English: The original archival photo of this Vishnu temple in Seorinarayan (Sevrinarayan, Shivrinarayana) village was taken in 1873 by Joseph Beglar and published in 1874.

This temple, among other themes, celebrates the Shabari (Sabari) legend of Ramayana, just like the many Hindu temples celebrate and pictorially depict other legends of Ramayana, Mahabharata and different Puranas.

The temple consists of the main large temple and a group of shrines set in an architectural pattern. In the 20th-century, the temples complex was restored, new walls added and freshly painted. However, the original stone and brick elements, along with the interior reliefs, statues and artwork were left in their original state from the Kalchuris era.

The temple is notable for presenting the dasavatara (10 avatars of VIshnu) is unusual order and with Balarama-Krishna as one (clockwise: Buddha, Rama, Vamana, Varaha, Matsya, Kurma, Narasimha, Parasurama, Balarama and Kalki). Similarly, at the sanctum entrance, Yamuna goddess is on left and Ganga goddess on right (other temples put Ganga on left). There are four dwarapalas before the sanctum. The iconography is also distinctive in many reliefs than Vishnu temples built before the 12th-century in this region. This suggests that the architect and artisans were innovating over the previous versions. The carvings and details in the original reliefs of this temples complex are exceptional.

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