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उदयगिरि और खंडगिरि
Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh · 23.5381°, 77.7728°
A hillside of rock-cut sanctuaries near Vidisha holding some of the oldest surviving Hindu temple architecture and iconography in India, including the great Varaha panel, and the only Gupta site with securely dated royal inscriptions.
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.
The Varaha panel shows Vishnu in boar form lifting the earth goddess Bhudevi clear of the demon Hiranyaksha.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Gupta
Answers only from cited records
Opening the line…