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Late medieval · Hindu · India
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.