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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.