Description of the attraction
One of the most famous and visited attractions of Orchhi, located in Madhya Pradesh, in the heart of India, is the majestic Chaturbui Temple, which is located directly opposite another famous place in this city - the Raja Mahal Palace. The temple is dedicated to one of the supreme Hindu deities Vishnu. The name of the temple comes from the words "four" and "hands", and in Sanskrit means "one who has four hands", meaning Vishnu, who is traditionally depicted with four hands.
The temple was built in the distant 1558-1573 during the reign of the Gurjara Pratihara dynasty, by King Madhukar Singh. Initially, it was built in honor of Rama, but according to legend, the queen, who was supposed to bring the statue of Rama to the new temple, first brought it to the residence of the ruler, but then she could not move the statue from its place and realized that it was Rama himself who thus expressed his wish To "settle" in the palace, which later became known as Ram Raya. Therefore, the new building was turned into a Vishnu temple.
The Chaturbui Temple stands on a high stone pedestal and is a huge and massive structure. The building can be conditionally divided into several parts: a large "porch", to which a long staircase leads, a kind of vestibule and the main hall, which is a high tower of the pancharatha type, and in which there is a statue of the four-armed Vishnu. The main difference between Chaturburai and other Hindu temples is the presence of a vast space inside the building, as well as an abundance of light.
Its walls are decorated with carvings, lotus flowers and Hindu religious symbols.
