History, Importance, Facilities, Rituals, Belief, Temple Campus, Activities, Festival Celebration of Mankameshwar Mahadev Valetva
Mankameshwar Pardeshwar Mahadev Temple is located at village Valetva, just 5 km from Vadtal, 4 km from Changa, on Nadiad to Changa Road in Kheda District of Gujarat. Huge peaceful temple campus with natural surrounding attracts lots of devotee throughout the year. This temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva as main deity along with almost all deity worshiped in Sanatan Dharma. Around 116 idols of various god and goddess are place in temple campus and 151 kg mercury – Parad Shivlinga in the center of temple. Due to this beauty, unity and uniqueness of temple, people from all caste, sampraday visit here and offer prayers in temple. It is believed that if any person worshiped in front of Parad Shivlinga with true devotion and love in Kaliyuga then devotee gets the Punyafal of this immediately. Along with Parad Shivlinga, there is also Crystal Shivlinga is place in temple thus this combination makes this place as Siddh Place.
Apart from the main Shivlinga, other idols like Lord Vishnu in form of Balaji, 12 Jyotirlinga, Lord Shree Ram, Radha Krishna, Lord Ganesh, Ranchhod Rai, Hanumanji, Swaminarayana, Goddess Adhya Shakti, Guru Dattatreya, Shanidev Maharaj, Mahavir Swami, Saibaba, Jalaram Bapa, Bhathiji Maharaj etc. are place in temple campus. Bhul Bhulaiya of Krishna Lila is another key attraction in temple campus. Yagya Shala, Gaushala are also developed in temple area.
There are about 108 bells hanging in this Temple and used during the Aarti which create the superb aura in temple campus. Lot of spiritual function and celebration arranged during the Sravan month and Maha Shivratri. Temple trust manages all this activities in very well manner.
As per the various spiritual text of Sanatan Dharma, Parad Shivlinga and Sfatik Shivlinga are highly spiritual and important in terms of fruitful results. In general the Prasad offered to Lord Shiva is not distributed in devotee but Prasad offered to Parad Shivlinga can be distributed in devotee. Worship offered to Parad Shivlinga helps in getting all main four aim of human life, Dharma, Artha, Kaam and Mokhsha. It helps in removing crucial diseases, dosha and problems of life. The devotee who worships Lord Shiva in the Sfatik Shivalinga gets the blessing of Lord Shiva and his devotee Shukra
Mankameshwar Pardeshwar Mandir was built on the wishes of late Mohanbhai Patel & Maniben Patel by their son Prafulbhai Patel and his wife Kabitaben Patel and open for general public on 12/07/2010.
