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Chourashi Temple Bhaarmour

Chourashi Temple:- Chourasi Temple which means 84 temples. The main square which owes its name To the eighty-four shrines built there. Some are merely four feet high cones sheltering. Lingams – the phallic symbol of the Lord Shiva. Avery large stone temple in the classic style dominates the square. The Manimahesh temple, sacred to Lord Shiva in front of it, under a sheltering roof but otherwise open, is a life size, standing bull –Nandi this brazen bull looked so life-like .Its pedestal has an inscription attributing the work to the craft man Gugga, and there one on there very famous wooden temple which is dedicated Goddess lakhana devi. which reveals several features of ancient wooden shrines in its exquisitely carved massive entrance door way and rich ornamentation of the interior in wood. the reign of Raja Meru Barnman (AD 680-700) this is the Raja who put chamba (link will here) on the map of North India