Chandrehe: Sacred Space & Monastic Hegemony

Abstract This article examines the tenth-century Śiva temple and two-storied monastery (maṭha) at Chandrehe, situated in the Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh near the confluence of the Sone and Banas rivers. Built under the patronage of the Kalachuris of Tripurī and directed by the ascetics of the Mattamayūra lineage of Śaiva Siddhānta, this complex occupies […]