Hayagriva Madhava Mandir is situated on the Monikut hill. The hill is situated in Hajo of Assam is around 30 km to west of Guwahati. The Kalika Purana composed in the 11th century CE in Kamarupa talks about the origin of this form of Vishnu and his final establishment in the hill of Monikut, where the present Mandir is located.
The Hayagriva Madhava Mandir structure in Assam was constructed by the King Raghudeva Narayan in 1583. According to some historians the King of Pala dynasty constructed it in 10th century.
It is a stone Mandir and it enshrines an image of Hayagriva Madhava of Assam. At this imposing Mandir of Assam, the presiding deity is Vishnu, worshipped in the sanctum sanctorum as an idol carved of black stone. Four other stone idols are also in worship as subsidiary deities, or so they thought. A most striking feature of the Mandir for the most part is the continuous row of elephants carved on the almost the lowest level of the Mandir walls a structure similar to Ellora.
The outer walls of the shrine are also covered with figures of the ten incarnations of Vishnu, devotees in procession and episodic scenes from the Ramayana. There is a big pond known as Madhab Pukhuri near the Mandir. The present Mandir structure essentially was constructed by the King Raghudeva Narayan in 1583. According to some historians the King of Pala dynasty constructed it in 10th century.
Assamese festivals - Doul, Bihu and Janmastami are celebrated every year in the Mandir. Sayani, the first wife of Kalia Bhomora Borphukan donated a family of paiks and also a plot of land for their maintenance to the Hayagriva Madhava Mandir during the reign of Ahom king Kamaleswar Singha. The present Mandir structure was constructed by the King Raghudeva Narayan in 1583. The lamps in the sanctum sancotrum are never put off ever, which shows that Hayagriva Madhava Mandir is situated on the Monikut hill.
The hill is situated in Hajo of Assam which is around 30 km to west of Guwahati. The Kalika Purana composed in the 11th century CE in Kamarupa talks about the origin of this form of Vishnu and his final establishment in the hill of Monikut, where the present Mandir is located. Oil flows into the big earthen lamps through a sort of simple tube connected to the oil tin. The very present Mandir structure essentially was constructed by the King Raghudeva Narayan in 1583. According to some historians the King of Pala dynasty constructed it in 10th century.