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Nava Toran Temple

Coordinates: 24°35′35″N 74°49′03″E / 24.5930°N 74.8175°E / 24.5930; 74.8175
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Nava Toran Temple
Ancient Nav Toran Temple
Religion
AffiliationHinduism
DeityVaraha
Location
LocationJawad
StateMadhya Pradesh
CountryIndia
Architecture
CreatorMaharana
Completed11th century
Temple(s)1

Nava Toran Temple[1] is located at Khor, Jawad census town, under Jawad tehsil in Neemuch district, Madhya Pradesh, 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 makaras, and garland bearers, Nav or nou means "nine" and toran means "pillars"; this is where the temple gets its name. The prime deity of the temple is Varaha, who is the third avatar of lord Vishnu. It is said that there is a tunnel beneath the temple that goes to the Chittor Fort and that Maharana Pratap often used to go through the tunnel to worship the deity of the temple.

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24°35′35″N 74°49′03″E / 24.5930°N 74.8175°E / 24.5930; 74.8175