Ghateshwar Temple is a

Hindu temple A Hindu temple, also known as Mandir, Devasthanam, Pura, or Kovil, is a sacred place where Hindus worship and show their devotion to Hindu deities, deities through worship, sacrifice, and prayers. It is considered the house of the god to who ...

located in Badoli (also spelled Baroli), one of the nine temples near the river Chambal in

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of ...

, India. The Ghateshwar temple is dedicated to the god

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and is constructed in the Pratihara style of ''circa.'' It is located in

Rawatbhata Rawatbhata is a city, Tehsil headquarter, Sub District headquarter and Nagar Palika in Chittorgarh District, Rajasthan, Rawatbhata is also known as the nuclear city of Rajasthan and India's first nuclear city. Rawatbhata is a proposed distr ...

, which is around 50 km from Kota. The Ghateshwar temple is governed by the

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Architecture

Believed to have been built in the tenth century, the massive structure consists of a ''

pancharatha A Hindu temple is a ''pancharatha'' when there are five ''ratha'' (on plan) or ''paga'' (on elevation) on the tower of the temple (generally a ''shikhara''). The rathas are vertical offset projection or facets. The name comes from the sanskrit ...

'' sanctum, ''

antarala ''Antarala'' (Sanskrit: अन्तराल; ) is a small antechamber or foyer between the ''garbhagriha A ''garbhagriha'' () is the innermost sanctuary of Hindu and Jain temples, often referred to as the "holy of holies" or " sanctum ...

'' and ''mukha

mandapa A ''mandapa'' or ''mantapa'' () is a pillared hall or pavilion for public rituals in Indian architecture, especially featured in Hindu temple architecture and Jain temple architecture. ''Mandapas'' are described as "open" or "closed" dependin ...

'', which rest on six pillars. The entrance is through a ''

makara Makara () is a legendary sea-creature in Hindu mythology. In Hindu astrology, Makara is equivalent to the Zodiac sign Capricorn. Makara appears as the vahana (vehicle) of the river goddess Ganga, Narmada, and of the god of the ocean, Varun ...

torana A ''torana'' (; '' awr-uh-nuh') is a free-standing ornamental or arched gateway for ceremonial purposes in Hindu architecture, Hindu, Buddhist and Jain architecture of the Indian subcontinent. Toranas can also be widely seen in Southeast Asi ...

''. There are ''

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s'' which are carved on the front pillars of ''mukha mandapa'' in dance postures.

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