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Nav Toran Temple

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Country
  
India

Location
  
Jawad

Creator
  
Maharana Pratap

Primary deity
  
Varaha

State
  
Madhya Pradesh

Date built
  
11th century

Number of temples
  
1

Nav Toran Temple

Nav Toran Temple is located at Khor village, under Jawad tehsil in Neemuch district, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is an eleventh-century temple which consists of ten decorative arches arranged in two rows. The temple decorations include leaf-shaped borders, heads of makaras, and garland bearers, Nav or nou means "nine" and toran means "pillars"; this is where the temple gets its name. The prime deity of the temple is Varaha, who is the third avatar of lord Vishnu. It is said that there is a tunnel beneath the temple that goes to the Chittorgarh Fort and that Maharana Pratap often used to go through the tunnel to worship the deity of the temple.

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Nav Toran Temple Wikipedia