Mysterious Chhaya Someshwara Mahadev Temple

 This Temple Located in Nalgonda district of Telangana only a hundred km from Hyderabad, the specialty of the 800-year-old "Chhaya Someshwara Mahadev" temple is that the shadow of a pillar keeps falling on the Shivalinga of this temple throughout the day, but how that shadow is formed.  No one could find out.

The ancient Indian architecture was so advanced that the temples are full of such wonders.  The Islamic invasion of the temples of North India had a profound effect and thousands of temples were demolished, but the Islamic invaders in the South could not cause much destruction and that is why the architecture of the temples of the South is still present in its old form.

The Chhaya Someshwara Mahadev Temple has been rejuvenated by the Telangana government recently.  Although there are many cracks on the wall of the temple due to being more than 800 years old, yet many tourists come to see it due to the attraction of the mysterious shadow falling on the Shivling.

 This temple is located only two km away from the Panagal bus stand of Nalgonda.  The wonder of the architecture is that the pillar that casts its shadow on the Shivling is not in the middle of the Shivalinga and the Sun.  There is no pillar in the sanctum  of the temple, whose shadow falls on the Shivling.  Certainly, the design and location of the pillars outside the temple have been made in such a way that the shadow of a pillar falls on the Shivling according to the mutual shadow of those pillars and the angle of the sun.  This mystery remains unsolved till date.

This temple was built by the kings of the Chola Empire in the twelfth century.  All the pillars of this temple are depicted with pictures from the stories of Ramayana and Mahabharata, and one of these mysterious pillars is such that the shadow of which falls on the Shivling.

The direction of the temple is east-west and the artisans of ancient times, displaying their scientific knowledge, knowledge of nature and amazing knowledge of geometry and reflection of sun rays, have kept the position of various pillars in such a way,  Because the sun is in any direction, this shadow will continue to fall on the Shivling of the temple