Masrur Temples

Quite clean, nice, beautiful, & calm place to visit. You have to buy a ticket online to visit the temple & then you can go inside. It's a simple temple but, the artistry of cutting a single rock is an awesome experience.

Awesome Place to visit. This temple is a best example of Indian Arts as this was made with a single rock stone. Must visit and experience

Incredible architecture of ancient Indian all temple were made up with one giant rock cutting but due to earthquakes temple were damaged but even now you can see deep artwork of Indian artist and don't worry for ticket go there and see instructions board inside and buy your tickets online per person 30 rupees now I don't know what they charge.

Masroor Rock Cut Temple is a must-visit for history buffs, architecture enthusiasts, and anyone seeking a serene escape into the past. It's a gem that shines bright in the rich tapestry of Indian heritage

Must visit place while in Dharamshala, Bir or any place in Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh. You'll feel proud about ancient Indian architecture. Entire temple made from cutting single rock.

Famous for its unique Cutting technique of making rock Temple. This temple is made by cutting rock with the rock in a traditional construction manner. This place is located in the fourth of Kangra which is known as Kangra fort

Very neat, clean and a masterpiece. Must visit place. Drive to the temple through the interior roads is beautiful at some places road is slightly broken and slightly rough but all in all a very beautiful drive through nature

It is one of the most beautiful architectural landscapes in Himachal Pradesh. Rock Cut temple restored by ASI. Mesmerizing experience, decent crowd both Locals and Travellers. I've been here thrice, recent visit after a decade, brilliant staff and place. Spare at least an hour to be here and two for some good pictures and vibe. All kinds of people visit here. There's a pond full of fish as well. You can feed them as well, just try and see how they react. All in all, the experience of a lifetime.

Toilet at the entrance was locked and not available for public. The site can be further improved on asthetics

Ellora of himachal. Still out of reach from many travelers. But this place is amazing to watch. The monolithic structure is amazing to watch.

A wonderful place which will will leave you spellbound. It is a marval of ancient Indian scientific advancement. The entire temple is cut from a mountain this kind of structures are seen in the southern part of India but here in masrur one can see please rocket temples local people believe that these temples were built by Pandavas when they lived in this reagion during their exit but archaeologist believe that it was failed in 900 and nearby time.

Masroor Monolithic Rock Cut Temples are a must visit for the discerning tourist.
A beautiful set of temples partially destroyed during the 1905 Kangra Earthquake. Avery scenic view of Dhauladhar mountains is visible from here.

Excellent place. Temples cut from big rocks. Scenic beauty. Small Hills. Ticket only Rs. 20 for adults. Children have free entry. A place called Basa nearby is also good.

A beautiful & scenic site to visit with friends & family. One of the most important archaeological sites in the state, with a great historical relevance. It is believed that the temple was built between 8th and 9th centuries. The location is very much approachable through personal vehicle and public transport, with ample parking space. The area is very peaceful, and neatly maintained.

A great place to visit in kangra. There's a pond like something in which many fish are present. Bring some food for fish too.

The site of 18 temples carved out of a single rock, now only 1 left. Beautiful but super badly maintained. Himachal govt does not care much for it's monuments in general. But the place is awesome and the stall outside serves the most amazing momos, maggi and tea.

What a great rock temple, wonderful creative design made here on the rock really amazing, nice view from top, Fish in pond tried jump in out when you put something eatables to them, so so nice place must visit

Good location. Stone carved into temple structure. Made in 8th century by Raja Lalit Aditya. Also named as Ellora of Himachal!

One of best attraction in kangra district, show how amazing our ancestors were to build such a beautiful place

Masrur rock-cut temples are not only spiritually significant but also an important archaeological site. They are a group of 15 monolithic rock-cut temples made in Indo-Aryan style. Though a major part of them is in ruins, one can study the relics with ease. It is believed that the temple was built between 8th and 9th centuries.

It is a cluster of 15 rocks that have been carved out of a single rock. Located 40 km west of Kangra, this temple complex is popular for its distinguished architecture. As you enter the complex, you will be left mesmerised by the beautiful sight of the temple getting reflected in the Masroor Lake, located nearby.

The tickets to this place are available online and via qr code at the location. It's better to purchase them and then step in as it takes long to do it at the location. (weak mobile network etc)

Interesting monolith temple to visit locally recommended for the mythology fact of being built by Pandavas. The only harrowing time you'll face is making a digital payment for entry due to Himachal Govts idea of showcasing digital advancement of the state. It took us 45 mins to scan n make just 60 Rs for 3 people. To the ASI website toggling between 2 apps, poor Network n almost cancelling the visit twice. Poor staff who are simply not geared to help you out Incase of difficulty of making digital payment. After such a poor experience you don't have an appetite left to explore the place entirely like it happened with us.

Amazing place.monolithic temples despite being destroyed due to kangra earthquake.it's really beautiful place.one of the most unique place in Northern India.

Beautiful Temple Masroor Temples or Rock-cut Temples at Masrur, is an early 8th-century complex of rock-cut Hindu temples in the Kangra Valley They are a version of North Indian Nagara architecture style, dedicated to Shiva, Vishnu, Devi and Saura traditions of Hinduism.must visit

Temple is carved out of a single rock. Although not in very good condition but worth watching. Location is also very nice. Very nice view from top of the temple. But the temple need maintenance.

Beautiful rock cut temples at Masroor in district Kangra Himachal Pradesh. One can be Amazed to see this historical place where temples have been carved from very big rocks like Ajanta and Alora. The place is near to very famous Jwalamukhi temple. You can go on picnic with your food and snacks as no good hotel is there. Wash room for male and females are available and also parking. Road condition is also good.

Amazing place. The temple is cut made out of a gigantic rock hill. You can also enjoy the amazing view of mountains from here. A must visit place.

Wonderful place to visit with awesome views and display of ancient art of a whole temple carved out from a single rock.it is a must visit.

Must visit for anyone visiting beautiful Kangra Valley. It's a man made wonder, a feat achieved by man. Must for anyone who wants to contemplate about how man could achieve such a great architectural accomplishment without any modern equipments

Have just one question in mind.are we really technologically advanced than our ancestors? The temple was carved out of a single rock and the best still can be observed even after earthquake and other calamities. I doubt if modern day machines can create such a beauty.

One of the best place to visit in Kangra, any one visiting Kangra must go there, take your eatables and waters with you.

Its very quite and different place to see.very good experience who like places without to much peoples. This is very famous place located in Kangra (HP). This also known as ajanta ellora of Himachal Pradesh.

The famous rock cut temples of Masroor are said to have been made by Pandavas during their period of exile on a single rock. This is a site of archaeological survey of India.

According to local residents Pandavas of the Mahabharata fame resided here during their “incognito” exile from their kingdom and built this temple. During construction, as their identity and location was exposed, they shifted from here. This is the reason for the unfinished part of the temple complex. It was damaged in 1905 earthquake. But still it's able to tell his story.

This monolithic rock cut temple is simply breath taking and was made probably by the Pandavas. In the prevailing serinity, one must have the glimpses of age old ancient histry.aimply astonishing.

Nice place for a picnic. Really nice view especially during the sunset time.you can have great photography work by the lake in front of masroor rock cut temple. You can capture the reflection of the rocks in the lake water. A very nice place for visiting.

A must visit for all the tourists visiting Dharamshala. It a 40km drive from Dharamshala, Kangra. Temple was built in the 8th century by the Pandavs.

Whole of the temple was built by a single Rock. Part of the temple was destroyed by a earthquake in 1905 after which it is maintained by Archeological Survey of India.
Place is good for a picnic with friends. Nicely Maintained by with benches and dustbins. The temple has engraving of various Hindu Deities such as Ram, Lakshman, Sita etc. It also has beautiful lake with fishes in it.

मसरूर मंदिर कांगड़ा के दक्षिण में 15 किमी की दूरी पर मसरूर टाउन में स्थित एक प्रमुख पर्यटन स्थल है। 15 शिखर मंदिरों वाली यह संरचना गुफाओं के अंदर स्थित हैं जो मसरूर मंदिर के रूप में जाना जाता है। 15 मंदिरों में, ठाकुरद्वार मंदिर जिसमें हिंदू देवी-देवताओं राम, लक्षमण, और सीता की काले पत्थर की छवियाँ हैं, जबकि भगवान शिव की मूर्ति के बीच में है। इसमें अन्तराल में एक वर्गाकार गर्भगृह है, जबकि मंदिर के दूसरी ओर एक आयताकार मंडप है जिसमें चार विशाल स्तंभ और चार सहायक धार्मिक स्थलों के साथ एक मुखमंडप है। इंडो - आर्यन वास्तुकला की शैली का प्रतिनिधित्व करते हुये, 10 वीं शताब्दी में इस मंदिर का निर्माण पत्थर के एक ठोस टुकड़े का उपयोग करके किया गया था, इसकी स्थापत्य शैली के कारण, इसे अजंता-एलोरा मंदिर की याद ताजा करने वाला कहा जाता है। हिंदू भगवान शिव को समर्पित इस मंदिर के वास्तुशिल्प डिजाइन को 8 वीं या 9 वीं शताब्दी से जोड़ा जा सकता है।

This is a very good place one must visit this place it has its own beauty and Glory this place is related to the history of India and gives motivation to the Travellers and tell them about the culture and heritage of India we must be proud on this monument because nothing can come in between we and our patriotism I think the reason behind this monuments is to unite every Indian and see every religion in form of a United body named as India.every Indian must feel proud to have this monument on his land and he or she whatever religion follows, will not opened for the existence of this monument with these words I expect you to visit there and feel every word I have said thank
you very much.

Masroor Rock cut temple is a nice place to visit. It is near the Pong Lake, near Nagrota Suriyan. You can access the place from Ranital as well.

The temple itself is cut from a monolithic rock. From a distance, it does resemble the Angkor Wat temple but is much smaller than that. There are some intricate carvings in the temple but the structure itself has suffered significant damage in the 1905 earthquake.

It is definetely worth a visit if you have about an hour to spare for seeing the place. The road leading to the place is also nice. If you are the kind to walk a bit, you can walk down from the Temple to Pir Vindli (a distance of 3Kms downhill) and enjoy the mountains.

ASI has done a good job of maintaining the place neat and clean. They also have clean restrooms there. There is an entrance fee of Rs 50 (for Indians).

If you have your own vehicle, you have to take a deviation at Lund, on the Ranital - Nagrota Suriyan road, then onto Pir Vindli and then to Masroor.

If you are on a local bus, then the above points are where you change for buses. We did this. Only that the bus frequencies are not that high. Plan for extra hour for waiting for the buses.

This is a beautiful place in the masroor at jawali they have 22 kilometer in way to jawali this is a old temple and they are famous to old name is masroor temple.and same day to this temple is very famous.

This is a fantastic historical monument, although a bit far from Dharamshala it is worth a visit. I would rate this first in the list of tourist attractions around Dharmashala.
There is no restaurant anywhere in the vicinity but an extremely clean wash room is provided.

A marvelous piece of great Indian ancient architecture. The Masroor Rock Cut Temples is wonderful piece of art work. One can't even imagine that such magnificent structures exists at that height. It's even impossible today to built such huge temple complex at this height.
The site is properly maintained by Archeological Survey of India, essential facilities like rest room drinking water is available.
Overall it's a must visit!

Rock-cut Temples at Masrur, an early 8th-century complex of Hindu temples in Kangra Valley.
The temples were carved out of one monolithic rock cut from top to bottom with a sacred pool of water. Masrur show similarities to Elephanta Caves near Mumbai (1,900 km away), Angkor Wat in Cambodia (4,000 km away), & the rock-cut temples at Mahabalipuram in TN (2,700 km away).
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It's like so beautiful historical memory.but temple is destroyed a lot still it has its ethnic values

Gud place. Gud place for family outing. The taxi Suit's ones pocket and is affordable.
Though located at a place where usually traffic jam are not frequent but roads are narrow.
Any raxi Will take you there however coming back is a bit challenging since you will have to come back by a state transport bus since taxis get their double fare and ususlly dont
Do not visit on weekends since no place to even stand.
Overall great experience
Highly recommended place to visit.

Unique and really nice place - not very big, and quite far from dharamkot (where we are staying), but defenitely worth the effort.

On way to dharmshala from shimla. They are about 20 kilometres of the way and took is about an hour one way to reach there. But i was happy that I took the detour. What I saw there was pleasing to the eye and the soul as well. I suggest if you have 3 hours to spare p on your journey from to shimla to mc-leodganj. U can opt for this place. It was a nice experience and I enjoyed my self seeing the rock cut temple as well as the lancaping around it.

Not worth going to if staying in Dharamshala or Mcleodganj. Small temple, not much to see. Original vishnu/ shiv statues have been replaced by recent ones of ram etc which was a HUGE disappointment

The temple belongs to Pandav's reign. It's very beautiful for enthusiasts but have been destroyed massively. One can see the remains of temple now. But its worth visiting once.

The artfull place.after visit you have to know the importance of this place.
The Masrur Temples, also referred to as Masroor Temples or Rock-cut Temples at Masrur, is an early 8th-century complex of rock-cut Hindu temples in the kangra of Beas River in Himachal Pradesh, India. The temples face northeast, towards the Dhauladhar range of the Himalayas.  They are a version of North Indian Nagara architecture style, dedicated to Shiva, Vishnu, Devi and Saura traditions of Hinduism, with its surviving iconography likely inspired by a henotheistic framework. Though a major temples complex in the surviving form, the archaeological studies suggest that the artists and architects had a far more ambititious plan and the complex remains incomplete. Much of the Masrur's temple's sculpture and reliefs have been lost. They were also quite damaged, most likely from earthquakes.

The temples were carved out of monolithic rock with a shikhara, and provided with a sacred pool of water as recommended by Hindu texts on temple architecture. The temple has three entrances on its northeast, southeast and northwest side, two of which are incomplete. Evidence suggests that a fourth entrance was planned and started but left mostly incomplete, something acknowledged by the early 20th-century colonial era archaeology teams but ignored leading to misidentification and erroneous reports.  The entire complex is symmetrically laid out on a square grid, where the main temple is surrounded by smaller temples in a mandala pattern. The main sanctum of the temples complex has a square plan, as do other shrines and the mandapa. The temples complex features reliefs of major Vedic and Puranic gods and goddesses, and its friezes narrate legends from the Hindu texts.

The temple complex was first reported by Henry Shuttleworth in 1913 bringing it to the attention of archaeologists.  They were independently surveyed by Harold Hargreaves of the Archaeological Survey of India in 1915. According to Michael Meister, an art historian and a professor specializing in Indian temple architecture, the Masrur temples are a surviving example of a temple mountain-style Hindu architecture which embodies the earth and mountains around it.

Peaceful place to visit unlike all those crowded religious place. It's more of a archeological wonder. Best time to visit is early morning.

One of the most amazing places I have been to. An 8th century structure carved out from a monolithic rock in the middle of the hills is a sight for sore eyes. There are benches to sit around in the shade and enjoy this masterpiece. There is a water body in the front of the temple which adds to its opulence.

Nice experiance.conserved temple.amazing carvings.and a small pond with 100 of fishes.beautiful rouite to approach. But need more maintainace and care and less facilities for the tourist.