Monday, July 16, 2007

Hayagriva Madhava temple




Hayagriva Madhava temple of Hajo. The temple has an image of Vishnu, resembling the image of Jagannath at Puri in Orissa. This temple is also regarded as a Buddhist shrine by Buddhist Lamas. It is believed that, Lord Buddha attained Nirvana at this place. The temple was destroyed by Kalapahar and rebuilt in 1543 by the Koch king Raghudev

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