Dadhimati Mata Temple of the goddess Dadhimati is located between the villages of Goth and Manglod in

Jayal Jayal is a census town and tehsil headquarters in the Nagaur district of Rajasthan state. The town is located 50 km away from Nagaur. One of the oldest Stone Age civilization contemporary to bagor end tilwada. Geography Jayal is located at ...

tehsil,

Nagaur district Nagaur district is one of the 33 districts of the state of Rajasthan in western India. Panchayati Raj was introduced here. It is the fifth largest district in Rajasthan and the area of the district is . The city of Nagaur is the district headqua ...

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, India. An inscription found there suggests that it existed at least as long ago at 608 CE. It is an important site for the

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, and, as one of 52

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s, significant to the

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tradition and to ''

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''-related scholarship. Dadhimati is said to be the sister of the

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(sage)

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. The legend says she was born on magh (Indian month) shukl 7 (rath saptami) due to the churning of the sky. Dadhimati killed Detya Vikatasur on magh shukl 8 (jaya ashtami) in Dadhi Sagar. Dadhimati is the

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of the goddess Laxmi. The temple has the oldest depictions of 'Devi mahamatya', which are even older than the

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temple of Kolhapur,

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. It has a depiction of Valimiki ramyana in interiors.

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