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Mandakini Temple

The Hindu god Shiva's temple is at Tiliswa Mahadev Temple at the Rajasthan-Madhya Pradesh border.

The fort, Mandakini temple and Shree Digambar Jain Parshwanath Atishaya Teerthkhshetra are the main attractions. The fort is on Bundi Chttaurgarh road. A high paved courtyard on the side of the fort has a large temple of Shiva. A carved archway leads to the temple that has a fine image of Hindu god Ganesh. The Shiva temple is called Hajaresvara Mahadeva temple. It has a high linga surrounded by hundreds of small lingas and hence called Hajaresvara or Sahastralinga. Near by Mandakani Kund is a holy water tank. Other attractions are five Jain temples dedicated to Paraswnath and the remains of a palace and two rock inscriptions.

Protected Monuments By Archaeological Survey of India in Rajasthan contains three sites from Bijolia village:

• Mahakalsaz and two other temples
• Rock Inscription (12th century) in Bijolian Parshwanath Jain temple
• Rock Inscription of the Chauhan Dynasty
• Waterfalls include Menal, Bhadak (Choti Bijolia, Avi Jain), Bhimlat, Bhadkiya, etc.