Pataleshwar

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The rock-cut temple of Pataleshwar, belonging to the 8th century AD, is located in Pune, India. The cave-temple complex is also called Pataleshwar cave or Panchaleshvara cave, and was once situated outside the old town, but is now squarely in the middle of the city on Jungli Maharaj Road.

The rock cut temple was left incomplete. Some of the reasons suggested are faultline found at the back of the sanctum sanctorum which made the further sculpting unsafe, political upheaval resulting in loss of patronage.

The circular Nandi mandapa is one of the peculiar structures of Pataleshwar.

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