Kaleshwari Group of Monuments

Map of Kaleshwari Group of Monuments:
  1. Main Gate
  2. Vahu ni Vav
  3. Sasu ni Vav
  4. Ghummatvalu Mandir
  5. Kaleshvari Mata Temple
  6. Kund
  7. Well
  8. Well
  9. Sculpture Gallery
  10. Shikar Madhi
  11. Steps leading to hillock
  12. Bhim Chauri
  13. Arjun Chauri
  14. Hidimba Temple
  15. Checkdam
  16. Stream
  17. Cremation ground

The Kaleshwari Group of Monuments (Gujarati: કલેશ્વરી સ્મારક સમુહ), also known as Kaleshwari-Ni Nal (Gujarati: કલેશ્વરીની નાળ), is located near Lavana village, Khanpur Taluka of Mahisagar district, Gujarat, India. It is near the district headquarters Lunavada and near a stream in Hidimba Van, the forest of Hidimba. The group includes intricately-carved temple ruins, two stepwells, a reservoir, structures with panels of erotic sculptures and idols scattered all over the site. The ruins are located at the foothills and on the hillock. They were built between the 10th and 16th century; some monuments were reconstructed after the 18th century. These are State Protected Monuments.[1][2][3] It's believed that the site was selected for constructing the complex since it was situated on the old trade route from Gujarat to Rajasthan[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference divyabhaskar 2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Bose, Raja (19 December 2001). "Kaleswari sites set to be next tourist hot spot in state". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  3. ^ "ખાનપુરના કલેશ્વરી ખાતે ગોકુળ આઠમનો ભવ્ય મેળો". divyabhaskar (in Gujarati). 24 August 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  4. ^ Hajarnis, Maulik; Raval, Bhagyajit (2017). "Tracing Footprints of a Bygone Era: Kaleshwari complex, Lavana" (PDF). Chitrolekha Journal on Art and Design. 1 (1): 71. doi:10.21659/cjad.v1n1.v1n107. eISSN 2456-978X.