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	The nearest railway station is Waghali railway station. Express trains do not halt at Waghali. [[Chalisgaon Junction railway station]] is 11 km from the temple. Chalisgaon is well connected by railways to the entire India. Frequent trains are available to Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, and other major cities of India.		The nearest railway station is Waghali railway station. Express trains do not halt at Waghali. [[Chalisgaon Junction railway station]] is 11 km from the temple. Chalisgaon is well connected by railways to the entire India. Frequent trains are available to Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, and other major cities of India.

	==References==		==References==

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{{Short description|Hindu temple in Jalgaon district, India}}
[[File:Mudhai Devi temple - side view.jpg|thumb|Mudhai Devi temple of Hemadpanti architecture at Waghali village in Chalisgaon Teshil]]
[[File:Mudhai Devi temple - front view.jpg|thumb|Mudhai Devi temple of Hemadpanti architecture at Waghali village in Chalisgaon Teshil]]
'''Mudhai Devi temple''' is a temple of goddess Mudhai built as a [[Hemadpanti]] structure in village [[Waghali]], in [[Chalisgaon]] tehsil of [[Jalgaon]] district in [[Khandesh]] region of Maharashtra, India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.33309|title=Mediaeval Temples Of The Dakhan Vol.27|first=Cousens|last=Henry|date=July 19, 1913|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

Due to its archaeological importance, the [[Archaeological Survey of India]] declared this temple as a monument of national importance in 1914.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=137167|title=Conversion of Heritage Sites into Tourist Spots in Maharashtra |website=Pib.nic.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137167|title=Conversion of Heritage Sites into Tourist Spots in Maharashtra|website=Pib.nic.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asiaurangabad.in/pdf/notification/Jalgaon/Mudhai%20Devi%20Temple%20-%20Waghli.pdf|format=PDF|title=Mudhai devi Temple - Vaghil|website=Asiaurangabad.in|accessdate=19 July 2019}}</ref>

== Structure and architecture ==
[[File:Information board by Archaeological Suvery of India at Mudhai temple.jpg|thumb|Information board by Archaeological Suvery of India at Mudhai temple]]
The temple is located on an artificial mound and is now partly ruined. It was built around 1150–1200 AD. The temple faces east and is in stellate plan consisting of a {{transl|hi|[[garbhagriha]]}}, {{transl|hi|[[ardhamandapa]]}}, {{transl|hi|[[mandapa]]}}, and {{transl|hi|pottico}} leading to the {{transl|hi|mandapa}}. The structure is supported with 24 pillars.

The temple is not fully preserved, its parts like {{transl|hi|pitha}}, {{transl|hi|vedibandha}}, and {{transl|hi|jangha}} are well preserved while {{transl|hi|shikhara}} is missing and in place of that roof has covered with stone slabs and concrete which is a latter addition done for its protection. The walls of the temple are bedecked with the least decorations including ratnas, foliage, geometrical and grassamukha designs. Main sculptures on the central walls at the north, west, and south are the standing images of Chandika, Surya, and Ganesha, respectively.

Inside the shrine doorframe, ceilings and pillars are decorated. The doorframe is composed of five shakhas and embellished with navagrahas at the upper and foliage and geometrical motifs at the lateral and lower parts. There are two images at the lintel one above the other which are unidentified as badly wear out. Inside the garbhagriha has an image of Uma-Maheshwar with mount Nandi installed on an altar.

The temple is one of the more important temples of the early medieval period where a goddess form is worshipped.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lib.unipune.ac.in:8080/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/7334/05_section%201.pdf?sequence=5&isAllowed=y|format=PDF|title=Section 1 : Introduction|website=Lib.unipune.ac.in|accessdate=19 July 2019}}</ref>

== Connectivity ==
=== Road ===
The nearest State Transport bus stand ([[MSRTC]]) is in Chalisgaon. Chalisgaon is well-connected with the rest of Maharashtra via MSRTC buses. Chalisgaon is 328 km from Mumbai. Chalisgaon-Pune distance is 304 km.

=== Railways ===
The nearest railway station is Waghali railway station. Express trains do not halt at Waghali. [[Chalisgaon Junction railway station]] is 11 km from the temple. Chalisgaon is well connected by railways to the entire India. Frequent trains are available to Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, and other major cities of India.

==References==
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