Sinhasan Battisi

Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

Vikram Teela, a small island in Rudra Sagar lake, is covered with statuary (installed in 2016) that re-creates the magical throne and court of the legendary Ujjain king Vikramaditya. The enthroned king sits surrounded by his circle of nine scholars, the nava-ratna, which includes the great (historical) Sanskrit poet Kalidas.

The outer ring of the ensemble contains statues of the 32 petrified apsaras (celestial nymphs) who recount Vikramaditya's deeds in the folk-tale collection Sinhasan Battisi.

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