Prakasheshwar Mahadev Temple, Uttarakhand

As the Shri Prakasheshwar Mahadev Temple is the private temple and dedicated to Lord Shiva, this becomes the popular place for tourists in Dehradun. The temple is always filled with the number of devotees during the month of Sawan and the festival of Shivratri. Sri Prakasheswar is the unique temple as the name of the temple is very unique and no other temple of Lord Shiva has this name in Dehradun. ‘Prakasheswar’ is combining two Hindi words where ‘Prakash’ means ‘light or rays’ and ‘Eshwar’ means ‘God’. There are thousands of name of Lord Shiva which is mentioned in the book known as ‘Shiva Sahastranamavali’ in which Prakaashaay’ is one of the names which means ‘the light of the knowledge’. The Prakasheshwar temple of Lord Shiva is owned by a private owner and nobody knows the owner. But, this entire management of the temple is controlled and monitored by this unknown owner.