जगत उदयपुर
jagat aitihasik ambika mandir rajasthan, udayapur se 42 kilomitar ki doori par sthit hai. matridevi ke is mandir mean matridevataoan tatha dikpaloan ke atirikt kisi bhi any dev ki pratima ka n hona, ise any mandiroan se alag karata hai. yahaan se prapt stanbh abhilekh, aankan shaili tatha banavat yah spasht karati hai ki is mandir ko 10vian shatabdi ke poorvarddh mean banaya gaya tha. yahaan se prapt abhilekhoan ke anusar 961 ee. (sanvath 1017) mean vallakaputr samvapur ne isaka jirnoddhar kiya tha. is mandir samooh ke tin pramukh aang hai-
sabhamandap sabhamandap ka upayog devi ke upalakshy mean nrityagitadi sabhaoan ke lie hota hai. pravesh dvar ke donoan stanbh bhi samapt prayah hai. in stanbhoan ke oopari bhag par kamal ke phool par kh di ek alasakanya ki pratima aankit thi. yahaan pithika ke utkirn abhipray abhi bhi surakshit hai. yah aankan shaili, jo saral kahi ja sakati hai, is disha mean ek nayi shaili ke praranbh ki parichayak hai. is samay tak in vishayoan mean koee nishchit niyam to nahian tha, parantu inhean alankrit karane ka prayas 11vian shatabdi mean isake vikas mean sahayak hua hai.
mukhy mandir is mandir mean ek pravesh-dvar-mandap, sabhamandap tatha ek garbhagrih hai. inako matridevi durga ke shaant, abhay evan varad rup ki ekantik upasana ka udaharan mana jata hai, jahaan par durga ke sabhi rupoan mean mahishamardini rup ko pramukh mana jata hai. garbhagrih ki pooja pratima kshemakari vigrah ki thi, jo pratima ke avashisht parikar se pratit hota hai.
mukhy mandir ki jal pranalika par bana chhota mandir mandir mean mahishamardini katha ke vibhinn drishyoan ka aankan kiya gaya hai. mahishasur ka varnan bhi vividh rupoan mean kiya gaya hai, lekin chamunda tatha bhairavi devi ke atirikt devi ka koee bhi vibhats rup prastut nahian kiya gaya hai. mandir ki bahy bhittiyoan, stanbhoan, takhoan adi mean kee rupoan mean apsaraoan ka rupaankan tatha unaki vividh bhav- bhangimaoan evan mudraoan ki prastuti ki gee hai. devi pratima ke shirsh par sthit ek shuk ka aankan devi mahatmy jaise samakalin sahityik srotoan se prerit lagata hai.