Parvati temple of Nachna is dated back to Gupta period(5th- or 6th-century), it is one of the earliest surviving stone temples in central India.
Though now ruined, but looking at the original scheme the temple was surrounded by four sides by a passageway is clear. The sanctum doorway is surrounded by finely carved guardians with Ganga and Yamuna, river goddesses. North and south walls are provided with pierced stone windows so that light can enter the sanctum.
Linga (400-499 CE), sanctum
Caturmukha Mahadeva temple, Nachna Kuthara, Panna, Madhya Pradesh
Sandstone, 156 cm (H)
Documented by CA&A in January 1968
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