Varaha Temple Pushkar is an ancient temple dedicated to the Lord Vishnu Varaha Avatar in Pushkar of Rajasthan, a Wild Boar manifestation of the Third Avatar in the Dashavatar of Satya Yuga. The Varaha temple was founded by King Anaji Chauhan in the 12th century and was later demolished by Emperor Aurangzeb in 1727 and rebuilt by Raja Sawai Man Singh of Jaipur.
This is a rare temple of Lord Varaha and, in ancient times, an important temple. The temple houses a massive, white-painted idol of Lord Varah. Lord Vishnu’s well built and colourful temple depicts all his Avatars.
The Demon Hiranyaksha carried the Earth and went under the Celestial Ocean, Epic wrote. As a wild boar with two tusks, Lord Vishnu appeared to save the planet Earth from the demon Hiranyaksha and battled with him for thousands of years and took back the Earth’s grip between the two tusks and returned it to its original place in the Universe.
The Pushkar is well connected by road & rail networks to the city and the Varaha Temple is just about 10 minutes walking distance from the most famous Lord Brahma Temple, if you are in and around the Pushkar, it is a Must Visit Temple.
History
During Pushkar, the original Varaha Temple was constructed in King Anaji Chauhan’s reign (1130-1150 A.D.), who was the grandfather of Anaji Chauhan, Prithviraj Chauhan’s king. The Ghaznavid army under Arnoraya destroyed it. During that time. First reconstructed by the Hada Chatrasal of Bundi, the temple was And had been defeated by Aurangzeb again. It was restored by Raja Sawai Jai Yai in 1727. Jaipur’s Singh II. To this day, the ruins of lintels of stone, carvings and sculptures Around the temple compound, broken architectural ornaments lie strewn. The shrine In 1806, Gokul Chand Parikh, a minister of Scindia, renovated it again.