Located at a hillock in the
Loduv village is a beautiful, ancient temple, dating back to the 8th century, the Loduv Temple. It is about four miles away from Barus in
Srinagar District,
Jammu and Kashmir.
Built in a different architectural way than other temples of Kashmir, it is an extremely plain structure. The internal part of the temple is circular in plan whereas the external portion is square shaped . The entrance of the temple is on the south-west side and there is a semicircular arch at the top. Constructed using comparatively small size stones, the temple roof is steep and straight. Externally the walls, 10 ft from the ground level, are without decoration. There is a moulding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall. It consists of three courses of stone adorned with projecting fillets. The corner pilasters are quite plain, and project only very slightly from the walls. The dome resembles the ceiling of the larger temples at Wangat and was built of projecting courses of Kanjur in lime.
The temple is similar to the Sankaracharya Temple on the Takht-e-Sulaiman hill (Sankaracharya Hill). Other attractions include a mosque and a small temple on the hill.
