Baroli Temples

Baoooli Temples Complex
Ghateshwara Mahadeva temple, Baroli Temples Complex
Religion
AffiliationHinduism
DistrictRawatbhata town, Chittorgarh district
DeityShiva
Location
LocationBaroli
StateRajasthan
CountryIndia
Baroli Temples is located in Rajasthan
Baroli Temples
Location within Rajasthan
Geographic coordinates24°57′29″N 75°35′37″E / 24.95806°N 75.59361°E / 24.95806; 75.59361
Architecture
TypeGurjara-Pratihara
Completed10th century

The Baroli Temples Complex, also known as the Badoli temples, is located in Baroli village in Rawatbhata City in Chittorgarh district of Rajasthan, India. The complex of eight temples is situated within a walled enclosure; an additional temple is about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) away. They are built in the Gurjara Pratihara style of temple architecture dated to the tenth century CE and today show various degree of preservation, decay and destruction.[1][failed verification][2][unreliable source?][failed verification] All nine temples are under the control of the Archaeological Survey of India for conservation and protection.[3] A well known art critic[who?] characterised "the creations of Badoli as the most perfect of their age that he had encountered within that part of the country and, in their own peculiar style."[4]

  1. ^ "Ghateshwar Temple". Archaeological Survey of India. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Things To See and Do". Badoli (45 km SW). OutlookIndia. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Magnificent Shiva shrines at Baroli, Bijoliyan and Menal could have been a Meluha trilogy". The Economic Times. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  4. ^ Rājaśekhara Vyāsa (2004). Architectural Glories of Mewar. Raj Book Enterprises. p. xcv. ISBN 978-81-901436-9-1. Retrieved 28 March 2013.