Bathu Ki Ladi, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh
Also known as the Bathu Temples, the Bathu Ki Ladi or "The String of Bathu" is a series of semi-ruined temple shrines located in the Maharana Pratap Sagar Reservoir near Jawali in Kangra District of Himachal Pradesh. The temples are believed to have been founded by the Pandavas of the Mahabharata however the current construction was by Raja Govardhan Singh of Guler (r. 1741-1773) of the Guleria-Katoch Rajput Dynasty. The primary deity of Bathu is Lord Krishna, as Badrivishal, but the temple is also dedicated to Lord Shiva. Upon the construction of the dam, the idols in the shrines were shifted to another temple in the nearby Indora.
The Maharana Pratap Sagar Reservoir was created in 1975, upon the construction of the Pong Dam on river Beas in the wetlands of Shivalik Mountains and ever since its creation, the Temples of Bathu remained submerged under the waters of the reservoir for eight out of twelve months every following year.
The plan of the complex is primarily rectangular with a boundary surrounding the nine semi-ruined shrines, of which one functioned as the primary temple of the site. In addition to this, the complex also consists of a more than 75 feet tall (watch?) tower. The inscriptions as well as the sculptures of the complex are gone except for maybe the celestial guards on the either side of the entrance which have still not yielded after more than 30 years of submergence and even more of negligence.
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