Ambika Mata, Udaipur district

The 10-century Solanki-era Ambika Mata Devi temple at Jagat village in Udaipur district, Rajasthan, 50 kilometres from Udaipur — called 'the Khajuraho of Mewar' for its 961 CE finely-carved temple with exquisite exterior sculpture. The temple was built by Solanki feudatory Allata of Guhila dynasty around 961 CE (dated by inscription) and dedicated to Ambika Mata (Durga-Lakshmi composite). The temple's exterior is covered in fine Nagara-style stone carving of divine figures, musicians, dancers, mithuna couples and vegetal motifs — architecturally one of the finest 10-century Solanki works surviving. The sanctum deity is a black-stone Durga image. The temple is listed by ASI since 1951 and is a popular Mewari Shakta pilgrimage, with the annual Chaitra Navratri festival drawing 50,000 pilgrims.