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Kopeshwar Temple is located at the Kolhapur district of Maharashtra. It's a beautiful reflection of Indian Heritage. The temple is said to have been constructed sometime during 7th century AD under the reign of Kannada Chalukya kings.

The temple's body is engraved with several inscriptions out of which 12 were identified as Kanadda script except one in Devnagri. It has a special chamber called "Swarg Mandap". swarga mantapa is constructed with the support of 48 well carved rounded stone pillars which are placed in three circles the first circle has 12 pillars. The last circle of 8 pillars are placed on the 4 gates to Swarga Mandap. Total 48 pillars has been carved in different shapes round, square, hexagon and octagon.

Another unique feature of Swarga Mandap is that a part of the circular ceiling in the middle with a radius of 13 feet is open to the sky. Exactly below the open ceiling is a round flat stone in single piece with a radius of 13 feet, same as that of open ceiling. This was the place where the yagnas and havans were performed and the open ceiling facilitated the discharge of smoke emanating from these rituals.

Fact: Kopeshwar Temples is also one of the rare temples in India, where both Bhagwan Shiva and Bhagwan Vishnu are in 'ling' form and without the presence of a 'nandi'

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