Bhojeshwer Temple

The Bhojeshwar Temple is an incomplete Hindu temple in Bhojpur village of Madhya Pradesh, India. Dedicated to Shiva, it homes a 7.5 toes high lingam in its sanctum. The Bhojpur temple is believed to have been constructed via the 11th century Paramara king Bhoja. Tradition additionally attributes to him the status quo of Bhojpur and the construction of now-breached dams in the location. Because the temple become in no way finished, it lacks a dedicatory inscription.

However, the name of the vicinity Bhojpu corroborates its affiliation with Bhoja. This belief is further supported via the web site's sculptures, which may be dated to the 11th century with certainty. A Jain temple in Bhojpur, which shares the equal sets of mason's marks with the Shiva temple, has an inscription explicitly dated to 1035 CE. Besides several literary works, historical evidence confirms that Bhoja's reign protected the year 1035 CE: the Modasa copper plates 1010 to 11 CE had been issued with the aid of Bhoja; and the Chintamani Sarnika 1055 CE was composed by using his court docket poet Dasabala. Moreover, the location around the temple as soon as featured three dams and a reservoir. The construction of such a huge Shiva temple, dams and reservoir ought to have best been undertaken by using a powerful ruler.