Gadarmal Devi temple

Gadarmal Devi temple at Badoh, Madhya Pradesh, was built in the 9th century. It is said to have been built by herdsmen, giving the name Gadarmal; it is dedicated to the Hindu Goddess, Devi. The architecture in sandstone is a fusion of Pratihara and Parmara styles. It is built like the Teli ka Mandir in Gwalior fort.[1] 7 small shrines surround the main shrine.

Gadarmal Devi temples, Vidisha
Gadarmal Devi Mandir
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
Deity	Surya, Vishnu, Shiva
Festivals	Diwali
Location
Location	Badoh, Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh
Geographic coordinates	23.9182813°N 78.2224866°E
Architecture
Style	Pratihara, Māru-Gurjara
Creator	Pratihara dynasty
Date established	8th to 9th century
Completed	10th century
Temple(s)	1

Description

The temple is some 30 miles from Dudahi, at Badoh in Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh. 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. is surrounded by 7 ruined shrines.[1][2] Vidya Dehejia writes that as a yogini temple, it must once have been hypaethral, open to the sky.[3]

The temple, was built by herdsmen, so called Gadarmal Devi Temple among locals, consists of one oblong cell with an entrance porch but without sabhamandapa. It is similar to Teli-Ka Mandir in Gwalior fort showing two faces of architecture, Pratihara and Parmara. The lower portion or basement of shrine and porch are originally of 9th Century AD. It is made of heterogenour pieces picked up from the ruins of Jain and Hindu temples. The temple is surrounded by 7 ruined shrines. (C.9th CAD).[4]

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.[5][6]

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  Idol of Vishnu
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  A ceiling with Idols of Hindu goddesses
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  Doorway of decorated with Hindu deities and human figures

See also

• Khajuraho Group of Monuments
• Nachna Hindu temples
• Siddhachal Caves

References

1. "Gadarmal Temple". Archaeological Survey of India. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
2. "Photo Gallery Vidisha : Badoh : Gadarmal Temple". ASI. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
3. Dehejia 1986, pp. 141–145.
4. "Gadarmal Temple". Archaeological Survey of India. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
5. "Close view of colossal statue of mother and child in the Gadarmal Temple, Pathari, Bhopal State". British Library. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
6. Beglar, Joseph David (1878). Report of a tour in Bundelkhand and Malwa, 1871-72. VII. Calcutta: Archaeological Survey of India. p. 70.

Sources

• Dehejia, Vidya (1986). Yogini Cult and Temples: A Tantric Tradition. National Museum, Janpath, New Delhi.

External links

• Photo-reportage of the temples on the site