Madhava · HISTORICAL RECORD
Shankha Madhava (historical)
Rajmandir · former site listed at K 20/137
History & traditions
The heritage survey records Shankha Madhava at this former address and identifies the image as lost. This entry documents the tradition rather than an active darshan stop.
Shankha means conch. The Kashi Khanda describes a rite of bathing the Madhava image using water poured through a conch. The survey records the former Rajmandir address and marks the image as lost.
Deity & sacred image
- Deity or sacred figure
- Vishnu in the form listed as Shankha Madhava
- Idol or shrine image
- The survey records the original image as lost.
PILGRIMAGE CONTEXT
Madhava
Madhava is a name of Vishnu. In the Kashi Khanda, Bindu Madhava describes to Agnibindu forms of Vishnu associated with particular tirthas, or sacred sites. Their names may preserve a connection to a ghat, well or old bathing place, while the present worship site can be inside a different host shrine.
SKANDA PURANA
In the Kashi Khanda
Read Vishnu’s account to Agnibindu for the traditional tirtha associated with this form. The guide’s field and temple references describe the present-day approach.
Browse the Kashi Khanda reading guide