Hindu temple
Balkeshwar Mahadev Mandir
Ancient Shiva temple on the Yamuna bank where a sacred Shivlinga rests several feet below ground.
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About this audio guide
Balkeshwar Mahadev Mandir on Agra's Yamuna bank grew up around a Shivalinga that workers found already resting in the earth seven hundred years ago, while clearing a forest of bael trees whose leaves the temple's name still recalls. The guide follows why the stone sits four to five feet below the courtyard floor, who alone is allowed to approach it, and the forty-day pilgrimage tradition tied to this and three other Shiva temples said to mark Agra's corners.
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