Category:Madwa Mahal
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Madwa Mahal temple, also known as Mandawa mandir, is located about a kilometer southeast from Bharamdeo temple. Mandawa is derived from mandapa, an architectural term for Hindu and Jain temples, as well as a term where Indian wedding ceremony is celebrated.
The Madwa temple is a Nagara-style temple notable for its large 16-pillar mandapa. Local legends state that the king who built this temple in 1349 completed his wedding in this mandapa.
The temple has a square plan. It is simpler in ornaments and reliefs than the older Bhoramdeo temple nearby. These are predominantly found in concentric layer on the outside of the temple. A large percentage of the reliefs are kama-maithuna themes, quite a few with couples in various sexual positions. As with Bhoramdeo temple, about 50 illustrations celebrating sex, some from the Hindu text kamasutra, are found on this temple walls. A few have eroded over time.
The mandapa has a Nandi, whose head was chopped off in later centuries. Ruins nearby suggest other items also suffered intentional damage. The hall leads to ardhamandapa with stairs to a lower level sanctum for Shiva linga.
This is a living temple, regionally popular with newly married Hindu couples.
Media in category "Madwa Mahal"
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