Category:Lakshminarayan Group of Temples, Sumari

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Lakshmi Narayan Group of Temples, Sumari 
11th to 12th century Hindu temples in central Himalayas
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LocationRudraprayag district, Garhwal division, Uttarakhand, India
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The Lakshminarayan group of temples in Sumari (सुमाड़ी) are 11th to 12th century Hindu temples in Pauri district of Uttarakhand. They are eight stone temples with Nagara-style architecture, along with a Hindu monastery. The main temple is dedicated to Lakshmi–Vishnu, while others are for Surya, Shiva, Durga, Ganesha, Hanuman, and others. The entrance to the historic complex is through the Gaura Devi temple.

A notable feature of the temple is their arrangement is rows with a shared ardhamandapa. The complex also preserves pre-12th century sculpture and temple parts. These suggest that this site may have been larger, or that the Hindu community brought recovered parts from regional vandalized temples to this complex for safekeeping.