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Jalpeshwar Shiva temple

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Jalpeshwar Shiva temple
Jalpeshwar Shiva temple. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Jalpesh Temple (Rangpuri: zolpeś mondir, Bengali: jolpeś mondir) is an important Hindu temple dedicated to the Bhramari Saktipitha's Bhairava as Jalpesh. The worshiped in this temple is Bhairava as Jalpesh, a form of Shiva – one of Hinduism's trinity of supreme divinity. The temple is located on the banks of the Jarda river, 7–8 km from Mainaguri town in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.