Category:Kakanmath Temple, Sihoniya Bawadipura

**Kakanmath temple, Sihoniya**
	A Pratihara-style panchayatana Shiva temple complex (1000–1025 CE)
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Instance of	Hindu temple (Shiva);
Location	Sihoniya, Morena district, Chambal division, Madhya Pradesh, India
Heritage designation	Monument of National Importance;
	26° 35′ 05.75″ N, 78° 14′ 54.8″ E
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The Kakanmath temple, also known as Kokanpur Matha temple or Sihoniya Shiva temple, is an early 11th-century five-temples complex between Sihoniya and Bawadipura villages in Madhya Pradesh, north of Gwalior and near the Uttar Pradesh border. This was once the landmark attraction of a major Hindu pilgrimage site in a historic capital, but only the main multi-storey temple of Kakan matha complex has survived in a ruined, shell form. The site is notable for the profuse and elegant Hindu artwork.

The main temple faces east and stands on a large jagati (platform). The east staircase lead to a panchaytana complex – a main temple with four subsidiary shrines in the corners. The main temple is dedicated to Shiva. The remnant trace of the other four temples are visible, and these likely were dedicated to four deities such as Shakti (goddess), Vishnu, Surya and Ganesha. The main temple consists of a mukhamandapa, ardhamandapa, antarala and garbhagriya. With this sandhara design, the pradakshina-patha (circumambulation passage) is on the platform and around the temple's sanctum. The pitha (socle) of the temple is moulded and niches containing Hindu artwork punctuate it.

The temple has exceptional quality of Hindu artwork, even though much has been beheaded, defaced and mutilated. These include the Vedic deities, Shiva, Parvati, Kartikeya, Ganesha, Vishnu, Brahma and others. The temple was multi-storeyed and the upper section of the shikhara also have artwork. These include nymphs and vyalas (leogryphs). The bhadra (cardinal projections) have large but empty niches with phamsana-style pediments. The sanctum doorway has seven sakha (ornate concentric jambs), one of the sakha consists of a large row of deities, flanked by two bands of amorous couples.

Regional legends attribute this temple to queen Kokanavati, with the original name "Kokanpur-matha mandir" implying that this was a part of a monastery. Another inscription found at the famed Sas-Bahu temple of Gwalior says that Kirtiraja built a "wonderful temple for Parvati's Lord in Simhapaniya that shines like a column of glory"; many scholars equate Sihoniya with Simhapaniya and the "Parvati's Lord temple" with Kankanmath Shiva temple.

This is a category about ASI monument number

N-MP-183.

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