Sasbahu Temple
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
Sas Bahu Temples, also called the Sasa-Baku Temples, Sas aur Bahu ke Mandir, Sas-Bahu Twin Temples, are the 11th-century twin temples in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India within the Gwalior Fort complex. The bigger temple (Saas) is dedicated to Aniruddha, considered widely as a Jana avatar, an avatar of Vishnu and grandson of Lord Krishna & the smaller temple (Bahu) is dedicated to Shiva. Like most Hindu and Jain temples in this region, they were mostly in ruins and were badly damaged from numerous invasions and Hindu-Muslim wars in the region. They were built between 1090 and 1093 by King Mahipala of the Kachchhapaghata dynasty, the larger one (Saas) was constructed for his wife who was Vaishnava and the smaller one (Bahu) was constructed for his daughter-in-law who was a shiva devotee, according to an inscription found in the larger of the twin temple and as deciphered by Alexander Cunningham the first Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India. The twin temples are situated in the Gwalior Fort.
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Where it is
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. Open in Google Maps
How to reach
- By train: nearest station Gwalior Junction railway station (GWL), about 2 km by road.
- By air: Gwalior Airport (GWL), about 12 km by road.
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