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The Dashavatara Temple is an early 6th century Hindu temple located at Deogarh, Lalitpur district, Uttar Pradesh which is 125 kilometers from Jhansi, in the Betwa River valley in northern-central India.
Feb 13, 2020 · One of the earliest Hindu temples still surviving today, Dashavatara Temple in Deogarh, is dedicated to Lord Vishnu and was built in the late Gupta period. This 1500-year-old temple is built with the Gupta style of architecture, a style used for decoration during the time and a style that can be seen all around India.
This fine temple of the Gupta period, dedicated to Lord Vishnu, is the earliest known Panchayatan Temple in north India. The figures of Ganga and Yamuna adorn the carved doorway leading to the sanctum sanctorum. The large carved panels along the side walls depict scenes from Vaishnava mythology.
May 13, 2020 · Dashavatar temple! This ancient temple in stone and masonry brick in ruins located in the Betwa River valley at Deogarh in Uttar Pradesh is one of the counted few surviving symbols of our glorious cultural past. The shrine is locally known as Sagar marh. Exhibiting ornate Gupta style architecture, this temple is dedicated to Vishnu.
Often discussed in the context of other early Gupta Period temples (such as the Parvati and Bhumara temples in Madhya Pradesh), the Dashavatara Temple is the earliest fully structural temple in north India to possess a shikhara.
The Dashavatara (Sanskrit: दशावतार, IAST: daśāvatāra) are the ten primary avatars of Vishnu, a principal Hindu god. Vishnu is said to descend in the form of an avatar to restore cosmic order. The word Dashavatara derives from daśa, meaning "ten", and avatāra, roughly equivalent to "incarnation".
Situated in Deogarh, Uttar Pradesh, Dashavatara Temple or Gupta temple is a Vishnu temple built around 500 CE. Built in the late Gupta period, this temple is one of the earliest stone temple that is still surviving today.
The Dashavatara Temple is one the earliest known temples in North India and is dedicated to Lord Vishnu. It is believed to have been built during the Gupta period.
The Dashavatara Temple is an early 6th century Hindu temple located at Deogarh, Uttar Pradesh which is 125 kilometers from Jhansi, in the Betwa River valley in northern-central India. It has a simple, one cell square plan and is one of the earliest Hindu stone temples still surviving today.
The Dasavatara shrine is a miniature Hindu shrine displaying the ten incarnations of the Hindu deity Vishnu, carved in ivory and wood. The Dasavatara shrine was made in the late 18th century CE in South India. It is presently displayed in the National Museum, New Delhi. [1]
