About Meerabai Temple
This temple was built during the reign of Maharana Kumbha and later
given to Mira Bai when she needed a place to worship Lord Krishna, the
main subject of her poems. It is a good example of Rajput architecture,
designed in North Indian style on a raised plinth, with a conical roof
over the inner sanctum. The dome is carved in a circle of five human
bodies with one head that symbolises belief that the people of the four
castes (Varnas), as well as the fifth caste Harijans, can all realise
God. Within the sanctum are paintings of Lord Krishna and of Mira Bai in
devotion (bhakti) to the god. The open colonnade around the sanctum has
four small pavilions. A small chhatri stands in the temple's forecourt,
said to have been built in memory of Mira's saintly guru, Rai Das (Swami
Ravidas) of Varanasi, a Harijan. The saint's footprints are marked on
the floor of this small shrine.
General Tips:
Remove your shoes before entering the Temple.
