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Multi-periodSite Name: Mehardak Bet TempleCountry: India
NOTE: This site is 79.995 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Adesar Nearest Village: Kanmer
Latitude: 23.388056N Longitude: 71.059068E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Ancient Temple in India
Mehardak Bet is an island in the Little rann of Kutch .
The legend tell us that Varnu Dada a Hindu saint lived in this island and helped the traveller's in the Rann (on the Rann see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rann_of_Kutch )
He had a dog called Moti (pearl) and a She Donkey called Laila.
He loaded water and food on Laila and sent them both to look for people in distress,Moti the dog locate the people and lead Laila to them revive them and take them back to Varnu Dada's place.
Temple ornament :Depicting the monkey army of Lord Hanuman in the myth of the Ramayana.
on Ramayana see :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramayana
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