7-403: The Sahasra Bahu temples or Sasbahu Temples, at Nagda, Rajasthan , are a pair of late 10th-century Hindu temples dedicated to Virabhadra . They share a platform, facing the temple tank, and are similar in style, but one is rather larger than the other. The larger one is surrounded by ten subsidiary shrines, the smaller by four; only the bases remain of some of these. The temples have many of
14-732: The Archaeological Survey of India 's list of heritage monuments. Adbhutji Shanthinath Jain Tirth or Nagahyuda Jain Mandir, an ancient Jain centre is located nearby, next to the Bagela Lake. The site is very easily accessible by road, only about 20km from Udaipur (one of the main lake & palace hotspots of Tourism in Rajasthan ), a mere 2.7 km from the well frequented Shaivite shrine of Eklingji , or 30 km from
21-578: The Devanagari letter "sa" (स) merges with "ra" (र) to make "sra" (स्र), which looks like "stra" (स्त्र). This article about an Indian Hindu place of worship is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nagda, Rajasthan Nagda is a village in Udaipur district of Rajasthan state in India. It was once a prominent city in the early Mewar state . Today it is known primarily for
28-541: The characteristics of slightly later Māru-Gurjara architecture but lack others, especially in the plan and exterior sculpture. They are locally referred to as Sas Bahu temples (a local corruption of the original Sahasra-Bahu, meaning "One with thousand arms", a form of Vishnu). Nagda was once an important city of Mewar, possibly a capital of one of its rulers. Both temples have a sanctuary, mandapa with side projections, and an open porch. Their somewhat ruined shikharas are in brick, with many subsidiary turrets. That of
35-412: The hugely popular Vaishnavite shrine town of Nathdwara . Saha sr a is the correct prefix that means "a thousand", not Saha s T r a. However, it is invariably misspelled as the latter. Notice how the same prefix is spelled when referring to the crown chakra: " Sahasrara Chakra " or when it occurs in family names (example: Sahasrabuddhe) without a T. Also see Sahasralinga . The confusion arises because
42-565: The remains of the Sahasra Bahu Temples . Nagda is situated approximately 20 kilometers north of Udaipur or 2.5 km away from Eklingji , another sacred area. Nagda was probably established by King Nagaditya of the Guhil dynasty in the 7th century AD and it was known as Nagahrada then. Nagda was the first capital of Mewar and continued to be so until c. 948 when the capital was shifted to Ahar . In c.1116, Nagda again became
49-493: The smaller temple has been largely repaired, while the larger one remains truncated. Below the platform there is a torana -style entrance screen, with four columns and a decorative cusped arch in the centre. The interiors and parts of the exteriors, especially around the porches, are lavishly carved, but much of the exteriors are plain. Lotus flower painting is visible on the roof top of temple. Iltutmish (Delhi emperor of that time) destroyed Nagda in 1226. The temples are on
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