The carved stone shikhara of the Naroshankar Temple in Nashik, in warm light

Naroshankar Temple, Nashik. Photo: AnandKatgaonkar, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Naroshankar Temple during the Nashik Kumbh 2027

KumbhMela.info Editorial TeamChecked on Fri 16 Oct 2026

The Naroshankar temple is a temple of Shiva on the left bank of the Godavari in Panchavati, Nashik, a short way downstream of Ramkund. It was built in 1747 by Naroshankar Raja Bahadur, and is known for its rich stone carving and its large bell.

EvergreenChecked on Fri 16 Oct 2026

History and description are from the 1883 Bombay Gazetteer, and the location from the Nashik district. Works at the temple are from the Kumbh Mela Authority's list of approvals and a Free Press Journal report of 4 August 2026. No current official visitor page for the temple was found, so opening hours are not given. Arrangements for 2027 are not announced.

It is also called the Rameshwar temple, or the bell temple. It is a place of darshan, not a Simhastha bathing centre.

This page covers Naroshankar Temple during the Nashik Kumbh 2027. Its history, darshan timings and year-round visitor details are on the Naroshankar Temple page on Tirth.com.

Naroshankar temple at a glance

Where
Panchavati, Nashik, a short way downstream of Ramkund (1883 Gazetteer; Nashik district).^1,2
River and bank
The left bank of the Godavari, with the Ramgaya kund in front of the temple.¹
Known for
A Shiva temple built in 1747 by Naroshankar Raja Bahadur, known for its carving and a large bell dated 1721.¹
Daily ritual
Not published yet. No current official visitor page gives opening hours.
Kumbh 2027 status
Not a bathing centre. Development of the temple premises is approved for the Simhastha; what it covers is not announced.³

On a Kumbh day

There is no Kumbh bath at the temple; the bath in Nashik is at Ramkund, on Monday 2 August, Tuesday 31 August and Saturday 11 September 2027.
On 3 August 2026 the state's Cultural Affairs secretary reviewed conservation works at the temple and asked for them to be finished well ahead of the Simhastha, the Free Press Journal reported.

Sources for these facts (3)

History of the temple

The 1883 Bombay Gazetteer says the temple was built in 1747 by Naroshankar Raja Bahadur of Malegaon, a noble of the Peshwa period who is also said to have built the fort at Malegaon. He added the flight of steps from the water’s edge to the temple in 1756.

The Gazetteer called it the richest and most highly carved building in Nashik. It is smaller than the Kalaram temple, but more richly decorated, and the Gazetteer counted it among the three Nashik temples of special architectural merit.

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Darshan and the carving

The 1883 Gazetteer called it the richest and most highly carved building in Nashik: a porch with the Nandi, a domed hall and a west-facing shrine with the linga.¹

The domed bell house above the gateway in the Naroshankar temple wall, Nashik, with the large bell hanging behind a grille.

The bell

A large bell dated 1721 hangs in a dome of the west wall and gives the temple its other name, the bell temple. The Gazetteer thought it probably Portuguese.¹

Sources for these cards (1)

Government of Bombay, Government Central Press (compiled under James M. Campbell); scan by Cornell University Library on the Internet Archive: Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Volume XVI: Nasik (1883) (1883)

The carving and the bell

In 1883, the Gazetteer described the temple standing in the middle of a walled enclosure. It has a porch with the Nandi bull, a domed inner hall, and a west-facing shrine with the linga under a spire. The outer roof is carved with figures of men, monkeys, tigers and elephants, and the main porch has arches with waving edges and many carved niches.

The enclosure wall has small domes at its corners and a fifth dome in the middle of its west side, which holds a large bell dated 1721. The Gazetteer thought the bell probably Portuguese, and said it was believed to have come either from Bassein (Vasai) or from Delhi, with Bassein the more likely. The bell gives the temple its other name, the bell temple.

Ramgaya and the riverfront

In front of the temple is the Ramgaya kund. According to tradition, Rama performed the funeral rites for his father here, which is why the spot is called Ramgaya, the Gazetteer records.

The temple stands near the main crossing of the river in the old city, where the riverbed is paved and dotted with small shrines that go under water in floods. Upstream are the old kunds around Ramkund. See the Godavari ghats beyond Ramkund.

The temple and the Simhastha

There is no Kumbh bath at the temple itself. The Simhastha bathing in Nashik is at Ramkund, on Monday 2 August, Tuesday 31 August and Saturday 11 September 2027, according to the Kumbh Mela Authority’s plan of 15 June 2026. Amrit Snan days usually draw the most pilgrims; follow police and mela instructions on the day.

For the Simhastha, the authority has approved a work to develop the Naroshankar temple premises, and has revised its amount from ₹3.78 crore to ₹3.91 crore. On 3 August 2026, the state’s Cultural Affairs secretary reviewed conservation, restoration and development works at heritage sites including the Naroshankar temple, the Free Press Journal reported.

A sanctioned work is not a finished one. What the work covers, and when it will be done, are not announced.