Famous Temples in India

Architecture

Devrani Temple - Dewrani Temple was facing in East direction, the temple consists of the Garbha Griha, the Ardha Mandapa and the Antraal. Amongst the two temples, this is slightly in a better condition as you can see some existing structures, which make it look like a temple in the first place. This is a Shiva temple, which you can clearly make out by the depictions on the inner walls of the temple. The temple is built with red sandstone and apart from the raised foundation, the columns are still very much visible. What is missing is the temple roof, which now stands covered to protect the interiors of the temple. The various sections of the temple are also visible. The walls surrounding the temple have exquisite stone carvings and are still very much clearly visible as that of leaves, flowers and various patterns.

Rudra Shiva - One of the unique pieces of architecture which you can see right outside the temple is the stone sculpture Shiva in its unique “Rudra” position. Unlike any other Shiva structure, you will surely not be able to understand the significance of this unless someone tells you about it. This version of Shiva tells the various personalities of him. All throughout the sculpture, you will find various animal figures, which may symbolize the whole life form in the universe evolving from Shiva himself. The whole structure is covered with various human and non-human faces. Some refer to this as the tantric version of Shiva never seen anywhere else in India. This huge monolithic binary image is standing in the Sambhangamudra and its height is 2.70 meters. This statue is a unique idol in the eyes of the scriptures. In it there have been many animals, human or devmukh and lion faces as human organ. The Jatamukut (turban) of its head is made up of added snake charmers. It seems that the artist here was very dear to the serpent and jewelery because in the statue, rudrasiva cut, hands and fingers are shaped like a snake. Apart from this, on the upper part of the statue, each sapphire umbrella is displayed above the shoulder. Similarly, the left leg is wrapped, it is a symbol of the snake serpent. Seven human or deforms are made in different parts of the body. Due to being unique as mentioned above, there is still a dispute about the true identity of this statue among the scholars. 

Jethani Temple - Located right next to the Devrani Temple is another temple structure known as the Jethani Temple. This temple similarly is also covered on top with metal corrugated sheets but very little of the main temple remains visible. What is only visible is the base foundation of the temple and various stone structures, which gives us some glimpse of the grand temple that this once used to be. The two stone elephants are one of the grandest and truly tells you what the temple must have been when it was functional. The temple resembles a massive chariot and the elephants were carved to show the chariot being drawn by these elephants.