Category:Awantipora

Awantipora 

Historic town in Jammu and Kashmir, India
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Istanza di	cittadina insediamento umano
Luogo	distretto di Pulwama Jammu e Kashmir India
Altezza sul mare	1 582 ±1 m
33° 55′ 11″ N, 75° 00′ 55″ E
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Avantipur is a town along the Jhelum river about 30 kilometers southeast of Srinagar. It was a Hindu pilgrimage center and capital by the 9th century with many temples. Its significance is compared to the Marttand Sun temple in the Raja Tarangini text, and the town's economic importance is attributed therein to King Avantivarman.

King Avantivarman built two large temples complexes in the second half of the 9th century – a panchayatana style Avantiswami complex for Vishnu and a bit larger Avantisvara complex for Shiva to its northwest, about 3000 feet from each other. Both sit within a colonnaded peristyle, and both have a gateway from the west, facing the Jhelum river.

It is was deserted village by the early 19th-century, when some washed away ruins drew the interest of archaeologists. Partial excavations and early photographs of Avantipore were published in the 1860s. The temple sites were fully excavated in early 20th-century. Avantipur is now a busy town connected by the National Highway 44.