Place · Vishnu temple · India
Charbhuja Vishnu, Rajsamand
Also known as Charbhuja, Charbhuja Vishnu, Charbhuja Vishnu (Garhbor), Charbhuja — Kumbhalgarh cluster, Kumbhalgarh cluster, Rajsamand
The 15-century Charbhuja Vishnu temple at Garbor village in Rajsamand district, Rajasthan — the 'Rathdwara of Mewar's Vaishnava tradition' and the primary temple associated with the 16-century Rajput mystic-saint Mirabai (c.1498-1547). Charbhuja ('four-armed') is a four-armed form of Vishnu holding conch, discus, mace and lotus. The temple's foundation is 14-century Guhila; the current structure is 16-century with major 17-century Mewar additions after Mirabai's patronage. The temple is one of four Charbhujas in Rajasthan (with Charbhuja Garh, Khamnor and Bijapur) that Mirabai is said to have visited. The temple's annual Jaljhulni Ekadashi festival each August-September draws over 100,000 pilgrims who float the deity on the Rajsamand Lake. The temple is managed by the Charbhuja Devasthan Trust.
- Function
- Sacred site & pilgrimage
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 25.149, 73.587
Connections (1)
- Devotional corpus onMīrābāī
Charbhujā at Garhbor is one of the Mewar shrines strongly associated with Mīrā, below Kumbhalgarh where the Sisodias sheltered. Her songs are sung there still, and the association ties a woman who renounced her rank to the fort geography of the house she renounced it from. The Charbhujā image is said to have been recovered from a lake after Dvārakā's submergence, which ties a Mewar hill shrine to a Gujarat coastal myth by way of a woman from Marwar.
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Sources
Wikipedia, “Charbhuja”. Archaeological Survey of India and State Archaeology monument records, and the standard regional literature.
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