Bhooteshwarnath

Bhuteshwarnath Mahadeva Temple
Religion
AffiliationHinduism
DistrictGariaband district
DeityShiva (Mahadeva)
FestivalsMahashivratri, Sawan
Location
StateChhattisgarh
CountryIndia
Geographic coordinates20°36′30″N 82°02′44″E / 20.608359°N 82.045487°E / 20.608359; 82.045487

Bhuteshwarnath (or Bhooteshwarnath) (भूतेश्वरनाथ महादेव) also known as Bhakurra Mahadeva (भकुर्रा महादेव) is a temple of Lord Shiva, situated near Marouda Village of Gariaband district, Chhattisgarh, India. It is in the middle of the Gariaband Forests. It is the second largest natural Shivlinga (Lingam) in the world, after Siddheshwarnath in Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh.

Local belief holds that the Shivlinga is increasing in size. According to devotees who visit this place every year, the Shivlinga was once small in size, but now it is very huge. Government officials measure the size of Shivlinga every year.

Every year on Mahashivratri and on Mondays of Sawan month people with Holy Water from Mahanadi River, Rajim (Kanwar Yatra) arrive here. In Chhattisgarh, like "Dwadas Jyotirling", it is recognized as "Ardhnarishwara Shivlinga".