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Kalayat Ancient Bricks Temple Complex

Kalayat, Kaithal district, Haryana · 29.6742°, 76.2548°

Shiva (with a shrine of Katyayani)Gurjara-PratiharaNagara brick
Sacred since
700 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
8th c. (Gurjara-Pratihara)
Gurjara-Pratihara

History & significance

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.

Sthala katha — the legend

The place name is traced to Kapilayatana, the abode of the sage Kapila, and the temples are popularly attributed to Raja Salban (Shalivahana).

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Sources

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