Restoration efforts sought for 800-year-old temple

There is an 800-year-old Silahar period Shiva temple at Vaitarna Dam in Vanjole village of Igatpuri taluka. In 1972, the land in this area was acquired for Vaitarna Dam.

After the construction of Vaitarna Dam, this temple went under the backwater of the dam, and during the monsoons, a large amount of water accumulates in the dam, submerging this temple for the past 52 years. This temple is underwater for about 10 months every year. However, after the water in the dam decreases in the summer, the Shiva temple of this Silahar period can be seen in summer.