Ancient · Hindu · India

Nachna Hindu Temples

Nachna, Panna, Madhya Pradesh · 24.3993°, 80.4476°

Parvati in the Parvati temple; Shiva as a four-faced mukhalinga in the ChaumukhnathGuptaNagara

Sacred since

450 CE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

5th-6th c. (Gupta)

Gupta

History & significance

Among the oldest surviving stone temples of central India, first reported by Cunningham in 1885. The site carries some of the earliest known stone friezes narrating the Ramayana.

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Sources

Wikipedia

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