Bateshwar is a village in Agra District, on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Since ages Bateshwar remained a renowned religious centre both for Hindu and Jain communities.

In the epic Mahabharat Bateshwar is supposed to be referred as Shouripur a city of king Suresaine.

It is known for 101 Shiv Temples built by Raja Badan Singh Bhadauria on a dam on the banks of Yamuna.

The commercial livestock event is also of significance to Hindus, who make pilgrimage to the river Yamuna in honor of Shiva.

Bateshwar has long been celebrated for its annual fair, believed to have been a fixture since time immemorial given the significance of Shoripur/Bateshwar in Hindu texts.

The quite magnificent Black stone's Kayotsarga idol of principal deity Bhagwan Neminath was reverenced in 1953.

On the feet base (Charan Peeth) the two lions are constructed facing each other and in between these two there is an image of Conch shell.

Vajpayee's first exposure to politics was in August 1942, when he and his elder brother Prem were arrested at Bateshwar for 23 days during the Quit India movement.