Brahma Temple, Khedbrahma

Brahma Temple, or Brahmaji Mandir, stands in the middle of the village of Khedbrahma in Gujarat and is one of the uncommon Indian temples dedicated to Brahma. The scholar M. A. Dhaky dated it to the third quarter of the 11th century, in the reign of the Chaulukya king Karna. Facing east, its fabric is white sandstone and cement-covered brick, and it measures 57 feet long, 30 feet wide and 36 feet high.

The spire, mandapa and doorway appear to have been destroyed and later rebuilt in brick and mortar, but the lower part of the main shrine survives, crowded with figures of gods, goddesses and apsaras, and its base and walls resemble those of the temple at Sunak. Niches on three sides hold images of Brahma, and the modern hall reuses four octagonal pillars from the original, carved with bells, chains and kirtimukha faces. Inside, the plain sanctum holds a standing three-faced, four-armed Brahma, 1.8 m tall, flanked by geese.