Gadarmal Temple

Location

This temple is situated in Badoh - Pathari of the Kuwai Tehsil of the District. Badoh is about 19 km by road to the East of Kulhar Railway Station on the Delhi - Bombay main line of the Central Railway. From the district headquarters, it is around 84 kms away. Regular Buses are available from Vidisha to Pathari. In madiaeval times Badoh was a town of considerable importance as is testified by numerous remains of temples. Gadarmal temple is one of temples, which being of enormous height is visible from a long distance.The temple as it stands, is of two distinct parts belonging to different. basement of the shrine and the porch which are the remnants of the original temple, are of the 9th century A.D. Its Shikhara that replaced the original one. It is made up of the heterogenous pieces picked up from the ruins of Jain and Hindu temples.