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Narayanpal Temple

Vishnu temple of about 1111 AD near Chitrakote Falls, built by a queen of the Chindaka Naga dynasty

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01 — The story

Narayanpal Temple is a historic Hindu temple to Vishnu in Narayanpal village, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, close to where the Indravati and Narangi rivers meet. It stands roughly 4 km east of the well-known Chitrakote Falls.

The temple was commissioned around 1111 AD by Mumunda Devi, one of the queens of the Chindaka Naga dynasty. Its design follows the Nagara style of temple architecture, with some Chalukya influence. Inscriptions at the site are in Devanagari script; one records a grant of land to a 'Lokeswar' by Gunda Mahadevi, queen-mother of the Chindaka Nagas.

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02 — About

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