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INDIAN HISTORY
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Dashavatara Temple at Deogarh
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Tempel at Pathari
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Shatruganeshwar temple at Bhubneshwar
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Lakshmana temple at Sirpur
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Detailed explanation-1: -Notes: The Dashavatara Temple or Vishnu Temple also called Gupta temple at Deogarh. It was built in the Gupta Period (320 to c. 600 AD ). Archaeologists have inferred that it is the earliest known Panchayatana temple in North India.
Detailed explanation-2: -This temple is in the panchayatana style of architecture where the main shrine is built on a rectangular plinth with four smaller subsidiary shrines at the four corners (making it a total number of five shrines, hence the name, panchayatana).
Detailed explanation-3: -Built in the Gupta Period, the Dashavatara Temple at Deogarh shows the ornate Gupta style architecture.
Detailed explanation-4: -This fine temple of the Gupta period, dedicated to Lord Vishnu, is the earliest known Panchayatan Temple in north India. The figures of Ganga and Yamuna adorn the carved doorway leading to the sanctum sanctorum.