Ancient Garuda Temple, Gararu

Near Ghat Pipariya in Narsinghpur district, there is a village named Gararu on the banks of river Narmada. This village is situated at a distance of about 18 km from Narsinghpur. There are three temples built in this village. Of these, the temple named Garuda is situated on a high mound. This temple is east facing. Probably, Garuda statue or Garudasin Vishnu statue would have been installed in this temple, due to which the name of this village is Garudpuri or which is presently known as Gararu.
This east facing temple is built in Pachayatan style. Presently there is no statue installed in the sanctum sanctorum of the temple but a Shivling is installed in a corner outside the sanctum sanctorum. There is a circumambulation path around the temple. Steps have been made to go to the temple. The main sanctum sanctorum of the temple and the sanctum sanctorums built at the four corners have domed spires. The architecture of the temple is of Indo-Islamic style. This temple was built around the 17th century during the reign of Gaur king Balwant Singh. The ancient Garuda temple is important from archaeological point of view, so it is proposed to preserve this temple.

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