the rituals at the temple. After the death, their bodies were buried near a lake on the mountain of Chandreshwar as per Shaiv Gosavi tradition at that time. Later on their tombs were termed as SaptRishi by local people. Near that lake ‘Ganesh Taka’ is another source of water.
Story of Vikramaditya’s Sade Sati (Period of Saturn) is associated with Chandwad. King Vikramaditya during his bad time he wandered through the jungles of Tamolindapur (Chandwad) and later on he came in the town after a long period so it was difficult to prove his kingship to anyone. He started doing job at a grocery shop but the shopkeeper and his daughter blamed him of stealing the jewellery. He got punished as he failed to prove his innocence. His hands and legs were broken but he got job at an oil extractor’s workplace where he has to keep the bull moving on the extractor mechanism. One day he was singing Song of ‘Deepak Raga’ and due to his songs all the lamps turned on. The daughter of Chandradev had a resolution to marry a man who knows ‘Deepak Raga’ and then he revealed his identity and married the daughter of King Chandrasen.
King Chandrasen spent lot of wealth from his treasures to celebrate the marriage.Chandrasen was smiling on his endless good fortune as he had King Vikramaditya as his son-in-law and this fortune was only due to the blessings of Lord Chandreshwar Mahadev.
