Pataleshwar

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Pataleshwar (also called Pataleshwar cave or Panchaleshvara cave) is a rock-cut cave temple, carved out in the 8th century in what is now Pune, in the state of Maharashtra, India. It was originally situated outside the town, but the city limits have expanded so that it is now located on the downtown Jungli Maharaj Road.

The temple was left incomplete, possibly because of a fault line found at the back of the sanctum sanctorum, which made the further sculpting unsafe, or political upheaval resulting in loss of patronage.

The circular Nandi mandapa is one of the peculiar structures of Pataleshwar.

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