" Chaurasan Temple "
Among the various ruin of temples scattered on the plateau of Rohtasgarh, the most picturesque of all these temples is the Rohtasan-the temple of Rohitaswa ( Son of Harishchandra) or Chaurasan.
It stands at the edge of the precipice on a small peak at the north-eastern corner of the plateau and is approached by a long flight of eighty-four steps.
Little of this temple now remains and the tower and mandapa which once formed part of it have long since disappeared. The image of Rohitaswa is said to have been worshipped here until it was destroyed by the iconoclastic zeal of Aurangzeb.
Close by the temple of Rohitaswa or Chaurasan stands the shrine sacred to his father Haris Chandra, a graceful building consisting of a small pillared hall covered with five domes, the image formerly worshipped here was also removed by Aurangzeb.
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Among the various ruin of temples scattered on the plateau of Rohtasgarh, the most picturesque of all these temples is the Rohtasan-the temple of Rohitaswa ( Son of Harishchandra) or Chaurasan.
It stands at the edge of the precipice on a small peak at the north-eastern corner of the plateau and is approached by a long flight of eighty-four steps.
Little of this temple now remains and the tower and mandapa which once formed part of it have long since disappeared. The image of Rohitaswa is said to have been worshipped here until it was destroyed by the iconoclastic zeal of Aurangzeb.
Close by the temple of Rohitaswa or Chaurasan stands the shrine sacred to his father Haris Chandra, a graceful building consisting of a small pillared hall covered with five domes, the image formerly worshipped here was also removed by Aurangzeb.
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