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High medieval · Hindu · India
Koncheswar Mahadev Temple
Konch, Gaya district, Bihar · 24.9337°, 84.7716°
Shiva as Koncheshwarnath (Shivalinga)UndeterminedNagara (brick)
Sacred since
1300 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
c. 14th c.
Undetermined
History & significance
A brick Shiva temple at Konch in Gaya district, dated to about the 14th century, with a heavy curvilinear nagara sikhara over seven-faced outer walls. Cunningham and Beglar recorded it for the Archaeological Survey in 1872–73, when the tower still carried a cylindrical pinnacle; a Dashavatara panel and images of Vishnu, Hara-Gauri, Ganesha and Surya stand in the premises.