{"id":89472,"date":"2020-08-01T00:19:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T18:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=16670"},"modified":"2020-08-01T00:19:19","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T18:49:19","slug":"natesa-of-rajasthan-temple-returns-to-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/natesa-of-rajasthan-temple-returns-to-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Natesa of Rajasthan temple returns to India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Natesa, a rare sandstone idol has been retrieved after 22 years by the Rajasthan police after it was smuggled to the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/40koZEiiqLzZmCaUEAH1MdhN7djs-FpBqybtLUcaAr6LWcH4qllGKl9kAMCmcxyKgwJ8u52beW0J4l54OEURYP7M8LeOricyNxiV5Hx08WxWzrZk_jdC6DehsxpMaLFTD05TYwRRyxTea5fyQA\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Natesa:<\/strong> It is a rare sandstone idol from the Pratihara Style of Rajasthan.<\/li><li>It is originally from the Ghateswar Temple at Baroli, Rajasthan.<\/li><li><strong>Features: <\/strong>The sandstone Natesa figure stands tall at almost 4 ft in a rare and brilliant depiction of Shiva.A beautiful depiction of Nandi is shown behind the right leg of the Natesa icon.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Pratihara Style: <\/strong>It is a famous temple architecture belonging to the Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty of Rajasthan.They ruled much of Northern India from the mid-8th to the 11th century.<\/li><li>The Gurjara-Pratiharas were instrumental in containing Arab armies moving east of the Indus River.<\/li><li><strong>Important Rulers: <\/strong>Nagabhata Il, Mhir Bhoj and Mahenedra pal I.<\/li><li><strong>Significance: <\/strong>They are known for their sculptures, carved panels and open pavilion style temples.&nbsp;<ul><li>The greatest development of their style of temple building was at Khajuraho now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Natesa, a rare sandstone idol has been retrieved after 22 years by the Rajasthan police after it was smuggled to the UK. Facts: Natesa: It is a rare sandstone idol from the Pratihara Style of Rajasthan. It is originally from the Ghateswar Temple at Baroli, Rajasthan. Features: The sandstone Natesa figure stands tall at&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/natesa-of-rajasthan-temple-returns-to-india\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Natesa of Rajasthan temple returns to India<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1760],"tags":[6920,6921,2780],"class_list":["post-89472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-polity-and-nation","tag-natesa","tag-pratihara-syle","tag-rajasthan","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700782181,"cached_date":1702419659},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}