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Gadarmal Devi temple is a Hindu and Jain temple at Badoh village of Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh.[1] Also called Gadarmal Temple of the Mothers, it is one of India's yogini temples. It has 42 niches for yogini statues, unusually arranged in a rectangle; it must originally have been hypaethral.
Description
Gadarmal Devi temple dates back to the 7 - 8th century, it was built by the Gadaria caste[1]. The architecture of this yogini temple is a fusion of Pratihara and Parmara styles. It is built similar to Teli ka Mandir in Gwalior fort. This temple houses both Hindu and Jain idols.Template:Sfn The temple is made of sandstone with seven small shrines surrounding the main shrine.Template:Sfn
It is a 42-niche yogini temple. 18 broken images of the goddesses that once fitted into grooves in the temple platform are preserved from the waist down. It is composed of a rectangular shrine and a tall and massive Shikhara. Vidya Dehejia writes that as a yogini temple, it must once have been hypaethral, open to the sky.Template:Sfn The temple was supposedly built by shepherds (gadariya), and is therefore called Gadarmal Devi Temple among locals.[2]
The archaeologist Joseph David Beglar photographed a colossal bas-relief sculpture of a mother and child inside the temple in 1871–2. He called it a figure of Maya Devi and the infant Buddha.[2]
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Idol of Vishnu
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A ceiling with Idols of Hindu goddesses
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Doorway decorated with Hindu deities and human figures
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Costumes and Ornaments as Depicted in the Sculptures of Gwalior Museum{{#if:Ayyar|, Ayyar}. Mittal Publications(1987). ISBN 978-81-7099-002-4
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Report of a tour in Bundelkhand and Malwa, 1871-72{{#if:Beglar|, Beglar}. Archaeological Survey of India(1878)
Sources
- Yogini Cult and Temples: A Tantric Tradition{{#if:Dehejia|, Dehejia}. National Museum, Janpath, New Delhi(1986)
- Temples of Madhya Pradesh{{#if:Mitra|, Mitra}. Goodearth Publications(2012). ISBN 978-9-3802-6249-9
- Gadarmal Temple. Archaeological Survey of India.
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