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'''Manwal''' is a town in [[Udhampur district]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India. It lies {{cvt|28|km}} away from the district headquarters of [[Udhampur district|Udhampur]]. | '''Manwal''' is a town in [[Udhampur district]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India. It lies {{cvt|28|km}} away from the district headquarters of [[Udhampur district|Udhampur]]. | ||
Manwal is a small town surrounded by the [[Sivalik Hills|Shivalik Mountains]]. The [[Manwal railway station]] is located approximately {{cvt|4|km}} from the main town area. Manwal is famous for an ancient Devi Bhagavati Temple which lies in the town. The Devi Bhagavati Temple was originally dedicated to [[Vishnu]] and dates back to the 10th or 11th century CE. | Manwal is a small town surrounded by the [[Sivalik Hills|Shivalik Mountains]]. The [[Manwal railway station]] is located approximately {{cvt|4|km}} from the main town area. Manwal is famous for an ancient Devi Bhagavati Temple which lies in the town. The Devi Bhagavati Temple was originally dedicated to [[Vishnu]] and dates back to the 10th or 11th century CE. | ||
==Bhagavati Temple== | ==Bhagavati Temple== | ||
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The remains of the ancient temples feature art and architecture that was prevalent in their time. Some of the stones, monolithic beams, and pillars used in their construction are over a dozen feet long and their sculptures and carvings are splendid and impressive. | The remains of the ancient temples feature art and architecture that was prevalent in their time. Some of the stones, monolithic beams, and pillars used in their construction are over a dozen feet long and their sculptures and carvings are splendid and impressive. | ||
Historian Ashok Jerath, in his book tilted 'Dogra legends of Art and Culture' has written, "A few hundred meters from the main road, deep in the village of Dera, we found a colossus structure of a massive building with towering pillars, wide sanctums and open [[mandapa]]s. This holy building is erected on a massive platform which can be reached with a flight of twelve steps on the west side. We suddenly found ourselves in a wide chamber with eight fluted columns having ornamental bases. These columns might have been used for the support of horizontal and oblique slabs which we found in one of the surviving roofs of Kala Dera temples."<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ToONShWeEB0C | Historian Ashok Jerath, in his book tilted 'Dogra legends of Art and Culture' has written, "A few hundred meters from the main road, deep in the village of Dera, we found a colossus structure of a massive building with towering pillars, wide sanctums and open [[mandapa]]s. This holy building is erected on a massive platform which can be reached with a flight of twelve steps on the west side. We suddenly found ourselves in a wide chamber with eight fluted columns having ornamental bases. These columns might have been used for the support of horizontal and oblique slabs which we found in one of the surviving roofs of Kala Dera temples."<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ToONShWeEB0C&dq=%22deep+in+the+village+of+Dera%22&pg=PA139|title=Dogra Legends of Art & Culture|last=Jeratha|first=Aśoka|publisher=Indus Publishing|year=1998|isbn=9788173870828|pages=139|language=en}}</ref> | ||
These slabs support the stone sheets forming the roof of the chamber or so-called antechamber. There are four garbhagrihas. The upper door beams of the entrance possess the beautiful carvings of Gods and Goddesses which have deteriorated to some extent. However, carvings of navgrahas on the horizontal upper beam of the door of the garbhagrihas, situated at the north side of the temple, are still magnificent in their form and structure. Almost all the frames of garbhagrihas contain the carvings of the river deities and their maids. | These slabs support the stone sheets forming the roof of the chamber or so-called antechamber. There are four garbhagrihas. The upper door beams of the entrance possess the beautiful carvings of Gods and Goddesses which have deteriorated to some extent. However, carvings of navgrahas on the horizontal upper beam of the door of the garbhagrihas, situated at the north side of the temple, are still magnificent in their form and structure. Almost all the frames of garbhagrihas contain the carvings of the river deities and their maids. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Villages in Udhampur district]] | [[Category:Villages in Udhampur district]] | ||