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Early medieval · Hindu · India
Lakshana Devi Temple
Bharmour, Himachal Pradesh · 32.4423°, 76.5374°
Durga as Mahishasuramardini (Lakshana Devi)Varman dynasty of Chamba (post-Gupta)Late Gupta wooden temple on a sandhara plan
Sacred since
650 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
late 7th c. (Meru Varman)
Varman dynasty of Chamba (post-Gupta)
History & significance
One of the oldest surviving wooden temples in India, commissioned by Meru Varman at his hill capital of Bharmour and still holding its 7th-century brass image of Durga. Its carved timber doorway and ceiling preserve early Shaiva and Vaishnava imagery rarely found intact elsewhere.