Shri Sthaneshwar Mahadev Temple, Thanesar

Oldest mahadev temple in kurukshetra
Historical place

Om Nama Shivay 🧡 One of the best temple in the Kurukshetra. Shiva and Shakti are both given utmost importance in the day-to-day life of Haryanvi. It had more similarities to Dravidian-style temples as it has Pond and a Sacred tree in it. And most importantly Haryanvis knew about Karthikeya/Murugan and Palliyarai Poojai known only to the Southern states. One can find many temples on the way. Kaleshwar Mandir and Dattatreya Mandir are among them. I wish everyone the blessing of Lord Mahadeva 🧡

The divinity of Lord Shiva is felt strongly in the temple, as the atmosphere is charged with a sense of sacred energy. Devotees come to the temple to seek the blessings of Lord Shiva, to find solace in his grace, and to connect with their own inner divinity. The temple is a place of great spiritual significance, where the presence of Lord Shiva is felt in every corner, reminding us of the eternal nature of his divine power.

Very ancient temple of Lord Shiva. The Pandavas prayed here, over 5,000 years ago, to seek blessings of Lord Mahadev before the onset of the great war.

Best time to visit temple is around 2pm to 5pm.
Poojan Samagri (flower, Prasad, bhaag k patte) are available at nearby shops.
Shani temple and Bala ji temple is also nearby so you can visit all these temples in one go.

There was something special about the place which i will try at other places too.
I chanted OM in inner/lower voice and a vibrant sound surrounded and it was only to me. N same experience with my brother who went along that means that location was really charged n vibrant.

Anandamay, Calm, Peaceful Prachin Temple of Lord Shiva. 2.5 kms from Bramh Sarovar. Lord Shiva is worshiped here along with Durga, Shani, Hanuman, Santoshi, Laxmi Mata. Small Sarovar is also location in mid.

This temple is older than the city of Kurukshetra as this place is related to the Lord Shiva and this place have its importance and connection to the Lord Shiva. This please have a pond which is sacred. And devotees come here and take bath in the pond and get blessings

Sthaneshwar Mahadev Temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva. As per legends,  Pandavas along with Lord Krishna prayed to Lord Shiva and received his blessings for victory in the epic battle of Mahabharata.
Also,  The ninth Guru Shri Tegh Bahadur stayed at a spot near the Sthaneshwar Tirtha that is marked by a gurdwara just besides this temple.

The temple premises is huge and houses temples dedicated to Lord Shiva, a secondary temple with 11 shiv lings, a gauri shankar temple, a Sai Baba temple, 9 devi maa temple, Shani mandir, Balaji temple, a Lord Shiva statue sitting in Yog mudra in the centre of huge water body and a HariHar statue on the eastern corner of the water body. Also, Just outside the temple is Kali Maa Mandir.

There is No Parking outside the temple.

Great environment, went there for maha shivratri festival. Early in the morning and even than it was mesmerising and well organised. Great temple to visit, it is my most favourite in Kurukshetra.

Very peaceful, must visit of you are in Pehowa. It's surrounded by even more temples

An amazing tranquility at this place. There is small pond and Shani maharaj mandir as well.

A historical worship place of God Shiva with beautiful pond. A clean n nice place

Loved it ❤
Temple is very large.There is an artificially created lake in the midst of temple
Very peaceful and loving place 👍🙏

Nice hindu temple with small water source and gurdwara Sahib with it

One of the best temple in the kurukshetra . Om Nama Shivay.

Very nice temple with historic importance.

This is a historic temple where Arjuna received his weapons (Astra Shastra) after offering his prayers to Lord Shiva. There is a small water pond here and has a Shiv Murty in the middle. A must visit !

Points to consider (We Visited in June 2023) ---

1# One of the Ancient Shiv Mandir basis the Sacred Book Skandd Puràan

2# This Shiv Linga was also worshipped by the Great Pandavas in the Time of Mahaabhartaa

3# This Shiv Linga is of Significant & Substantial Spiritual Value

4# Place of Worship for Sanatan Dharma Disciples

5# Located in Great Sacred Land of Kurukshetra the Dharm Bhoomi, in Haryana State in Bhaarat Raashtraa

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A holy peaceful place to visit near bhadrakali temple