lakamandal had been an ancient pedestrian trunk route to jumounnotry and beyond the himalaya destination . it was advantageous position overlooking the valley that it become convenient halting place for travel and pilgrims to prepare themselves to himalaya odyssey ahead. lakamandal may aptly be described as an anti antiquarian's paradise for the sculptural and architectural fragment lying uncared every where in and around the village . james baillie Fraser was the first person to took the notice of temple sometimes in 1814 -1815 . he record his observation in " the hima mountain " on page no (399 to 400). james had described .. that there is neat temple of seewqa(shiva) and to the five brother called pundou's (paandav) an viz. joodisher , bheema singh , arjun , shaha deo, nicolo; one to bysram and to purseram; and old ruined place of worship to mahadeo., under the name of kedar and some curiously carved stone , representing the hindoo deities. two figure in the stone representing the arjun and bheemsing remarkably well executed but their face have been mutilated . ther is also curious stone representing of the hindu divinities gonesh , doorgah ,bhowanee&c. 
Lakhamandal is an ancient Hindu temple, situated in Dehradun district, it is dedicated to lord Shiva. This temple is popular amongst the people who belong to the Shakti Cult. They believe that a visit to this temple shrine will bring an end to all their misfortunes and ill destiny. They accept the trouble to come over to this place from far and wide, solely in search of peace and eternal bliss.
Lakhamandal gets its name from the two words: lakha (Lakh) meaning "many" and mandals meaning "temples" or "lingam". Plenty of Shivling are found in the excavations by the Archaeological Survey of India. It is believed that many more will be found in the future excavations.Location
View Larger Map This temple lies 75 kilometers away from the actual town of Dehradun in the Naugaon-Barkot Route. It was constructed in North Indian Architectural style which is common to the hill regions of Garhwal, Jaunsar and Himachal. The graceful Yamuna River flows along side the village Lakhamandal in which the temple is situated.
Lingam
Attraction of this temple shrine is the graphite Lingam which shines when water is poured on it and one can see his/her reflection in it.
Mythological beliefs and the cave
According to the local people, this temple and the adjoining area is believed to be the place where Duryodhana of Mahabharata episode conspired to burn alive the Pandava in the Lakshyagriha house, constructed with shellac.
Twin statues of Danav and Manav are found beside the temple's main shrine. They are believed to be the dwarpals (doormen) of the temple. They also resemble Jai and Vijay, the doormen of Lord Vishnu.
It is believed that in the ancient times when someone was dying or had
just died, when brought in front of these statues came alive or lived
for some moments before going to their peaceful death. Local people
believe that it was the power of Manav who kept the person alive and
Danav was the one who ultimately took the person's soul to Lord Vishnu's abode.There is also a cave near this place which is called Dhundhi Odaari in the local Jaunsari language. Dhundi or Dhund means "misty" or "foggy" and odaar or odaari means "cave" or "a hidden place". The local people of this area believe that the Pandava took refuge in this cave to save themselves from Duryodhana.
lakamandal dynasty:
the first begining about the 5th century A.D containt a bare list of ruler . the geology in the inscription is given in the folowing name
- jayadasha
- name lost
- guhesa
- achala
- chhagaleshadasa
- rudredasha
- chhagalesa(ketu)
this dynasty of ruler was probly of same indigeous peopleof lakamandal .region were they ruled for some time finally they were overthrowing by the ruler of singapura dynasty . singapura dynasty come s near 6th century A.D . a list of king of entire family is supplied by lakamandal prashasti .- senavarman
- aryavarman
- dattavarman
- pradiptavarman
- isvaravarman
- singhavarman
- jalvarman
- yajnavarman
- achalavarman(samaraghandala)
- divakarvarman(mahighandala)
- bhaskarvarman(ripughandala)
- kapilagandhala married to jayavali
- isvara married to chandaragupta (prince of jalandara)
- chhagalesa(ketu)
the dynasty belong to the line of yadu or the yadav of lunar race . which had ruled over the century begining of the yuga.