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Hayagriva Madhava Temple

হয়গ্ৰীৱ মাধৱ মন্দিৰ

Hajo, Assam · 26.2427°, 91.5265°

Vishnu as HayagrivaKoch
Sacred since
1583 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1583 (Koch)
Koch

History & significance

A stone temple of 1583 on Manikut hill at Hajo, built by Raghudeva Narayan of the Koch dynasty, whose lowest wall course carries an unbroken frieze of elephants. Its outer walls are carved with the ten avatars of Vishnu and with scenes from the Ramayana and Mahabharata.

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Kamakhya Temple
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1885–1890 (Koch)

Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Koch