RAS question
The Saas-Bahu Temple in Rajasthan is located at:
Correct answer: (C) Nagda (Udaipur).
The Saas-Bahu or Sahastrabahu Temple in Rajasthan is located at Nagda near Udaipur.
Explanation
The Saas-Bahu temples are the Sahastrabahu temples at Nagda, near Udaipur. Rajasthan Tourism describes Nagda as an ancient site 22 km from Udaipur and notes that it is known for the intricately carved Sahastrabahu temple, popularly called the Sas-Bahu temples, dating to the 9th-10th century A.D. Its separate Sahastra Bahu Temple entry places the temple in Nagda village, about 22 km from Udaipur, and says it is dedicated to Lord Vishnu. This is why the location marker matters: the popular Saas-Bahu name is attached to Nagda's Vishnu temple complex, not to other temple or heritage sites elsewhere in Rajasthan.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Arthuna in Banswara is associated here with Paramara-built Shiva temples, so it does not identify the Saas-Bahu or Sahastrabahu temple.
- (B) Somnath in Rajsamand is not the location of the Saas-Bahu temple; Rajasthan Tourism places that temple at Nagda near Udaipur.
- (D) Ahar in Udaipur is associated here with cenotaphs of Mewar rulers, not with the Saas-Bahu or Sahastrabahu temple.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan History, Art and Culture through site-location matching for major temple monuments. It recurs in RAS because temple names, local variants and nearby towns are easy to confuse unless the monument is tied to its exact place.