Bateshwar Hindu temples
Morena district, India
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Nearly 200 sandstone Hindu temples and ruins sprawl across a 25-acre site in the Chambal River valley near Morena in north Madhya Pradesh, built between the 8th and 10th centuries in the post-Gupta, early Gurjara-Pratihara style of North Indian temple architecture. The complex, situated about 35 kilometres north of Gwalior, comprises mostly small shrines dedicated to Shiva, Vishnu, and Shakti, representing the three major Hindu traditions; it takes its likely name from the Bhuteshvar Temple, the largest Shiva shrine on the site. The temples were destroyed after the 13th century—whether by earthquake or military conquest remains unclear—and many now stand reconstructed from fallen stones following a restoration project begun by the Archaeological Survey of India in 2005. The site holds the status of a Monument of National Importance.
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- temple complex
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- Monument of National Importance
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- Morena district, India
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