Udaipur : Nagda Temple
Operating Hours:Monday - Sunday: 07:30 - 17:30
The Vibe:Tenth-century carving, no crowd, no deity.
These paired tenth-century shrines stand at Nagda, an early Mewar capital abandoned long ago. The name Sas Bahu is a corruption of Sahastra Bahu, the thousand-armed form of Vishnu, rather than any mother-in-law story.
Two roofless shrines sit in open ground with a lake behind and hills beyond. Carving covers every pillar and ceiling, and there is usually no one to interrupt it.
- Built in the tenth century and dedicated to Vishnu in his Sahastra Bahu form
- The sanctums are empty — the images were destroyed centuries ago
- Rated 4.6 across nearly 2,400 Google reviews
- Three kilometres from Eklingji, and far older than it
Fit For
- 🌍 Culture travellers: "Carving that predates almost everything in Udaipur."
- 📸 Photographers: "Ruins, open light and nobody in the frame."
- 💕 Couples: "Quiet and unvisited, unlike the temples either side of it."
- 🧳 Solo: "Forty-five minutes that most day trips skip entirely."
Highlights
- Carved ceilings in the larger Sas shrine — the finest work on the site
- Pillar carving across both temples — dense and almost entirely intact
- The torana arch at the entrance to the larger temple
- The lake immediately behind the shrines, with the Aravallis beyond
- Empty sanctums — the site is architecture rather than active worship — Hidden Gem
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