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English: The Pratapeshwar temple is a 19th-century Chhatri-style monument built here by Raja Pratap Singh of Chhatarpur – a princely state under the protection of the colonial British India.
The Pratapeshwar temple is unlike any of the pre-13th century Khajuraho Hindu and Jain temples. It shows the extraordinary contrast within 600 years from skills that built large, highly sophisticated designs and temple architecture to one that built Pratapeshvara temple. This memorial monument is a fusion of Hindu temple sikhara with lower and mid sections with Chhatri arches and domes remniscent of Indo-Islamic architecture. These domes and arches are seen in Rajputana and Maratha era monuments and temples, reflecting the skills and expertise readily available as well as those lost over the centuries from the lack of demand and schools. The monument is devoid of artwork inside and outside, like some other chhatris of Bundelkhand. It has a small Shiva linga and a small Nandi inside under the sikhara. |
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