Yaksheshvara
Shiva
About
A demi-god (vegetal god) attendant of Shiva who installed a lingam nearby, together also is an image of his wife, in the attached house a female deity is standing there in the pose of prayer, locally called Mataladei from whom the name of village derived. About 250m northeast is a small house enshrining the image of Mataladei. it is not clear which one is older and which other is replica. identical to the plate at Somanatheshvara (no. 25) a stone plate attached to the temple wall reads that Referring to Kashi Rahasya (chapter 10), in the Panchkroshi pilgrimage, salute to the Yaksheshvara.