Category:Parvati temple, Nachna
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The Parvati temple is a 5th-century Shiva temple, and is the oldest surviving monument at the Nachna-Kuthara site. It faces west and stands on a jagati (platform). It has a mukhamandapa and garbhagriya, with one of the oldest known examples of a pradakshinapatha (circumambulation path) on the platform outside a temple. The Hindu circumambulation tradition is far more ancient, both for worship and rights-of-passage rituals like wedding, as is attested in Vedic texts. The architect of the Parvati temple intentionally designed and included a space around the sanctum to aid the devotee.
The temple's sanctum has a square plan (8.8 feet side). It has a second chamber above the main shrine, confirming that the idea of Hindu temples with a sikhara (superstructure spire) or double-storey were already in vogue by the 5th-century in ancient India. The sanctum doorway is flanked by Shaiva dvarapalas holding trishula. Near them stand Ganga and Yamuna goddesses in a style found everywhere in medieval era South Asia and Southeast Asia. The lalatabimba has vinadhari Shiva sitting with Parvati. The sakhas have mithuna (amorous couple) scenes that are found in hundreds of Hindu temples centuries later all over India.
Many of the Parvati temple's original panels were taken out during the restoration efforts of the 1960s. A few of these are in the sculpture shed near the temple, most others in museums such as the Ramban Tulsi Sangrahalaya (Satna). Midst the walkways near the temple are some sculpture found at nearby temple ruins such as the Kumra matha's temple on a hilltop nearby, as well as a few others. Facing the temple, and to its west is the nearby 9th-century Mahadeva temple (Chaumukhnath temple) in active worship and popular with the regional Hindus.
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