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{{Infobox Hindu temple
| image = Temple of Rama Laxman, View from sea side.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Rama Lakshmana/Samba Lakshmana Temples
| map_type = India Gujarat
| map_caption = Location within Gujarat
| coordinates =
| country = India
| state = [[Gujarat]]
| district = [[Devbhoomi Dwarka district]]
| elevation_m =
| deity = [[Rama]], [[Lakshmana]]
| festivals=
| architecture = Maru Gurjara Hindu Temple architecture
| inscriptions =
| year_completed = 12th century
| creator =
| temple_board =
| website =
}}

The '''Rama Lakshamana Temples''' or '''Samba Lakshamana Temples''' are the late 12th century twin [[Hindu temple]]s in Baradia, a village in Okhamandal region of [[Devbhoomi Dwarka district]], [[Gujarat]], India. Baradia is about five km southeast of [[Dwarka]]. There are some temples near the coast within the limits of the village.<ref name="Rangarajan1990"/>

==History==
These temples were built in late 12th century during the reign of [[Bhima II]] of [[Chaulukya dynasty]] in Gujarat.<ref name="Dhaky1961"/> These are the earliest extant [[Vaishnava]] temples in Gujarat.<ref name="Rangarajan1990">{{cite book|author=Haripriya Rangarajan|title=Spread of Vaiṣṇavism in Gujarat Up to 1600 A.D.: A Study with Special Reference to the Iconic Forms of Viṣṇu|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VlfkAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Somaiya Publications|isbn=978-81-7039-192-0|pages=12, 43, 141}}</ref> These temples are declared the [[Monuments of National Importance]] (N-GJ-125) and maintained by the [[Archaeological Survey of India]].

==Architecture==
[[File:Temple of Rama Laxman, Carvings, on main structure 1.jpg|thumb|Carvings on main structure|left]]
These are [[Māru-Gurjara architecture|Maru-Gurjara style]] temples standing on high moulded plinths (''jagati'').<ref name="Chandra1975">{{cite book|author=Pramod Chandra|title=Studies in Indian Temple Architecture: Papers Presented at a Seminar Held in Varanasi, 1967|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RnPqAAAAMAAJ|year=1975|publisher=American Institute of Indian Studies|page=128}}</ref><ref name="jss">{{cite book|title=Journal of the Asiatic Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=97EeAQAAMAAJ|volume=15-19|year=1973|publisher=Asiatic Society|location=Culcutta|page=34}}</ref> They are unicellular temples with four compartments; a cella, an ''antarala'' (between cella and hall), a ''sabhamandapa'' (hall) and a porch. There is no images of either [[Rama]], [[Lakshmana]], [[Samba (Krishna's son)|Samba]] or [[Laxman Kumara|Lakshmana Kumara]] in the cella of these temples now.<ref name="Rangarajan1990"/><ref name="DevaGopal1989">{{cite book|author1=Krishna Deva|author2=Lallanji Gopal|author3=Shri Bhagwan Singh|title=History and art: essays on history, art, culture, and archaeology presented to Prof. K.D. Bajpai in honour of his fifty years of indological studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MVk8AAAAMAAJ|year=1989|publisher=Ramanand Vidya Bhawan|page=174}}</ref> They are contemporary of [[Navlakha Temple, Ghumli]] and has several similarities such as plinth and sculptures. Even sculptures of [[Brahma]], [[Vishnu]] and [[Shiva]] are on the ''kumbha'' of ''bhadra''s is placed in similar fashion. In plan, they are similar to temple at Sunak except two free standing pillars of the porch.<ref name="Dhaky1961">{{cite journal|first=Madhusudan A.|last=Dhaky|author-link=Madhusudan Dhaky|year=1961|editor-last=Deva|editor-first=Krishna|title=The Chronology of the Solanki Temples of Gujarat|url=http://vmis.in/Resources/digital_publication_popup?id=136#page/68|journal=Journal of the Madhya Pradesh Itihas Parishad|publisher=Madhya Pradesh Itihas Parishad|publication-place=[[Bhopal]]|volume=3|pages=65}}</ref><ref name="Sompura1968">{{cite book|first=Kantilal F.|last=Sompura|title=The Structural Temples of Gujarat, Upto 1600 A.D.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dXTqAAAAMAAJ|year=1968|publisher=Gujarat University|page=48}}</ref><ref name="RajanMargabandhu1991">{{cite book|author1=K. V. Soundara Rajan|author2=Chedarambattu Margabandhu|title=Indian archaeological heritage: Shri K.V. Soundara Rajan festschrift|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3AZuAAAAMAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Agam Kala Prakashan|page=572}}</ref>

The western temple facing east is very old and has well carved sculptures.<ref name="Rangarajan1990"/><ref name="RajanMargabandhu1991"/>

Other nearby temples of importance include the [[Surya|Sun]] temple, Chandrabhaga temple and a [[Pushtimarg Baithak|Bethak of Mahaprabhu]].<ref name="Desai1977">{{cite book|last=Desai|first=Shambhuprasad Harprasad|title=Dwarka|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q0cDAAAAMAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Sorath Research Society|page=46}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Temple of Rama Laxman, View from Inside.jpg|Viewing opposite temple from inside
File:RAM LAXMANA OR SAMB LAXMANA TEMPLE @ BARADIA 1.JPG|North side
File:Temple of Rama Laxman, - Dwaraka side.jpg|North side
File:Temple of Rama Laxman, Inside View.jpg|Interior
</gallery>

==References==
{{commonscat|Ram Lakshman Temple, Baradia}}
{{reflist}}

{{Hindu temples in Gujarat}}

{{coord missing|Gujarat}}

[[Category:Hindu temples in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Monuments of National Importance in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Devbhoomi Dwarka district]]
[[Category:Cultural history of Gujarat]]
[[Category:12th-century Hindu temples]]
[[Category:Māru-Gurjara architecture]]

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