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Tigawa temple group and Kankali Devi
A railway contractor dismantled smaller temples; the major surviving shrine was spared.
Tigawa / Tigowa · Madhya Pradesh
Not established
As documented: date not establishedApproximate locality
23.6901°, 80.0664° · not a surveyed footprintHow to read this history
- Access date is not a field inspection. This selected chronology is not a complete list of all episodes.
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AI-assisted source review: 2026-09-28. Independent specialist review: not completed.
The recorded chronology
Selected episodes. Rebuilding and later changes are distinguished from damage.
- Partial destruction · intentional causeOpen this episode on the map ↗
Before the 1879 AD report · exact year unresolved
A railway contractor dismantled temple remains and assembled their stones for removal. Local petitioners obtained an order stopping the removal.
eventAttributed · further checking neededA railway contractor dismantled temple remains and assembled their stones for removal. Local petitioners obtained an order stopping the removal.
Cunningham reports numerous shrine foundations and a large quantity of stone, not separately located modern site dossiers. The Deputy Commissioner at Jabalpur is named Walker; the contractor named Pratt in the next sentence concerns Bilhari, not Tigawa.
- Report of a Tour in the Central Provinces in 1873–74 and 1874–75, ASI volume IX ↗Alexander Cunningham / Archaeological Survey of India · Tigowa section, printed pp. 41–42 · Accessed 2026-09-28
dateAttributed · further checking neededBefore the 1879 report · exact year unresolved
- Report of a Tour in the Central Provinces in 1873–74 and 1874–75, ASI volume IX ↗Alexander Cunningham / Archaeological Survey of India · Tigowa section, printed pp. 41–42 · Accessed 2026-09-28
actorAttributed · further checking neededUnnamed railway contractor
- Report of a Tour in the Central Provinces in 1873–74 and 1874–75, ASI volume IX ↗Alexander Cunningham / Archaeological Survey of India · Tigowa section, printed pp. 41–42 · Accessed 2026-09-28
Location & last documented condition
Approximate locality; not a surveyed historic footprint.
- Tigawa — article and references ↗Wikipedia contributors · History / damage account; see source context · Accessed 2026-09-28
Current physical condition has not been independently checked for this edition.
Source context
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- Report of a Tour in the Central Provinces in 1873–74 and 1874–75, ASI volume IX ↗ · Alexander Cunningham / Archaeological Survey of India
Published 1879. Original public-domain OCR consulted, section Tigowa, printed pp. 41–42. Reports contractor dismantling, a local petition and official intervention. OCR errors remain; no personal identity inferred for the unnamed Tigawa contractor.
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