Gandai-Pandaria

Gandai-Pandaria is a village town and a nagar panchayat in Chhuikhadan Block In the Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai district in the state of Chhattisgarh, India.

Gandai is one of the centers of Gond people in contemporary times, particularly the kandra tribe.

[2] It is an important archaeological site of historic 9th to 14th-century Shiva and Buddhist temples, most of which were destroyed after the 14th-century.

Excavations of mounds after 1965 and the accidental discoveries of ruins by farmers have revealed a number of sites.

It is called the Deour Shiv Mandir, a temple restored and managed by Archaeological Society of India, Raipur circle.

12th or 13th-century Gandai Shiv Mandir with Nandi in front, Chhattisgarh - 2