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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: Ajaigarh, Deogarh, Uttar Pradesh, Chandela, Kulpahar, Jhansi, Khajuraho Group of Monuments, Kalinjar Fort, Chitrakuta, Mahoba, Kalpi, Panna, India, Bundela, Khangars, Chhatarpur, Bundeli Utsav, Banda, India, Kandariya Mahadeva Temple, Mahoba district, Orchha, Bundelkhand Agency, Jain temples of Khajuraho, Laundi, Bijawar, Chhatarpur District, Gulabi gang, Bundeli language, Charkhari, Beejamandal, Devi Jagadambi Temple, Rajnagar, Chhatarpur, Maharajpur, Madhya Pradesh, Kabrai, Bada Malhera, Chandla, Kharela, Garhi-Malhara, Belasagar Lake, Nowgaon, Satai, Ghuwara, Buxwaha, Barigarh, Khajuraho Airport, Rawatpura, Kulpahar, Hanuman Tauria, Akona, Salat, Kulpahar, Raja Ka Tal, Senapati fortress, Senapati Mahal. Excerpt: Deogarh (Hindi: ) is a small farming village near the town of Lalitpur in Lalitpur district, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Located at the border with the former princely state of Gwalior, which is now part of Madhya Pradesh, it is known for its Gupta monuments, located on and near the hill fort on the right bank of the Betwa River. A number of ancient monuments of Hindu and Jain origins are found within and outside the walls of the fort. The Gupta temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu, popularly known as the Dashavatara Temple, is the earliest known Panchyatana temple in North India. It depicts ten incarnations of Vishnu. Special features of this ancient temple, which is mostly in ruins, include carved figurines of river goddesses Ganga and Yamuna on the doorway to the sanctum sanctorum, three large carved panels of Vaishnava mythology related to Gajendra Moksha, the Nar Narayan Tapasya (meditation), and the Anantshayi Vishnu reclining on a serpent. The fort on the hill is dominated by a cluster of Jain temples on its eastern part, the oldest of these dating to the 8th or 9th century. Apart from Jain te...
