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Ambajogai, Beed district, Maharashtra · 18.7392°, 76.3863°
Rock-cut Shiva caves at Ambajogai carrying an inscription of Saka 1066 associated with the Paramara king Udayaditya of Malwa, with a four-pillared pavilion opening on a hall carried by thirty-two pillars and sculptures of Shiva, the Saptamatrikas and Ganesha. They were described in Fergusson and Burgess's 1880 The Cave Temples of India and are a state-protected monument.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
Local belief holds that the caves mark a wedding of the goddess Jogaidevi that could not be completed, at which the elephants and structures inside were turned to stone.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Paramara
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