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Early medieval · Hindu · India
Harshat Mata Temple
Abhaneri, Dausa, Rajasthan · 27.0075°, 76.6053°
Harshat Mata, worshipped as LakshmiGurjara-PratiharaGurjara-Pratihara, originally panchayatana
Sacred since
800 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
early 9th c. (c. 800-825)
Gurjara-Pratihara
History & significance
A ruined early-medieval temple beside the Chand Baori stepwell at Abhaneri, laid out in panchayatana plan with a main shrine and four subsidiary shrines. Art historians debate whether it was originally a Vaishnava or a Durga shrine before becoming the shrine of Harshat Mata.