Adibaleshwar Temple,
Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra
Adibaleshwar Temple is a Hindu Temple
dedicated to Lord Shiva located at Mahabaleshwar Town, a famous Hill Station in Satara District in Maharashtra,
India. The Temple is situated in Old Mahabaleshwar. It is one of the popular Mahabaleshwar tourist places. This Temple might
be older than Mahabaleshwar Temple.
As per legend, it is said that there were two demons
brothers namely Mahabal and Atibal. Both of them were creating trouble for
common people, devas and sages. All of them prayed to Lord Brahma, Lord Shiva
and Lord Vishnu to get rid of these demons. Lord Vishnu killed Adibaleshwar and
Lord Shiva was not able to kill Mahabal as he was having the boon of will death.
Hence, Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma prayed to Goddess Mahamaya for
help.
The Goddess lured Mahabal and brought him to the Gods.
She asked the gods to request for boon from Mahabal. The Gods asked Mahabal for
his death. Mahabal granted the boon but requested Lord Vishnu to take the name
of his brother as Adibaleshwar, Lord Brahma to take the name as Kotishwar and
Lord Shiva to take the name as Mahabaleshwar and requested three of them to
stay at Mahabaleshwar forever. The gods granted his wish.
The Temple
This is a small temple situated
next to Mahabaleshwar Temple. The height of doors are so low that devotees need
to bend down to enter the Temple. Presiding Deity is called as Adibaleshwar. He
is housed in the sanctum in the form of Lingam. There are 3 Nandis facing the
Sanctum.
Connectivity
The Temple is located at about 7
Kms from Mahabaleshwar Bus Stand. Mahabaleshwar is located at about 33 Kms from
Wai, 66 Kms from Satara, 71 Kms from Satara Railway Station, 120 Kms from Pune,
130 Kms from Pune Airport and 231 Kms from Mumbai. Mahabaleshwar is connected
by the National Highway 4. Bus services by state-run MSRTC and
private organizations connect Pune, Miraj,
Mumbai, Sangli and
Satara to Mahabaleshwar.
Location
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