The Bumazuva village is situated to the north of Mattan tirtha. The name of Bumazuva occurs in Martandmahatmaya as Bhimadvipa, which is derived from Bhimakekshav. Bhima is pronounced ‘Bum’ in Kashmiri and Keshav ‘Zu’ signifies an island. The suffix ‘Zu’ was added to Bhima in reference to several islands formed by the Liddar river in the village. In these islands of Bumzu – the island of Bhima – three temples were built. According to the Rajatarangini, these were commissioned during the time of queen Didda. Two of them have been converted into Muslim ziarats. Both the temples are now covered with lime pilaster externally and architectural motifs have been completely covered.
To the west of these temples is a small cave cut into an overhanging rock. Within the hewn-out area is built a small temple. The façade of the rock temple is built in stone masonry and has a trefoil arched doorway surmounted by a pediment. The left wall has a rectangular niche which measures 26” x 13” (65 x 33 cm). Its pilasters are carved with floral scrolls. The lintel shows rosettes and the cornice-projected lentils whose intervening spaces are filled up with dwarf figures, now all weathered. At the back of the cave is a small structural temple in a style similar to the later temples of Kashmir. It measures 3.75 m externally and stands on a base of 1.32 m in height. A comparative study of the temple with other temples indicates that the temple is built after Payar, Manasbal, Kother and Mamal temples. It appears to have been built at the close of the twelfth century AD1.
1 R.C Agrawal, Kashmir and its Monumental Glory (New Delhi: Aryan Books International, 1998), 163