Tuesday, June 10, 2025

THE DASAVATARA VISHNU TEMPLE,DEOGARH(GUPTA PERIOD)


The Dasavatara temple is one of the architectural marvels of the Golen Age of India.

It was built around 500 CE during the Gupta period and as its name suggests,it is a Vishnu temple.

Yet the Dasavatara temple mainly depicts scenes from Ramayana and Mahabharat and not necessarily all the 10 avatars of Vishnu.All those scenes are based on the VISHNUDHARMOTTRA PURANA.

It is present at the border of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh at a place called Deogarh.

Some sculptures from this temple..

Vishnu sleeping on shesha

Vishnu sitting on sheshanaga

From left to right(topmost)-Kartikeya,Indra,Brahma,Shiva,Parvati,Nandi

From Ramayana-Ram,Sita,Lakshman and Surpanakha

From Mahabharata(left to right)-Arjuna,Bhima,Yudhisthira,Nakula,Sahadeva and Draupadi

Nara-Narayana(avatars of Vishnu)..