Chandrasekhar Mahadev Temple,
Saho – Legends
Incomplete form of Temple:
As per legend, a saint used to
perform meditation in a cave near the Sal river. He used to take bath in the
river in the early morning after completing his meditation. One day, he noticed
that somebody had taken bath before him. He wanted to know the person who took
bath before him. The next day, he came in the midnight and waited for the
person. He saw three saints appeared like a flash in the early morning and
started to take bath. After taking bath, they chanted certain mantras and
vanished immediately. The saint was astonished to watch this strange
occurrence.
Lord Chandrasekara appeared in
the dream of the saint in the same night and said him not to worry about the
strange occurrence. Further, Lord Shiva informed that he was present in the
form of a stone under the water of Sal river. Lord Shiva ordered the saint to
take the stone out of the water and carry it to another place, where the stone
would become heavy and would make the saint to unable to carry it. Lord Shiva
instructed the saint to place the stone in that place and construct a temple. The
saint did accordingly. This news spread like a wild fire.
Knowing about this news, the king
reached the place and started the construction of the temple. During the
construction of the temple, the Shiva Linga started to expand. The structure of
the temple had to be continuously altered to fit the growing Shiva Linga. But
the Shiva Linga continued to grow. The king got baffled of this mysterious
phenomenon. The king prayed to Lord Shiva for solution. Pleased with his
prayers, Lord Shiva appeared in the dream of the king and asked him to stop the
construction of the temple and leave it in the present form. It is said that
the Shiva Linga stopped growing from then onwards.
Chandrashekhar Mahadev:
As per legend, a saint used to
perform meditation in a cave near the Sal river. He used to take bath in the
river in the early morning after completing his meditation. One day, he noticed
that somebody had taken bath before him. He wanted to know the person who took
bath before him. The next day, he came in the midnight and waited for the
person. He saw three children appeared like a flash in the early morning and
started to take bath. The saint ran towards the children and got hold of one
child while the other two managed to escape. The saint tried to extract
information from the child in custody.
To his surprise, he vanished,
and a Shiva Linga appeared in this place. The names of the children were Mahesh,
Chandragupta and Chandrasekar. The children who escaped the saint were Mahesh
and Chandragupta. Mahesh reached Bharmour and Chandragupta reached Chamba. Mahesh
is worshipped as Manimahesh in Bharmour, Chandragupta is worshipped as Chandragupta
Mahadev in Chamba and Chandrasekar is worshipped as Chandrashekhar Mahadev in
Saho.
Pandavas built this temple
during their exile:
As per legend, Pandavas came
here during their exile and constructed this temple for Lord Shiva for their
worship.
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