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Early medieval · Hindu · India
Sahasra Bahu Temples (Sas-Bahu), Nagda
Nagda, Udaipur, Rajasthan · 24.7351°, 73.7164°
Vishnu (Sahasra Bahu, 'one with a thousand arms')UndeterminedEarly Maru-Gurjara
Sacred since
950 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
late 10th c.
Undetermined
History & significance
A pair of ruined stone temples at Nagda, an early capital of Mewar near Udaipur, lavishly carved inside and now protected by the Archaeological Survey of India. Their local name Sas-Bahu is a corruption of Sahasra Bahu.