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Early modern · Hindu · India
Gopal Mandir, Ujjain
Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh · 23.1881°, 75.7711°
Krishna as DwarkadhishScindia (Maratha)Maratha
Sacred since
1800 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
19th c. (Scindia patronage)
Scindia (Maratha)
History & significance
The second largest temple in Ujjain, built in the nineteenth century by Bayaji Bai Shinde, wife of the Maratha ruler Daulatrao Scindia, around a silver-clad marble image of Krishna. At Harihar Parva the Mahakaleshwar procession is brought here so that Shiva and Krishna may meet, and Janmashtami is its great festival.