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Chausath Yogini Temple, Bhedaghat
Chausath Yogini Temple, Bhedaghat
The Chausath Yogini Temple, Bhedaghat, also called the Golaki Math ("circular lodge"), is one of India's yogini temples, but exceptionally it has shrines for 81 rather than the usual 64 yoginis. All the same, scholars include it among the 64-yogini temples (चौंसठ chausath meaning 64 in Hindi). The group of 81 (ekashi in Hindi) is a mark of royalty, implying that the temple was founded by a king. The large temple is on a hilltop above the river Narmada in Bhedaghat (Hindi भेड़ाघाट, also transliterated Bheraghat), some 5 km from Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.
Art & Architecture
- Covered walkway of 81 yogini cells around the inside of the circular wall — not the usual 64
- Central Gauri-Shankar shrine added in 1155 CE
- Hilltop siting above the Narmada at Bhedaghat
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Sources
Protected by the Archaeological Survey of India as “Temple of Chausath Yogini”, Bheraghat, Jabalpur district.