Baijnath temple, distt. kangra - (H.P) history, According to the legend, it is belived that during the treta yug. ravan in order to have inviincible power. worshiped lord shiva in the kailash. in the same peocess, to palease the almighty he offered his ten heads in the hevan kund. influenced by this extra ordinary deed of the ravana, the lord shiva not only restord his heads but also bestord him with powers of invincibilty and immortality.. on attaining this incomprable boon,ravana also reqest lord shiva to accompany him to lanka. shiva consented to the reqest of ravana and converted himself into shivling.. the lord shiva asked him to carry the shivling and warned him that he should not place the shivling down on the ground on tiis way. ravana started moving south towards lanka and reached baijnath where he felt the need to answer the natures call. on seeing a shepherd, ravana handed over the shivling to him and went away to get relived on finding the shivling very heavy, tee shepherd put the linga on the ground and thus the same is in the from of Ardhnarishwar ( God in from of half male & half female )
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