Maladevi Temple, Gyaraspur

Maladevi Temple in Gyaraspur, Vidisha district, dates from about 850–900 CE and is built in the Gurjara-Pratihara style. Its sanctum is a natural cavern held sacred, with an entrance porch, mandapa and lofty shikhara built around it. Dedicated to Adinatha, it is counted as the largest and finest temple in Gyaraspur. Goddess figures on the outer door-frame and the temple's name suggest it began as a Brahmanical shrine, and the epigraphist Richard Salomon proposes a Jain-Brahmanical hybrid. A Kalachuri inscription of 850–885 CE recording its foundation is now in the British Museum.

The walls carry tirthankaras with attendant yakshas and yakshis. Inside are a seated Shantinatha with a deer emblem and four-armed attendants, a 9th-century Parshvanatha, Chakreshvari on the lintel, and images of all 24 yaksha and yakshi figures. Gwalior State took up its conservation in 1930, and it is now protected by the Archaeological Survey of India.