Madhaweshwar Nath Mahadev Mandir

Madhaweshwar Nath Mahadev Mandir is a historical Hindu temple of Lord Shiva located at the campus of Saurath Sabha near the outskirts of the city of Madhubani in the Mithila region of Bihar.

Madhaweshwar Nath Mahadev Mandir
माधवेश्वर नाथ महादेव मंदिर
View of Madhaweshwar Nath Mahadev Mandir from the campus of the Saurath Sabha
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Madhubani district
Deity	Lord Shiva
Location
Location	Saurath Sabha, Madhubani
State	Bihar
Country	India
Architecture
Founder	King Madhav Singh
Inscriptions	Two parts of Kirtishila

Madhaweshwar Nath Mahadev Mandir

Description

Madhaweshwar Nath Mahadev Mandir is located at the campus of the world famous marriage assembly known as Saurath Sabha Gachi. The temple has a large green complex, with a building for the shelter of the devotees in the courtyard, a large pond nearby and a paved ghat. There is inscription called as Kirtishila on the wall of the temple which gives the record about the construction of temple and other amenities around the temple. The second part of the inscription Kirtishila is not clearly visible.

Shivalinga at the temple

History

According to the Kirtishila inscription, the temple was constructed by the King Madhav Singh of Mithila. He started the construction of the temple, an auditorium to facilitate the people coming from outside to attend marriage assembly, huge Dharamshala around the temple and a large pond in the northeast corner of the temple. The construction was completed during the period (1832 AD - 1833 AD) of the King Chhatra Singh.