Ekadash Rudra
Nakulishwar
Kashi Vishwanath area · near the Akshayavat
History & traditions
A shrine connected with Nakulisha, also called Lakulisha, in the Shaiva tradition. Ask about access in the corridor area.
Singh’s survey records Nakuleshvara in a Hanuman temple at CK 35/21, close to Vishwanath. Lakulisha is remembered as a teacher in the Pashupata Shaiva tradition. Give the house code and the shrine name at the temple help desk, since the precinct has changed since the survey.
Deity & sacred image
- Deity or sacred figure
- Shiva in the form listed as Nakulishwar
- Idol or shrine image
- The survey records a Shiva linga at this stop. Ask locally about the current shrine and darshan.
PILGRIMAGE CONTEXT
The Ekadash Rudra yatra
The Ekadash Rudra yatra honours Shiva at eleven lingas. The Kashi Khanda records the pilgrimage, and Singh’s field survey matches the traditional names to neighbourhood shrines and house codes. A local name may be easier to recognise on the ground than the one used in the Sanskrit list.
SKANDA PURANA
In the Kashi Khanda
The eleven-shrine yatra opens with rites at Agnidhra’s tank and then names the lingas in order. The place notes explain how a traditional Sanskrit name is matched to a modern shrine in the field survey.
Browse the Kashi Khanda reading guide