This is the real view of Shiv Temple Baijnath in Distt. Kangra of Himachal Pradesh. This Temple was constructed of Pandavs in one night by cutting a single big stone. The two long inscriptions in the porch of the temple indicate that a temple of Siva existed on the spot even before the present one was constructed. The present temple is a beautiful example of the early medieval north Indian temple architecture known as Nagara style of temples. The Svayambhu form of Sivalinga is enshrined in the sanctum of the temple that has five projections on each side and is surmounted with a tall curvilinear Shikhara. The entrance to sanctum is through a vestibule that has a large square Mandapa in front with two massive balconies one each in north and south. There is a small porch in front of the mandapa hall that rests on four pillars in the front preceded by an idol of Nandi, the bull, in a small pillared shrine. Baijnath is between Kangra and mandi and 150 kms from Manali and 50 kms from Dharamsala.
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