Nava Toran Temple is located at

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, India. It is an eleventh-century temple which consists of ten decorative arches arranged in two rows. The temple decorations include leaf-shaped borders, heads of

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, ''Nav'' or ''nou'' means "nine" and ''toran'' means "pillars"; this is where the temple gets its name. The prime deity of the temple is

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, who is the third avatar of lord

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. It is said that there is a tunnel beneath the temple that goes to the

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Maharana Pratap Pratap Singh I (9 May 1540 – 19 January 1597), popularly known as Maharana Pratap (), was king of the Kingdom of Mewar, in north-western India in the present-day state of Rajasthan, from 1572 until his death in 1597. He is notable for leadi ...

often used to go through the tunnel to worship the deity of the temple.

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Hindu temples in Madhya Pradesh Monuments of National Importance in Madhya Pradesh Tourist attractions in Neemach district {{India-Hindu-temple-stub