Achaleshwar, Mount Abu

The Achaleshvara Mahadev Shiva temple at Achalgarh in Sirohi district, Rajasthan, 11 kilometres from Mount Abu town — a 9-century Chaulukya-period Shiva temple that is the pre-Vastupala Shiva shrine below the famous Dilwara Jain temples on Mount Abu. The deity is worshipped as Shiva's foot (not the full linga) — a self-manifest hoof-print rather than the standard linga shape. The temple sits below the 1452 Achalgarh Fort of Rana Kumbha of Mewar. The temple's foundation is 9-century Pratihara; the current structure is 15-century Rana Kumbha additions. The adjacent Mandakini Kund (tank) and the 1452 fort form the Achalgarh complex. The temple is managed by the Mount Abu Devasthan Trust. ASI partial protection since 1951.