Category:Cherka Deur Devi Temple ruins, Devgarh–Bhadwahi

Cherka Deur Devi Temple ruins, Devgarh–Bhadwahi 

12th to 13th century Hindu goddess temple ruins
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Instance of	Hindu temple
Location	Surguja district, Surguja division, Chhattisgarh, India
23° 01′ 09.44″ N, 82° 56′ 38.48″ E
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In Surguja district, there are many historic Hindu and Jain temple ruin sites and archaeological mounds in an area of about 75 square kilometers around Bhadwahi in north Chhattisgarh. The largest of these is the Satmahala site to the west of Bhadwahi. Another site east of Bhadwahi is the hamlet of Devgarh (Devtikara, Deogarh Chhattisgarh) with many mounds and scattered ruins in farmlands and along the banks of Rihand river, a tributary of Son river. One of these is a site with ruins of a historic Devi temple locally called as Cherka Deur. This site is about half kilometer from the Shiva temple ruins of Devgarh Devatikara.

The Devi temple ruins are difficult to date. The official noticeboard estimates these to be from the 12th to 13th century. The platform and some pillars are at their original location. Many other parts of the ruined destroyed temple have been recovered by the villagers and re-stacked arbitrarily. The extant restored structure is inconsistent with the architectural rules and principles in historic Hindu Sanskrit texts on temple plan and architecture. The mutilated Hindu artwork at this site are oddly placed, yet impressive in isolation. They include those of Ganesha, Kartikeya riding on a peacock, a notable Ganga statue with her makara vahana, a partially finished Yamuna, and others.