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Lakshmi Temple was built in 1622 AD by Vir Singh Dev Bundela and renovated by Prathvi Singh in 1793 AD. It is rectangular in plan and elevation in middle of fortified square courtyard, having four star type multifaced projecting bastions at four corners and one such projection at the traontal gate. This brick structure is mouled like a fortress and spires give shape of a temple. The inner walls and ceiling are profusely decorated with paintings depicting various episodes of Ramayan and Shrimad Bhagavata. The style adopted is the developed phase of Bundelkhand school, which prevailed between the 17th and the 19th centuries.
Lakshminarayan Temple is dedicated to the goddess of wealth, Lakshmi, and her consort, Narayan. It was built on the orders of Bir Singh Deo but has needed extensive renovation over the centuries.
It’s an odd mixture of temple and fort (with musket embrasures in the crenellated outer wall) and an even odder mixture of concentric forms – it is basically an octagonal central tower inside a triangular temple within a square compound that has bastions at each corner. In line with this eccentricity, the entrance gate is set in a corner rather than the wall.
Despite that unpromising description, it is gorgeous and its eclectic ceiling paintings have been successfully restored in the past two decades. They are a mixture of ancient mythology and relatively recent history. The hall with a long panorama of the siege of Jhansi by the British in 1857 is brilliant.
And because it is so little visited it is wonderfully tranquil. You can lie on the floor and look at the painting for hours – or sit in the cupola at the top of the entrance tower and admire the skyline of Orchha’s palaces and temples a little over a kilometer away.
THE SIEGE OF JHANSI
This panorama of the siege covers most of the length of one of the outer halls – about 17m. It gives a lot of prominence to the British besiegers (because the Raja of Orchha was on their side) but still tries to present the rebels in a favourable light, especially since they were led by the temple deity's namesake, Queen Lakshmi Bai.