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Trimbakeshwar Travel Guide

The Trimbakeshwar source of Godavari River is here at Brahmagiri hill 30 kms. from Nasik. When any body enters Trimbak. Comes across with a grand temple having golden turret, shining brightly in the morning Sundays. This is a holy temple of Lord Shankar (Shiva) one of the twelve Jyotirlingas of India and the five Jyotirlingas are in Maharashtra. Where the existence of Lord Shankara can experienced. It is called TRIMKESHWAR. The temple is constructed in the Regime of Baji Rao Peshwa (Nanasahib) in 1730 A.D. The third Peshwa of Chatrapti Shahu Maharaj. It took 21 years to complete, the construction, which can be confirmed by seeing 21 ssmall temples at the Right hand side of the main temple. The construction cost the temple was 16 laks gold hones of the than Currency) in the 18th Century. The architecture of the temple is indescrible and pleasing one. In the interior of the temple dwell is Linga from Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, Gangas also exists in the form of water flowing from Lord Shiva's head. This is the place of approved divinity of divine spark. On every Monday, the five  ,d golden idol of Lord Shankar is ,1,q1 for sacred bath to Kushavartha ,,,,1 there after placed for Darshan,  i prayer of at the chitt hall of the 1, ;vie when it is crowned with price
Jewel Crown. It shines with 11,.,ivenly Luxury. The crown is said
it belongs to the light days of I',indava. As this is one of the twelve iyothirlings, many holy men experi•iiced a jyoti i.e. a ray of automatiAlly in the temple.
When we cross the main ,,,ad at Trimbak we reaches to kushavartha, the holy water place. It I•, said that the River Godavari, ap-peared first time from Gangadwar. I lie Kushvartha is placed in the Israhmagiri mountain where the River Godavari Originated. The mountain is Ilie grand image of Lord Shiva, River Godavari Origins from the top of the tirahmagiri, then appearsat Gangadwar and then at Kushavartha.