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Hayagriva Madhava Temple
হয়গ্ৰীৱ মাধৱ দেৱালয়
Hajo, Kamrup Metropolitan, Assam
Koch dynasty / King Raghudeva (1583 CE)OtherHindu (Vaishnava)state-protectedAI Compiled
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Hayagriva Madhava Temple at Hajo on Monikut Hill in Kamrup district is a 16th-century stone temple dedicated to Vishnu as Hayagriva (horse-headed avatar). The temple features an octagonal cella with a lower frieze of carved stone elephants.
Sacred to both Hindus and Buddhists (who revere it as a site of the Buddha Parinirvana), it is a major pilgrimage centre of Assam.