{"id":3965,"date":"2015-12-03T10:30:26","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T05:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/?p=3965"},"modified":"2015-12-03T10:30:26","modified_gmt":"2015-12-03T05:00:26","slug":"sahastra-baahu-templenagdaudaipurrajasthan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/sahastra-baahu-templenagdaudaipurrajasthan\/","title":{"rendered":"Sahastra Baahu Temple|Nagda|Udaipur|Rajasthan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sahastra Baahu Temple Nagda about 22 km from Udaipur is also known as \u00a0Saas Bahu Ka Mandir<\/strong>, a twin Vaishnav Mandir<\/strong>, here are group of temples of early 7th century, dedicated to lord Vishnu<\/strong>, there use to be a town in the East of this temple, in 15th Century the Gohila King Mokala constructed a lake ( Baghela Talav) after his brother’s name Bagh Singh and town was relocated . This temple is no more in use , it is in partial ruins, tourists \u00a0main attraction is of it’s architecture and rare artistic beauty of carvings of more than thousand years ago.
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\"Makar

Makar Torna Gate, Sahastrabahu Temple, Nagda, Udaipur<\/p><\/div>
\nThe Twin temple are on a raised platform , The entrance use to be from east through a Makar Torna ( arched gate), there are ten small temples around the large temple The Vishnu Temple, built by Yasomati, wife of the commander in chief of the Mewar rulers ( Saas or Mother-in-Law) and five small temples around the small ( Bahu or Daughter-in-Law) temple.
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\"The

The twin temples view from West Sahastrabahu Temple, Nagda, Udaipur<\/p><\/div>
\nThe Saas temple is large and Bahu temple is small , The Bahu temple has the Octagon ceiling, there are eight female figures, the Saas temple has the Torna , the walls are not much decorated but pillars , roof and projections are full of carvings.
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\"Kirtimukha

Kirtimukha at the entrance, Sahastrabahu Temple, Nagda, Udaipur<\/p><\/div>
\nTemples are constructed on “Pancharatha” plan , The Garbhagriha, Antryalaya, Ardhmandapm, Mandapam and Varandha ( Sanctum, Vestibule, Hall and Porch ). Kirtimukha is at the main entrance of temple.
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\"Sahastrabahu

Sahastrabahu Temple, Saasbahu Mandir, Nagda, Udaipur<\/p><\/div>
\nThe outer walls are decorated with carvings of people in their daily life work, inlaid work are remarkable\u00a0, lady playing with child, churning curd, potter making pots, elephant punishing a culprit etc.
\nLord Shiva and Lord Vishnu incarnations, Lord Brahma, Lord Ram, Balram, Parshuram, epics from Mahabharat, Ramayana \u00a0and Lord Krishna’s life are very well preserved .
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\"Lord

Lord Vishnu riding Garuda’s sholders, Sahatrabahu Temple, Nagda, Udaipur<\/p><\/div>
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Lord Shiva and above is Parshuram, Sahastrabahu Temple, Nagda, Udaipur<\/p><\/div>
\nLord Shiva and Parsuram in meditation are on the west wall ( rear ) of Sahastrabahu temple
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\"Carved

Carved Torna Mandap , Sahastrabahu Temple, Nagda, Udaipur<\/p><\/div>
\nThe mandap of Sahastrabahu temple is beautiful carved pillars and Toranas , the carvings are of Lord Shiva with Parvati, Godess Chamamunda , Godess Ma Kali, Godess Ma Mahishasur Mardani .
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\"Carvings

Carvings in Mandap above Torna , Sahastrabahu Temple, Nagda, Udaipur<\/p><\/div>
\nThe walls above the Tornas are carved with epics from Ramayana and Mahabharat.
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\"Butifull

Butifull carved lotus, ceiling of Mandap, Sahastrabahu Temple, Nagda, Udaipr<\/p><\/div>
\nThe ceiling above in the Mandap is beautifully carved lotus flower floating \u00a0in a water pool .
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\"Mahishasur

Mahishasur Mardan, pillar of Mandap, Sahastrabahu Temple, Nagda, Udaipur<\/p><\/div>
\nOne of the Mandap pillar carved to show Ma Mahishasur Mardani .
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\"Lord

Lord Krishna and Arjun on chariot scene from Mahabharat , Sahstrabahu Temple, Nagda, Udaipur<\/p><\/div>
\nThe projections of the roof plate ( chajja) depicting the Lord Krishna and Arjun on a chariot at Mahabharat battle field.
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\"Lord

Lord Shiva with scaled snake skin, skull in one hand, Sahastrabahu Temple, Nagda, Udaipur<\/p><\/div>
\nOne of the rare carving of Lord Shiva with four hands one of the left hand is carrying a skull trident in right hand and other two arms are carrying flowers , it is showing lord Shiva’s body skin of a snake with scales .
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\"Balram

Balram in medation with club and Plough, Sahastrabahu Temple, Nagda, Udaipur<\/p><\/div>
\nJust above the lord Shiva statue is the Balram , lord Krishna’s brother carrying a club and a plough in his hands, sitting \u00a0in deep meditation .
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\"Ma

Ma Kali with skull in hand and Lord Shiva lying on ground, Sahastrabahu Temple, Nagda, Udaipur<\/p><\/div>
\nOne of the outer wall is having Ma Kali with a skull in one hand a trishool in another hand and lord Shiva is lying on the ground with Ma Kali above the lord.
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\"Carving

Carving Hindu Mythology Kalpavirksha a divine tree , Sahastrabahu Temple, Nagda, Udaipur<\/p><\/div>
\nKalpavirksha or Kalpa padap is a divine tree as per the Hindu mythology , it is carved in the inner wall of the temple, it is said it is a wish fulfilling tree.
\nRavaged and plundered by the invading Muslim armies in the 14th century, this temple has survived the turns of history gracefully. Worth visiting for its architectural beauty .
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Sahastra Baahu Temple Nagda about 22 km from Udaipur is also known as \u00a0Saas Bahu Ka Mandir, a twin Vaishnav Mandir, here are group of temples of early 7th century, dedicated to lord Vishnu, there use to be a town in the East of this temple, in 15th Century the Gohila King Mokala constructed a … →<\/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":[3,12,13,16,19,20,21,22],"tags":[218,226,1252,1408,1606,1623,1633,1710,1734,1750,1942,2103,2127,2233,2252,2410,2411,2955,2960,3108],"class_list":["post-3965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture","category-history","category-humanity","category-monuments","category-pilgrimage","category-rajasthan","category-religious-belief","category-road-trip","tag-baghela-talav","tag-balram","tag-kalpavriksha","tag-kirtimukha","tag-lord-krishna","tag-lord-shiva","tag-lord-vishnu","tag-mahabharta","tag-mahishasur-mardani","tag-makar-torna","tag-nagda","tag-pancharatha-plan","tag-parsuram","tag-rajasthan","tag-ramayana","tag-saas-bahu-temple","tag-saas-bhau-mandir","tag-twin-temple","tag-udaipur","tag-yashomati"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3965","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=3965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3965\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}