Teli Temple | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Hinduism |
District | Gwalior |
Deity | Shiva, Vishnu, others |
Location | |
Location | Gwalior Fort |
State | Madhya Pradesh |
Country | India |
Geographic coordinates | 26°13′15.2″N 78°09′53.6″E / 26.220889°N 78.164889°E |
Architecture | |
Style | Nagara |
Completed | 8th or 9th-century[1][2] |
Teli Temple, also known as Teli ka Temple, is a Hindu temple located within the Gwalior Fort in Madhya Pradesh, India. Dedicated to Shiva, Vishnu and Matrikas, it has been variously dated between the early 8th and early 9th century CE.[1][2]
It is an atypical design for a Hindu temple,[1] as it has a rectangular sanctum instead of the typical square. It integrates the architectural elements of the Nagara style and the Valabhi prasada. The temple is based on a Gurjara Pratihara-Gopgiri style North Indian architecture.[3][4][5]
The temple is a classic example of a design based on "musical harmonics" in architecture,[6] one that Hermann Goetz called as a masterpiece of late Gupta era Indian art.[7]
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