Near Bajaura village, 15km south of Kullu, Bisheshwar Mahadev Temple is dedicated to Shiva as Lord of the Universe. Probably built in the 9th century AD and covered all over with ornate carving, it's a rare – and unusually fat – example in the Kullu Valley of the classic stone sikhara (corncob- or beehive- shaped) temples of the North Indian plains. Niches on the outside contain superb relief carvings of Vishnu (west side), Ganesh (south) and Durga (north).
