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		<title>Begur &#8211; A Walkthrough</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Saurabh Saxena]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2025 15:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[About the author &#8211; Dyuvan D Machaaranda is an aspiring researcher and writer with a fascination for history, society, and all forms of creative human expression. He is currently working in the fields of social science research and heritage conservation. Begur &#8211; A Walkthrough Begur today is an unassuming southern suburb of Bangalore city. Urban [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Kodal &#8211; Shiva Temple</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Saurabh Saxena]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2025 10:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kodal is a village located in the Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh. Not much is known about the history of the place, except that it would have held considerable importance during the Kalachuri period, when a temple with a monastery was constructed here. The growth of the Mattamayura sect drove the construction of Shaiva temples [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Kudiya &#8211; Circular Shiva Temple</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Saurabh Saxena]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 06:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kudiya is a small village near Mahsaw in the Rewa District, Madhya Pradesh. Past references sometimes suggested the temple be in Masaon (present Mahsaw). Shiva Temple — The temple faces west and consists of a circular garbhagrha, rectangular antrala, and a rectangular mandapa. The mandapa has four pillars, each in a set of two, at [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Kukarramath &#8211; Ranmukteshwar Temple</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Saurabh Saxena]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2025 10:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kalachuris]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kukarramath (or Kakarramath) is a village in the Dindori district of Madhya Pradesh. It is named after the temple of Shiva, locally known as Kukarramath. The legend behind the temple tells that once a Banjara (a nomadic community) owned a much-prized dog. He was compelled to pawn it with a Bania (money-lender). After a while, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Kundalpur &#8211; Vishnu Temple</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Saurabh Saxena]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2025 13:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kundalpur is a town in the Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh. It is a prominent Jain pilgrimage center consisting of about sixty temples. It is one of the earliest and largest Jain sites in central India.1 Legends tell that the town&#8217;s name is after the nearby hill&#8217;s kundal-like (earring) shape. According to a legend, Mahendrakirti [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Bari Kanoda &#8211; Shiva Temple</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Saurabh Saxena]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2025 15:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bari Kanoda is a town in the Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh. It is known for its Shiva temple, which was constructed during the Chandella period. Shiva Temple &#8211; The temple faces west and has survived with its garbhagrha. It is built in the Bhumija style. The garbhagrha lies below the entrance level, and to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Lanji &#8211; Koteshwar Temple</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Saurabh Saxena]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2025 16:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lanji is a town in the Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh. The district gazetteer mentions Lanji as the only village bearing any historical significance. Legends connect the Lanji with the Sarangarh kings. A line of Rajput kings ruled the place before the Mandla Gond dynasty conquered it. Legends ascribe that the Gond kings, Raja Gangji [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Madai &#8211; Shiva Temple</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Saurabh Saxena]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2025 12:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Madai (मड़ई) is a village in the Satna district of Madhya Pradesh. It lies at the feet of the northern slope of the Kaimur ranges. Judging from the ruins scattered around the village, Madai would have held considerable importance during the tenth and eleventh centuries CE. This is further corroborated by a stepped tank excavated [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Maihar &#8211; Golamatha Temple</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Saurabh Saxena]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2025 09:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Maihar is the district headquarters town, which bears the same name. The district was recently constituted after separating from the Satna district in 2023. Maihar was part of the Rewa (also Rewah) kingdom, which was traditionally founded in 1140 CE. In the mid-eighteenth century CE, Hirde Shah, the son of Chhatrasal, wrestled Maihar and Vijayraghavgarh [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Madhadeori &#8211; Ruined Temple</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Saurabh Saxena]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Feb 2025 07:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Madhadeori (मधादोरी) is a village in the Katni district of Madhya Pradesh, situated south of the Lipri Tank. The village&#8217;s history is little known, except it has ruins of an early medieval temple. Temple Ruins — These ruins are scattered east of the Lipri Tank. The debris suggests that a grand temple once stood. Fragments of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Mandi Bamora &#8211; Hazariya Mahadev Mandir</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Saurabh Saxena]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2025 15:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mandi Bamora is a town in the Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh. It is about 10 km from Eran, a famous Gupta period site. Being situated in the central heartland of India, the town would have witnessed all relevant political upheavals from the early ancient period till the very end of British rule. Though various [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pali &#8211; Shiv Temple</title>
		<link>https://puratattva.in/pali-shiv-temple/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Saurabh Saxena]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2024 07:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pali is a small village in the Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh. Not much has been published about the town and its temple in the annals of Indian temple scholarship. Shiv Temple &#8211; The temple is constructed over a high platform and faces east. It has survived with its garbhagrha and antarala. There was once [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ranod &#8211; A Mattamayura Matha</title>
		<link>https://puratattva.in/ranod-a-mattamayura-matha/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Saurabh Saxena]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kalachuris]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ranod is a village in the Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh. It was known as Aranipadra or Ranipadra in inscriptions. Being referred to as tapovana (forest) in its inscriptions, scholars have suggested the etymology of Aranipadra as Arani (a plant whose wood was handy for igniting fire by friction) and padra (common land).1 Henry Cope [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Rehli &#8211; Surya Mandir</title>
		<link>https://puratattva.in/rehli-surya-mandir/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Saurabh Saxena]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 15:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rehli is a town in the Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh. It is situated on the western bank of the Sunar River and is a famous Jain pilgrimage site (अतिशय क्षेत्र). The earliest modern reference to the town is from Henry Cousens in 1897.1 He only mentions a fort built by the Marathas around 200 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Naneghat &#8211; The Royal Mountain Pass</title>
		<link>https://puratattva.in/naneghat-the-royal-mountain-pass/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Guest Author]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 11:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author&#8217;s Info: Aditi Dixit is a software professional and history buff with a special interest in ancient Indian History. She has completed an M.A. in Indology from Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune, with distinction. She has visited several ancient historical sites across India and participated in on-site seminars, courses, and lecture series related to Ancient Indian History. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Tuman &#8211; The Forgotten Kalachuri Capital</title>
		<link>https://puratattva.in/tuman-the-forgotten-kalachuri-capital/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Saurabh Saxena]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2024 18:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tuman (also Tumman, Tummana) is a village in the Korba district of Chhattisgarh. The town was the capital of the Kalachuri kings for three generations. The Ratanpur inscription of Jajalla-deva I (1090-1120 CE) says Kalingaraja was the first in the line of the Ratanpur branch of the Kalachuris. He left his ancestral country and conquered [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Sargaon &#8211; Dhumnath Temple</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Saurabh Saxena]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2024 17:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sargaon is a village in the Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh. This otherwise nondescript village is known for its Dhumeshvari Temple. S N Manwani first described the temple in his study of the Kalachuri temples.1 Later, Mangalanand Jha reattempted the study of the temple and corrected a few observations made by Manwani earlier.2 Dhumeshvari Temple — [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Palari &#8211; Siddheshvara Temple</title>
		<link>https://puratattva.in/palari-siddheshvara-temple/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Saurabh Saxena]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2024 08:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Palari is a tehsil town in the Balodabazar-Bhatpara district of Chhattisgarh. A. E. Nelson first reported the town&#8217;s antiquities in 1909. He mentions a legend behind the tank&#8217;s name, Bal Samudra, that it was called because a child (bal in Hindi) was offered it when it was dug. For the adjacent brick temple, Nelson says [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Narayanpur &#8211; Vishnu Mandir</title>
		<link>https://puratattva.in/narayanpur-vishnu-mandir/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Saurabh Saxena]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2024 08:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Narayanpur is a village in the BalodaBazar-Bhatpara district of Chhattisgarh. It is situated on the eastern bank of the River Mahanadi. J D Beglar first described the town&#8217;s antiquities in 1874. He mentions the main temple facing east, consisting of a garbhagrha and mandapa. The mandapa was initially open on the side but later covered [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Narayanpal &#8211; Vishnu Mandir</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Saurabh Saxena]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2024 15:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Narayanpal is a village in the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh. It is situated on the east bank of the River Indravati. In the south of the town, Indravati meets the River Narangi, forming a confluence. The village is known for its Vishnu Temple, which has survived with all its components intact. It is one of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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