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7th-century brick temple at Sirpur, one of the finest early brick temples in India, with an ASI museum on site.
The Laxman (Lakshmana) Temple is the best-known monument at Sirpur, about 78 km east of Raipur. It is a 7th-century brick temple, mostly ruined, but its tower and sanctum door frame keep fine carvings, including a reclining Vishnu and Vishnu's avatars. The Archaeological Survey of India manages it and runs a site museum on the premises.
Within 1 km of Laxman Temple, Sirpur.
Excavated Buddhist monastery at Sirpur with a seated Buddha and carved door frames.
Largest temple complex at Sirpur: a white-stone terrace with five shrines, excavated in 2006-07.
Active Shiva temple on the Mahanadi bank at Sirpur, built with older Hindu, Buddhist and Jain carved stones.
Vishnu temple of about 1111 AD near the Indravati-Narangi confluence, 4 km east of Chitrakote Falls.
Old temple at Rajim near the Rajiv Lochan Temple.
Old temple in Adbhar village, Janjgir-Champa district.
11th-century Shiva temple near Kawardha, known as the Khajuraho of Chhattisgarh for its carvings.
Group of three Jain temples in Arang, east of Raipur, from the 9th-11th centuries.
Forest Shiva shrine near Gariaband around a huge natural rock linga that locals say keeps growing.
Early Vishnu temple in Rajim, dated to about the 7th-8th century, centre of the yearly Rajim Kumbh fair.
Brick temple in Kharod dated to 650-675 CE.