Baoooli Temples Complex | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Hinduism |
District | Rawatbhata town, Chittorgarh district |
Deity | Shiva |
Location | |
Location | Baroli |
State | Rajasthan |
Country | India |
Geographic coordinates | 24°57′29″N 75°35′37″E / 24.95806°N 75.59361°E |
Architecture | |
Type | Gurjara-Pratihara |
Completed | 10th 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]