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Varaha Temple
Ajmer District, Pushkar, IndiaAbout
Varah temple is the largest and the most ancient temple of Pushkar. Varah The Boar is the third incarnation (avatar) of Lord Vishnu. Legend has it that Varaha rescued the earth from depth of the primeval water, where it had dragged down by a demon (Hirnayaksh). This temple was built in the 12th century and destroyed by the fanatic Muslim Emperor Aurangzeb (who was extremely offended by the titanic statue of Vera, man's body and a boar's head) among various other temples in Pushkar.
