Doleshwor Mahadeva Temple
Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur District, Bagmati Province, Nepal
Also known as: डोलेश्वर महादेव
- Deities
- Shiva (Doleshwor Mahadeva)
- Traditions
- shaiva
- Worship status
- active
- Coordinates
- 27.638889, 85.438056
- Darshan hours
- Open daily to pilgrims and visitors; consult local sources for the current schedule, especially around Maha Shivaratri.
- Best time to visit
- Maha Shivaratri (February/March); the temple also draws crowds for Teej and Balachaturdashi.
- How to reach
- In Suryabinayak, southeastern Bhaktapur District, a short distance from Bhaktapur town and reachable by road from Kathmandu (about 15 km).
- Festivals
- Maha Shivaratri (February/March), Teej (August/September), Balachaturdashi (November/December)
Location
Open in Google MapsDoleshwor Mahadeva, a pagoda-style Shiva temple in Suryabinayak, southeastern Bhaktapur District, is an active pilgrimage site within the Kathmandu Valley’s dense constellation of Newar temples. Its exact founding date and construction history are not established in the sources consulted for this entry, but it functions today as a living center of Shaiva worship, drawing devotees especially for the three major observances of Maha Shivaratri, Teej, and Balachaturdashi.
The temple sits within a valley whose temple-building tradition spans well over a millennium, alongside better-known Bhaktapur District landmarks such as Changu Narayan and the Suryavinayak Ganesh shrine nearby — a reminder of how densely the Kathmandu Valley’s sacred geography is layered even beyond its most famous pilgrimage sites.
Sources
- historical record: Cross-checked against Wikipedia's account of Doleshwor Mahadeva Temple during verification pass: confirms the temple, dedicated to Shiva, stands in Suryabinayak Municipality in southeastern Bhaktapur District; confirms it follows traditional Nepalese pagoda architecture; confirms it hosts major observances for Shivaratri, Teej, and Balachaturdashi; confirms it functions today as an active pilgrimage site within the Kathmandu Valley.
For review
- No specific founding date, founder, or construction history for this temple was available in the sources consulted for this entry; some general references to a Mahabharata-era connection could not be independently corroborated within the source reviewed and are therefore not asserted here.