<p>Budaun, Uttar Pradesh: A 'panchmukhi shivling' was discovered Tuesday morning during the excavation of a pond in Sarai Piparia village of the Dataganj tehsil.</p>.<p>The marble structure was unearthed about six feet below the surface by a bulldozer.</p>.<p>Mahant Parmatma Das Maharaj of Papad Brahmadev Mandir claimed that the shivling was around 300 years old.</p>.<p>The five-faced shivling has drawn a large number of people from surrounding villages, prompting the local administration to deploy police and revenue teams at the site.</p>.<p>Environmentalist Shipra Pathak, who was associated with Narmada Bachao Abhiyan, was present during the excavation.</p>.<p>She said that the digging was done to build a lotus pond on her 13-acre land, where a plant nursery — Panch Tatva Paudhshala — is also under development.</p>.<p>Pathak, who plans to distribute five lakh plants annually through her foundation, described the emergence of the shivling as a "divine sign." "One doesn't need blind faith for miracles — true faith brings miracles naturally. Now that Lord Mahadev has manifested here, a grand and divine temple will be constructed at the site," she told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>Dataganj Sub-Divisional Magistrate Dharmendra Kumar Singh said that the archaeological department will be called to assess the historical significance and age of the Shivling. </p>
<p>Budaun, Uttar Pradesh: A 'panchmukhi shivling' was discovered Tuesday morning during the excavation of a pond in Sarai Piparia village of the Dataganj tehsil.</p>.<p>The marble structure was unearthed about six feet below the surface by a bulldozer.</p>.<p>Mahant Parmatma Das Maharaj of Papad Brahmadev Mandir claimed that the shivling was around 300 years old.</p>.<p>The five-faced shivling has drawn a large number of people from surrounding villages, prompting the local administration to deploy police and revenue teams at the site.</p>.<p>Environmentalist Shipra Pathak, who was associated with Narmada Bachao Abhiyan, was present during the excavation.</p>.<p>She said that the digging was done to build a lotus pond on her 13-acre land, where a plant nursery — Panch Tatva Paudhshala — is also under development.</p>.<p>Pathak, who plans to distribute five lakh plants annually through her foundation, described the emergence of the shivling as a "divine sign." "One doesn't need blind faith for miracles — true faith brings miracles naturally. Now that Lord Mahadev has manifested here, a grand and divine temple will be constructed at the site," she told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>Dataganj Sub-Divisional Magistrate Dharmendra Kumar Singh said that the archaeological department will be called to assess the historical significance and age of the Shivling. </p>