Beejamandal
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Beejamandal is a ruined temple in Khajuraho
, that has not yet been fully excaved and explored .
Beejamandal is also the name for a ruined temple in Vidisha
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'Beejamandal' at Khajuraho not very far from the main temple-complex. In fact it is near the Chatur-bhuj temple.
In all there are supposed to be 85 temples in Khajuraho,however only 22 of them have been unearthed. Beejamandal is one of the many which are yet to be discovered.
According to the local villagers this structure was under a huge mound of earth which was marked on the apex by a white stone. The villagers regularly lit the holy oil-lamp each night on this mound since time imemorial.
A visitor describes the remains:
Cunnigham and Phanikanta Mishra regard this as the Vaidyanath temple mentioned in the Grahapati Kokkala
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Khajuraho
The Khajuraho Group of Monuments in Khajuraho , a town in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, located in Chhatarpur District, about southeast of New Delhi, are one of the most popular tourist destinations in India. Khajuraho has the largest group of medieval Hindu and Jain temples, famous for...
, that has not yet been fully excaved and explored .
Beejamandal is also the name for a ruined temple in Vidisha
Vidisha
Vidisha is a city in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India, located near the state capital Bhopal. Vidishā is the administrative headquarters of Vidisha District. The city was also known as Bhilsa during the medieval period.-Geography:...
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'Beejamandal' at Khajuraho not very far from the main temple-complex. In fact it is near the Chatur-bhuj temple.
In all there are supposed to be 85 temples in Khajuraho,however only 22 of them have been unearthed. Beejamandal is one of the many which are yet to be discovered.
According to the local villagers this structure was under a huge mound of earth which was marked on the apex by a white stone. The villagers regularly lit the holy oil-lamp each night on this mound since time imemorial.
A visitor describes the remains:
- Now we saw how the idols of Lord Shiv and goddess Parvati were slowly,carefully being scraped and dug out of the earth.The beautiful pillars,walls,etc with intricate stone carvings emerged from underground like magic!The stone-carvings depicted human forms in various poses,along with animals and other forms of nature.We could discern some sort of Indonesian or may be some South -East Asian influence on the carvings too!
Cunnigham and Phanikanta Mishra regard this as the Vaidyanath temple mentioned in the Grahapati Kokkala
Kokkala
Kokkala may refer to:* Kokkala, builder of the Vidyanath temple in Khajurao*Kokkalai, a town in Kerala, India*Kokkala, Kavala, a ruined town in Kavala Prefecture, Greece, at *Kokkala, Laconia, a village in the municipality East Mani, Laconia, Greece...
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