Rebirth of a forgotten Temple Complex - Bateshwar, Morena (Hindi)
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Bateshwar complex, spread in 10 hectares of land in ravines of Chambal near Morena District of Madhya Pradesh comprises of nearly 200 Hindu Temples. The shrines of Bateshwar temple-complex are dedicated mostly to Shiva and a few to Vishnu. The temples are made of sandstone and belong to the 8-10th century CE. They were built during the reign of Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty, 300 years before Khajuraho temples were built.
This complex was long forgotten and badly damaged with time. Shri K.K. Muhammed, then superintendent, Bhopal circle of Archaeological Survey of India took the responsibility of restoring it to its original glory in 2005. He had to take help of dacoits of Chambal to restore these temples and later faced heat of mining mafia. This video takes you through his journey of restoring the complex and the challenges he faced.
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Rebirth of a forgotten Temple Complex - Bateshwar, Morena English version
Bateshwar complex, spread in 10 hectares of land in ravines of Chambal near Morena District of Madhya Pradesh comprises of nearly 200 Hindu Temples. The shrines of Bateshwar temple-complex are dedicated mostly to Shiva and a few to Vishnu. The temples are made of sandstone and belong to the 8-10th century CE. They were built during the reign of Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty, 300 years before Khajuraho temples were built.
This complex was long forgotten and badly damaged with time. Shri K.K. Muhammed, then superintendent, Bhopal circle of Archaeological Survey of India took the responsibility of restoring it to its original glory in 2005. He had to take help of dacoits of Chambal to restore these temples and later faced heat of mining mafia. This video takes you through his journey of restoring the complex and the challenges he faced.
KAKANMATH TEMPLE MORENA FULL INFORMATION BY GWALIOR KA MELA
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KAKANMATH TEMPLE
Kakanmaṭh is a ruined 11th century Shiva temple located at Sihoniya in Madhya Pradesh, India. It was built by the Kachchhapaghata ruler Kirttiraja. Only a part of the original temple complex now survives. Some of the sculptures from the site are now located at Gwalior
he Kakanmath temple was commissioned by Kachchhapaghata ruler Kirttiraja (r. c. 1015-1035 CE). This can be inferred from a Kachchhapaghata inscription found at the Sas-Bahu Temple in Gwalior. The inscription states that Kirttiraja built an extraordinary temple devoted to Parvati's lord (Shiva) at Siṁhapānīya (modern Sihoniya)
The temple stands on an ornate base (pitha). The building includes a sanctum, a vestibule, and two halls (gudha-mandapa and mukha-mandapa). The sanctum has a circumambulatory path with three transepts. The gudha-mandapa has lateral transepts, and four clusters of pillars; each cluster contains four pillars. The vestibule has four pillars in a row, which are aligned with the four clusters of the gudha-mandapa. The shikhara (tower) of the shrine makes it around 30 m high
Affiliation Shaivism
Deity Shiva
District Morena
State Madhya Pradesh
Country India
Date established 1015-1035 CE
According to a folk legend, the temple was named Kakanmadh after Kakanavati or Kakanade, who was the queen of one Surajpala. The historicity of this legend is doubtful. One possibility is that the name of the temple derives from the kanak (gold) and maṭha (shrine)
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The Yogini Temples of India: Rectangular Temples
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Mitawli Padawli, Gwalior
Bateshwar, 25 km from Gwalior , is an archaeological site comprising about 200 ancient shrines in Morena district, Madhya PradeshThis site is located on the north-western slope of a range of hills near Padavali, a village about 40 km from Gwalior. The shrines in Bateshwar complex are dedicated mostly to Shiva and a few to Vishnu. The temples are made of sandstone and belong to the 8–10th century CE.They were built during the reign of Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty,300 years before Khajuraho temples were built.
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Yogini Temples of India: 64 Yogini Temple of Mitawali near Gwalior
Ancient 64 Yogini Temple in Mitawali near Gwalior. The niches are now with some linga but probably they were housed with 64 Yoginis sculptures, one tutelar deity (probably Durga) and Bhairava in the center shrine.
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Yogini Temples of India: 64 Yogini Temple of Khajuraho
Through the ages, certain places in the world are considered sacred places, axis mundi where the devotees can easily communicate with the divine.
The Yoginis are mentioned in various Puranas such as Candi Purana, Skanda Purana, Devi Bhagavata Purana, Mahabhagavata Purana, Kalika Purana, and Agni Purana. Some of these Puranas talk about the Yoginis as emerging from the body of the Devi, being the manifestation of different aspects of the Devi, or being her attendants. Most texts don't provide an explanation of the Yoginis but rather give names of the sixty-four Yoginis.
Around the 10th century these mysterious entities surfaced in dramas, romances and other secular texts. In those cases they are mostly depicted as sorceresses having magical powers, such as being able to transform men into animals. The appellation of Yoginis was used as a synonym for Dakinis and Sakinis and other powerful and frightening beings. These stories may have been inspired by practices that supposedly had the power of creation and destruction: (By meditating) for six months or a year on the centre (chakra) of eight petals in a fluid state at the juncture of the skull at the base of the hair ... One also becomes capable of creating and destroying like the Yoginis. (Kaulajñananirnaya 16-18ab).
If the Yoginis were named in earlier works, it is in the KJN that the idea of a group of entities or energies as a concrete source of knowledge is first presented. The text often refers to them as sixty-four or eight times eight , but also as fifty-eight in one occasion. The Sri Mattotara Tantra mentions a group of eighty-one Yoginis as protectors of royalty. A round open sky temple with forty-two niches in Duddhai conveys the idea that a group of forty-two was venerated.
The generic name of Yoginis was probably not related to the Yoga ascetics that are found in paintings of the 18th century but rather associated with the idea of union that derives from the word Yoga. Thus, the Yoginis are supposed to carry an intrinsic force (Kula , i.e. divine energy, Shakti) that when it circulates among the group creates oneness within the chakras in the macro and micro cosmos (i.e Universe and our physical body).
Stella Dupuis (author of The Yogini temples of India, In the pursuit of a mystery)
MITAWALI AND PADAWALI : Gwalior & Morena (PART 2 OF mitawali padavali bateshwar )
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Mitawali is a village where the popular Chausath Yogini Temple lies - The temple is perched atop a hill surrounded by the lush greenery. A climb of approximately 100 steps will take you to the beauty of this splendid round temple. The striking views will definitely have you reaching for your camera too!
As claimed by etchings and engravings in the temple, ancient shrine is said to have been built by the Maharaja Devapala. In fact, the Parliament House in New Delhi is believed to have been inspired from the circular design and architectural intricacies of the Mitawali temple!
It is also said that Mitawali, Padavali and Bateshwar made a golden triangle in which a university existed about a 1000 years ago! The alleged teaching centre was said to be a hub to impart education in Mathematics, Astrology and Hinduism to the children with the help of sun rays!
Padavali
The notable Padavali fortress was built in the 18th century by the Jat Ranas rulers of Dhaulpur. Graciously guarded by a lion and lioness, the fort also has a temple that once served as a divine place to worship Lord Shiva. Every stone used in the fortification and in the making of the temple has something to convey about the ancient era through its inscription and detailing!
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The Bateshwar: Group of Temples'
Bateshwar, 25 km from Morena town, is an archaeological site comprising about 200 ancient shrines in Morena district in Madhya Pradesh. This site is located on the north-western slope of a range of hills near Padavali, a village about 30 km from Gwalior. Bateshwar Temples are a group of about 200 temples spread over twenty five acres and built across sloping hills near the village of Padavali. Visit :
Efforts to restore earthquake damaged temple
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A British architect is helping to restore a famed temple in Nepal that was badly damaged in the 2015 earthquake.
Changu Narayan temple is a World Heritage Site that is revered as one of the oldest Hindu temples in the region.
STORY-LINE:
When a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Nepal in 2015, villagers in Changu Narayan ran up the steep rocky path that cuts through their town to their renowned temple.
Seeing the piles of rubble, many figured their lives were over.
Less than two years later, the community is cleaning up their World Heritage Site themselves, and one of the world's leading architects, John Sanday has taken on the recovery as his pet project.
The April 2015 quake that killed 9,000 people in Nepal also damaged details in Changu Narayan's wood, stone and metal.
A sharp aftershock one day later twisted the entire structure, knocking piles of bricks out of the walls, filling the courtyard.
The reconstruction of this temple will make me very happy, says Gyan Bahadel, 61, a handicraft sell who is also one of many villagers who share responsibility for the temple's upkeep.
Believed to be the oldest Hindu place of worship in the country, its wooden walls are intricately carved with hundreds of deities.
The 5th Century temple is dedicated to Lord Vishnu, who locals say appeared there once. His image, in about a dozen incarnations, is carved into struts that hold up the roof.
Stone lions with eagle heads guard the doors. Inside has long been a mystery. Only priests enter the two tiered pagoda, and they don't explore.
Anish Bhatta's family has been living and leading worship at the temple for 10 generations - some 325 years.
The temple is very important because it explains about the development of the human civilization of the Kathmandu Valley, Bhatta says.
Today the temple is guarded by military police, and propped up with questionable temporary beams.
British architect John Sanday, who led the World Monuments Fund restoration of Cambodia's Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument in the world, fell in love with the place decades ago.
After the earthquake, he came up the Changu path with trepidation.
Sanday noticed wooden supports exposed by the missing brick. He saw what looked like a bedrock foundation.
He decided that of the 600 historical temples, monuments and palaces damaged by the earthquake in Nepal, this one would be his project.
It is, perhaps the most remote and undamaged (World Heritage Sites) in fact, from development, Sanday says.
But what really drew him to step in as technical adviser were the people of this village.
Among tourists and pilgrims, Changu Narayan's residents pray there at dusk, kneel at the deities, bow to the gods, offer alms to the priests who stand duty at the door.
Changu village is a 30-minute drive from downtown Kathmandu. Three people died and 100 homes were damaged during the earthquake.
Like families in the city 8 miles (5 kilometres) away, the Changu community grieved, cried and cleaned up rubble.
Now Sanday says their dedication is his inspiration. He will not allow their intangible culture to disappear with the damaged building.
Changu is particularly important because it contains also an amazing collection of 6th Century Licchavi sculptures, which are scattered around the temple, they each have their own little shrines. These are worshipped almost on a daily basis and are priceless, he says.
Conserving an ancient building means solving a series of incredibly complicated puzzles. Rotted or mice-chewed timbers must be replaced.
An unstable and stretched government bureaucracy must remain in charge. And there's $300,000 to raise.
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Sas-Bahu temple - architectural marvel at Gwalior fort, Madhya Pradesh
Sas-Bahu ka mandir, or Sahastrabahu Temple, is located to the east of Gwalior Fort. Built in 1092 by King Mahipala of the Kachchhapaghata (Kachchhwaha) dynasty, this temple is one of the greatest architectural marvels situated by Gwalior Fort. It is 32 metres long and 22 metres at its breadth. This temple mainly has three entrances from three different directions. In the fourth direction, there is a room which is currently closed. The entire temple is covered with carvings, notably 4 idols of Bramha, Vishnu and Saraswati above its entrance door.However, limestone erodes over time, and soon portions of the limestone fell, later spurring conflict as to whether it was a Jain temple or a Hindu temple. Then, Captain H. Kolar and Major J.B. Kint completely removed the limestone and restored the temple completely.
It was named SahastraBahu, depicting a man with a thousand hands or Lord Vishnu. Lord Vishnu was worshiped by the wife of the Kachchhapaghata's king, but when his son's wife came, she became a devotee of Lord Shiva. Thus, another temple beside Vishnu temple was built, where Lord Shiva was worshiped by the wife of the king's son. Collectively, these two temples were named 'Sas-Bahu temple', meaning the daughter-in-law and mother-in-law's temple.
Overlooking the Gwalior Town of Madhya Pradesh is the magnificent Gwalior Fort sitting on top of a Hillock. It is built over a massive sandstone rock across a narrow, precipitous hill called Gopachal. Amazed by its beauty, the Late Mughal Emperor Babur described Gwalior Fort as The pearl in the necklace of the forts of Hind. This fortress is one of the biggest in India and it houses 4 Jain shrines, seven Hindu temples, various monuments and palaces such as the Man Mandir palace, the Gujari Mahal, the Jahangir Mahal, the Karan Palace and the Shahjahan Mahal. It has two entrances, the one on the North East is the main gate called 'Hathi Pul' accessible after passing through six smaller gates and the other on the South West is called Badalgarh Gate.
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THIRUNALLAR - The Lord Shani's Temple (The Planet Saturn)
THIRUNALLAR - The Lord Shani's Temple (The Planet Saturn)
Thirunallar is a small town
near Pondicherry, India. This temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva. But, it is most noted for the shrine of Lord Shani (Planet Saturn). But it is most noted for the shrine of
Lord Shani. Whenever the planet Saturn transits
from one zodiac to another thousands of devotees will visit
this shrine for worship. The Main deity in this temple
Lord Dharbaranyeswarar is believed to have been made of Dharba grass. This temple is having being in existence since 7th century.
Thirunallar Dharbaranyeeswarar temple and tank also known as Saniswaran temple. A majority of devotees will take an oil bath in
the Nalatheertham tank. Those who are facing evil effects of Saturn
light lamps with gingely oil and with black Thil.
The Beautiful Tower in five tiers raising to the sky and adorned with an abundance of terracotta sculpture.
It is very effective to chant Lord Shani’s Gayatri Mantra for 9 Times on Saturdays to reduce the malefic effects of Planet Saturn.
Om kaakadhwajaaya vidmahae
khadga hastaaya dheemahi
tanno mandah: prachodayaath
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Outreach & Education - Lakshmi Narayan Mandir, India
Built in the early seventeenth century, Lakshmi Narayan temple is known for its elaborate wall paintings depicting mythological scenes from the Mahabharata and Ramayana periods as well as significant social and political events from the era. The spatial layout of the temple differs greatly from typical Hindu plans, but its octagonal-shaped main shrine confirms its identity. In this video, Dr. Sanjay Dhar, a specialist in painting conservation, walks us through the temple.
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1. Osian, Rajasthan
Osian is a town located in the Jodhpur at Rajasthan. The town was an important trading center in the Gupta period. It is the center of Brahmanism and Jainism.
The walls of the temple have erotic and sexual imagery. It clears that Jain temples also have such imagery and sculptures. The Jain temples had tales of Jain priests that are carved on the walls.
2. Sun Temple, Konark
Sun Temple is a 13th-century Sun Temple located in Konark, Odisha. Around AD 1250 the temple was built by King Narasimhadeva I of Eastern Ganga Dynasty. Temple has a shape of the gigantic chariot. Temple has carved stone wheels, pillars and walls. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The wheels of the temple are sundials that are used to calculate time accurately.
Temple is also known by the name 'Black Pagoda'. It's erotic sculptures of Maithunas make the temple more special. They are a depiction of Indian sex-symbolism that is ‘sacramental’ in its likeness to the union of the individual soul with the universal spirit.
3. Jagdish Mandir, Udaipur
Temple of Jagannath Rai is a big tourist attraction in Udaipur. Jagdish Mandir is the major monument in Udaipur. The temple completed in the year 1651. The structure of the temple is of black stone from inside. Some of the parts of the temple structures are made of metals like brass
The outer walls of the temple symbolize the worldly pleasures. Erotic imagery has humans who need to give up this desires to reach the God. The inscription on the temple's wall belong to the time of Maharana Jagat Singh.
4. Markandeshwar, Maharashtra
This temple is located on the bank of river Wenganga. Sage Markandeya was a devotee of Lord Shiva. He meditated in the Markandeshwar temple. The temple is enclosed by a stone wall of laterite blocks. The temple is extremely holy, and people believe in the power of the deity residing in the temple.
The architecture of Markandeshwar temple is different from other temples. The intricate carving is preserved in an excellent way now as well. Sculptures in the temples include sexual imagery. This temple has mysterious value as it was constructed within one night.
5. Padawali, Madhya Pradesh
Padawali is 25 kilometers from Morena in Madhya Pradesh. It has 200 ancient shrines. The temple is also known as Bateshwar. This temple belonged to 8–10th century CE and made of sandstone. This temple was even built before the Khajuraho temples.
The Padawali temple has thousands of miniature sculptures. There are many sculptures who portray the sex imagery and the temple also have the panels depicted Surya, the sun god, riding a chariot drawn by seven horses, and holding sunflowers in his hands.
6. Khajuraho Temples, Madhya Pradesh
The Khajuraho Temples are located in Chattarpur, Madhya Pradesh. It is a group of Hindu and Jain temples. It is one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The temples are famous for its erotic sculptures and nagara-style architectural symbolism. These temples were built between 950 and 1050 CE under Chandela dynasty.
7. Virupaksha, Hampi
Virupaksha temple is located in Hampi in Karnataka in southern India. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Virupaksha is the main center and has been considered the most sacred sanctuary in Hampi. The temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva and built in the 7th century.
8. Kailasa, Ellora
The Kailasa temple also known as Kailasanatha is an ancient Hindu temple located in Ellora, Maharashtra. The temple was built in the 8th century. It was constructed by the Rashtrakuta king called Krishna. This temple is one of the 34 temples in the Ellora caves. The temple was designed to recall Mount Kailash, the home of Lord Shiva. The temple has about 400,000 tons of rocks. It took hundreds of years to construct this monolithic structure.
9. Ranakpur, Rajasthan
A temple dedicated to Adinath situated close to Udaipur. Ranakpur Temple is the first Jain Tirthankar. The temple constructed of white marble and took 65 years to complete. The construction of the temple symbolize the Tirthankara's conquest of the four cardinal directions.
It has 1447 pillars that support 27 halls, and each pillar has intricately carved. The architecture shows the deep understanding of structures and refined skills of Rajasthani craftsmen known as Māru-Gurjara. It is has two prominent styles Maha-Maru and Maru-Gurjara. The craftsmen were of the bygone era.
10. Bhoramdeo, Chhattisgarh
Bhoramdeo Temple is dedicated to god Shiva. The temple is located in Bhoramdeo, a state of Chhattisgarh. The temple was built of stones and bricks. It is a group of four temples. The kings who practiced Tantrism and Occult, the temple was, built under them.
Efforts to restore earthquake damaged temple
(15 Jan 2017) LEAD IN:
A British architect is helping to restore a famed temple in Nepal that was badly damaged in the 2015 earthquake.
Changu Narayan temple is a World Heritage Site that is revered as one of the oldest Hindu temples in the region.
STORY-LINE:
When a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Nepal in 2015, villagers in Changu Narayan ran up the steep rocky path that cuts through their town to their renowned temple.
Seeing the piles of rubble, many figured their lives were over.
Less than two years later, the community is cleaning up their World Heritage Site themselves, and one of the world's leading architects, John Sanday has taken on the recovery as his pet project.
The April 2015 quake that killed 9,000 people in Nepal also damaged details in Changu Narayan's wood, stone and metal.
A sharp aftershock one day later twisted the entire structure, knocking piles of bricks out of the walls, filling the courtyard.
The reconstruction of this temple will make me very happy, says Gyan Bahadel, 61, a handicraft sell who is also one of many villagers who share responsibility for the temple's upkeep.
Believed to be the oldest Hindu place of worship in the country, its wooden walls are intricately carved with hundreds of deities.
The 5th Century temple is dedicated to Lord Vishnu, who locals say appeared there once. His image, in about a dozen incarnations, is carved into struts that hold up the roof.
Stone lions with eagle heads guard the doors. Inside has long been a mystery. Only priests enter the two tiered pagoda, and they don't explore.
Anish Bhatta's family has been living and leading worship at the temple for 10 generations - some 325 years.
The temple is very important because it explains about the development of the human civilization of the Kathmandu Valley, Bhatta says.
Today the temple is guarded by military police, and propped up with questionable temporary beams.
British architect John Sanday, who led the World Monuments Fund restoration of Cambodia's Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument in the world, fell in love with the place decades ago.
After the earthquake, he came up the Changu path with trepidation.
Sanday noticed wooden supports exposed by the missing brick. He saw what looked like a bedrock foundation.
He decided that of the 600 historical temples, monuments and palaces damaged by the earthquake in Nepal, this one would be his project.
It is, perhaps the most remote and undamaged (World Heritage Sites) in fact, from development, Sanday says.
But what really drew him to step in as technical adviser were the people of this village.
Among tourists and pilgrims, Changu Narayan's residents pray there at dusk, kneel at the deities, bow to the gods, offer alms to the priests who stand duty at the door.
Changu village is a 30-minute drive from downtown Kathmandu. Three people died and 100 homes were damaged during the earthquake.
Like families in the city 8 miles (5 kilometres) away, the Changu community grieved, cried and cleaned up rubble.
Now Sanday says their dedication is his inspiration. He will not allow their intangible culture to disappear with the damaged building.
Changu is particularly important because it contains also an amazing collection of 6th Century Licchavi sculptures, which are scattered around the temple, they each have their own little shrines. These are worshipped almost on a daily basis and are priceless, he says.
Conserving an ancient building means solving a series of incredibly complicated puzzles. Rotted or mice-chewed timbers must be replaced.
An unstable and stretched government bureaucracy must remain in charge. And there's $300,000 to raise.
You can license this story through AP Archive:
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Mitawali and Padawali Gwalior
One of the best architectural wonder near Gwalior. Go with Godinga Holidays.
Mitawali is a village where the popular Chausath Yogini Temple lies - The temple is perched atop a hill surrounded by the lush greenery. A climb of approximately 100 steps will take you to the beauty of this splendid round temple. The striking views will definitely have you reaching for your camera too!
As claimed by etchings and engravings in the temple, ancient shrine is said to have been built by the Maharaja Devapala. In fact, the Parliament House in New Delhi is believed to have been inspired from the circular design and architectural intricacies of the Mitawali temple!
It is also said that Mitawali, Padavali and Bateshwar made a golden triangle in which a university existed about a 1000 years ago! The alleged teaching centre was said to be a hub to impart education in Mathematics, Astrology and Hinduism to the children with the help of sun rays!
Padavali
The notable Padavali fortress was built in the 18th century by the Jat Ranas rulers of Dhaulpur. Graciously guarded by a lion and lioness, the fort also has a temple that once served as a divine place to worship Lord Shiva. Every stone used in the fortification and in the making of the temple has something to convey about the ancient era through its inscription and detailing!