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Varaha shrine at Pushkar
Jahangir ordered the desecration of a Varaha image in 1613.
Pushkar · Rajasthan
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As documented: date not establishedApproximate locality
26.4877°, 74.5559° · not a surveyed footprintHow to read this history
- Town coordinate; the surveyed footprint of the historical shrine has not been established.
- Access date is not a field inspection. This selected chronology is not a complete list of all episodes.
- Underlying bibliography is available with access status; independent specialist review remains outstanding.
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.
- Desecration · intentional causeOpen this episode on the map ↗
1613 AD
Jahangir ordered desecration of the temple’s Varaha image.
eventAttributed · further checking neededJahangir ordered desecration of the temple’s Varaha image.
The cited episode concerns an image. It is not evidence that every building at Pushkar was demolished.
- Temple desecration and Indo-Muslim states ↗Richard M. Eaton / Frontline · Narrative on Pushkar; table entry 56 · Accessed 2026-09-28
dateAttributed · further checking needed1613
- Temple desecration and Indo-Muslim states ↗Richard M. Eaton / Frontline · Narrative on Pushkar; table entry 56 · Accessed 2026-09-28
actorAttributed · further checking neededJahangir
- Temple desecration and Indo-Muslim states ↗Richard M. Eaton / Frontline · Narrative on Pushkar; table entry 56 · Accessed 2026-09-28
eventAttributed · further checking neededJahangir’s memoir records ordering the Varaha image broken and thrown into the tank. Its next passage concerns a separate hilltop shrine; the whole Varaha temple is not said to be demolished.
- Jahangir, Tuzuk-i Jahangiri, Rogers / Beveridge, volume I (1909) ↗Jahangir · Rogers / Beveridge I, pp. 254–255 · Accessed 2026-09-28
Location & last documented condition
Approximate locality; not a surveyed historic footprint.
- Pushkar — 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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- Temple desecration and Indo-Muslim states ↗ · Richard M. Eaton / Frontline
5 January 2001, second part: specific narrative on Varaha at Pushkar and other episodes. Source interpretation remains attributable to the scholar.
Discovery: Wikipedia reference trail or independent source search · Access: direct - Pushkar — article and references ↗ · Wikipedia contributors
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Discovery: Wikipedia reference trail or independent source search · Access: direct - Jahangir, Tuzuk-i Jahangiri, Rogers / Beveridge, volume I (1909) ↗ · Jahangir
Printed pp. 254–255 read. Records an order to break the Varaha image at Pushkar and a separate hilltop shrine. This does not mean the whole Varaha temple was razed.
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