{"id":3210,"date":"2014-09-04T09:30:59","date_gmt":"2014-09-04T04:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/?p=3210"},"modified":"2014-09-04T09:30:59","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T04:00:59","slug":"sahastra-bahu-mandir-saas-bahu-mandir-gwalior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/sahastra-bahu-mandir-saas-bahu-mandir-gwalior\/","title":{"rendered":"Sahastra Bahu Mandir , Saas Bahu Mandir , Gwalior"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sahastra Bahu or Saas Bahu Temple<\/strong> is within the Gwalior Fort complex , \u00a0\u00a0built in 1092 AD by the King Mahipal<\/strong> ,\u00a0\u00a0it is a twin temple a \u00a0larger one dedicated to \u00a0Lord Vishnu Lord<\/strong> with Thousand arms ( Sahastra Bahu )<\/strong> \u00a0it is the most impressive structure \u00a032 x 22 meters , \u00a0built \u00a0for \u00a0the King \u00a0Mahipal’s<\/strong> wife who \u00a0was a devotee \u00a0of Lord Vishnu<\/strong> , \u00a0a smaller one dedicated to Lord Sun<\/strong> built for her daughter – in – Law \u00a0who \u00a0was \u00a0a \u00a0devotee \u00a0of \u00a0Lord Shiva<\/strong> . \u00a0Collectively called \u00a0the Mother – in – Law \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0( Saas ) \u00a0and \u00a0Daughter – in – Law \u00a0( Bahu ) Temple .<\/strong> Both intricately carved and designed with floral and mythical motifs.
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Saas Bahu or Sahastra Bahu Temple Gwalior Fort<\/p><\/div>
\nRaised on a platform, the walls of the temple have scriptures, figures and intricate stone works and is an example of the architectural skills of sculptors belonging to the 11th century.
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Sahastra Bahu or Saas Bahu Temple Gwalior Fort<\/p><\/div>
\nUsing the red sand stone with several stories of beams and pillars but no arches.It has got three entrances , entire temple is covered with idols , \u00a0Lord Bhrama<\/strong> , \u00a0Lord Vishnu<\/strong> and Saraswati<\/strong>\u00a0( Godess of Learning)\u00a0\u00a0placed above its entry door.
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Pillars supporting and no arches<\/p><\/div>
\nBuilt in Nagara\u00a0style, both the temples are richly decorated with carvings of deities, human and animal figures, and geometric patterns .\u00a0\u00a0It is difficult to find a piece of plane surface in this section that has not been carved,\u00a0\u00a0interlocking the horizontal and the vertical elements and to set up the images at the most appropriate places.
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Thirty Meter high carved ceiling Sahastra Bahu Temple<\/p><\/div>
\nThe roof is decked with a wonderful lotus carving<\/strong> which is one of its main attractions. In a way, one can imagine the outstanding architectural brilliancy of ancient times in India .\u00a0The ceiling containing the pattern of the successive formations of the square, the octagon and the circle is repeated, in its variant forms, in the porches and the central hall.<\/strong>
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\nThe Smaller temple is \u00a0one-storey replica of the bigger one. Apart from the erotic couples that are particularly \u00a0here and not in the other temple , it carries the usual features the floral motif, the geometrical designs, the animal bands running on the surface of the plinth. \u00a0It doesn’t have the intricate fully or partially relieved \u00a0deities and the smaller pillars.
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Sahastra Bahu or Saas Bahu Temple is within the Gwalior Fort complex , \u00a0\u00a0built in 1092 AD by the King Mahipal ,\u00a0\u00a0it is a twin temple a \u00a0larger one dedicated to \u00a0Lord Vishnu Lord with Thousand arms ( Sahastra Bahu ) \u00a0it is the most impressive structure \u00a032 x 22 meters , \u00a0built \u00a0for \u00a0the … →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16,19,21,22],"tags":[956,1578,1623,1633,1636,1941,2410,2422,2465,2821],"class_list":["post-3210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture","category-monuments","category-pilgrimage","category-religious-belief","category-road-trip","tag-gwalior","tag-lord-bhrama","tag-lord-shiva","tag-lord-vishnu","tag-lotus-carving","tag-nagara-style","tag-saas-bahu-temple","tag-sahastra-bahu-temple","tag-saraswati","tag-tempels"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3210\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}