Daityasudan Temple, Lonar

Chalukya-Hemadpanthi Vishnu temple by the meteor-crater lake; unfinished sabhamandap.

दर्शन महत्व: Crater + temple combo is a science-and-faith day trip often shared from Buldhana.

यात्रा का सर्वश्रेष्ठ समय: Oct–Feb

History

Daityasudan at Lonar, Maharashtra, is a Vishnu temple beside the meteor-crater lake. The Chalukya–Hemadpanti shrine of Vishnu as slayer of the demon stands in a landscape unique in India — faith beside a cosmic impact.

Legends

• Vishnu slew the daitya Lonasura here; the crater lake is remembered as the pit of that battle in local puranic geography.