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▪Shri Bihari Ji Temple :

This temple is located in the fort of Bharatpur. It was built by Bharatpur Naresh in 1760 AD. According to the prevalent belief, hundreds of years ago at Kadamba Khandi near Kaman in Braj, a Naga sage Chatur Chintamani was practicing ascetism. He was wholly dedicated to Lord Krishna. The Lord was pleased with the sage and he gave him his own idol. Chatur Chintamani was going to Jaipur with that idol but on his way at Bharatpur the idol would not go further. This made Chintamani think that the Lord wanted to have his shrine here. Following this, the idol was installed at a shrine in the fort of Bharatpur and the king constructed a temple there.

▪ Shri Gangaji Temple :

It was built in 1845 to 1937. It is built by Shri Balwant Singh between duration of 1845 to 1937. The then king of Bharatpur Maharaj Balwant Singh did not have any issue, hence to get blessed with a son, he founded this temple at the suggestion of Shri Hardevji Maharaj. By and by, generation to the generation, the building work continued. The Maharaj did not accept any help from outside. So he went to the extent of deducting contributions from salaries of his employees. It took many years to get the temple built. A special feature of the temple is that the king and queen could have first sight of Ganga Maharani and even today a window in their royal palace opens exactly towards the temple of Shri Gangaji and the darshan of Shri Ganga can be held by the king or the queen.

▪Shri Laxmanji Temple :

It is built by Bharatpur Naresh Balwant Singh in 1870 AD. The king, it is said, came into close contact of a sage called Shri Sant Dass. Those were the last days of the King's rule. This sage Sant Dass was the great devotee of Laxmanji and always remained dedicated to him. It is said that soon after the foundation of the temple was laid Maharaja Baldev Singh who had in fact founded it, declared his son Balwant Singh as his successor king. Thus Maharaja Balwant Singh in his rule got the temple constructed. The idols were enshrined in the Vikram Samvat 1947 (1890 A.D.). The Laxmanji temple of Deeg according to its pujari Pandit Murari Lal Prashar, is older than this temple and the royal family of Bharatpur regards both the Laxmanji temples as their royal temples.