Chandraditya Temple, Barsur

The Chandraditya, or Chandratiya, Temple is a Shiva temple in Barsur, a town of temples on the Indravati River in Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh. A Telugu inscription dated Shaka 983 (1068 CE) records that Mahamandaleshwar Chandraditya, a chief under the Nagavanshi ruler Dharavarsha, dug a tank here and built the temple, and that he bought a village and gave it to cover the costs. Barsur had earlier become a capital after a Gangavanshi ruler from Odisha took the region around 850 CE, and this is one of the temples of that period that has not fallen into complete ruin.

The temple sits on a high platform beside the pond called Buddha Talab. Its sanctum has a square pillared mandapa in front, with a Nandi facing the shrine. The outer walls carry images of Brahma, Vishnu, Prajapati Daksha, Uma-Maheshvara and erotic figures among other deities. It lies about a kilometre from the Battisa Temple and 41 km from Dantewada.