Bhuleshwar Temple

The Bhuleshwar Temple is a Shiva temple on a hill about 45 kilometres from Pune, 10 kilometres off the Pune–Solapur highway from Yavat. It is described as an 8th-century temple, local belief credits it to the Pandavas, and it was restored around 1230 under the Yadava rulers. It is built of black basalt brought from elsewhere, unlike the brownish local stone, and the hill it crowns carries the Daulatmangal fort, or Mangalgad, raised in 1629 by the Adil Shahi general Murar Jagdev Pandit. The Mughals damaged its figures, and it is now a protected monument.

Classical carvings cover the walls, and a passage between the sanctum walls and a row of cells for other deities creates a play of light that draws artists and photographers. The temple has an image of Ganesha dressed as a woman, known as Ganeshwari or Lambodari. A folk tale says that when a bowl of pedhas is offered to the linga, one or more of the sweets disappear. Migratory birds visit the area in summer.