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Kalayat, Kaithal district, Haryana · 29.6742°, 76.2548°
An 8th-century group of red-brick shrines at Kalayat in Kaithal district, laid out as a panchayatana of five temples of which two survive. They are built of locally made bricks laid without mortar or plaster, the Shiva shrine following the pancharatha plan and its shikhara bricks forming a beehive pattern.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
The place name is traced to Kapilayatana, the abode of the sage Kapila, and the temples are popularly attributed to Raja Salban (Shalivahana).
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Gurjara-Pratihara
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