Manasbal is situated in the North of Srinagar and is about 30 km from Srinagar on Srinagar Bandipur road. Manasbal is famous not only for Manasbal Lake but also for a small ancient Shiva Temple situated on the North East side of the lake.
Nilmat Purana records, that there is an old archeological temple, on the banks of Manasbal lake near Kondball. The temple is mode of large lime stone slabs. It stands near a spring, but this temple has been looked after well. At present the lower portion of the temple is submerged in water and very small part of the structure of its two pyramidal roofs is visible. The cornice of the lower roof and the horizontal band which divides it from the upper story, are decorated with series of dentils and metopes. Only the upper part of the pediment of the entrance is visible.
The temple is 6 feet square and has a two pyramidal roof and a main door. According to Pandit R.C. Kak, ‘The cornice of the lower roof, and the horizontal band which divides it from the upper storey, are decorated with series of dentils and metopes. Only the upper part of the pediment of the entrance is visible. It faces west”.
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