Varaha Temple – This Varaha is probably the most remarkable feature of this complex. It is about 14 feet long, 5 feet broad and 11 feet high. It was setup by Dhanya Vishnu, same person who is mentioned in the inscription of the pillar above, in the reign of a Hun king, Toramana. This Varaha would have been under a roofed enclosure whose walls are fallen now.
Cunningham gives the dimension of the temple from the ruins of walls and pillars. He tells that the temple would have been 42.5 feet in length and 20.5 feet in breadth. Pillars supporting a mandapa, which were found lying in front of this Varaha platform, were 10 feet in height as told by Cunningham. The pillars were square at top and bottom with an octagonal shaft in between. Both square parts were adorned with vase of plenty or purna-kalsha which is a typical Gupta element.
Whole body of the Varaha is covered with miniature sculptures of various gods and sages. Bhu-devi is shown hanging to his tusk. There are many similar Varaha statues found at many places in Madhya Pradesh like Khajurao, Bilhari, Majhauli etc. The foundation of this icon was probably set here at Eran only.
Inscription -

1. Inscription on the neck of the boar – Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum (Fleet’s edition) Vol III – written in 8 lines in Sanskrit in Brahmi script – dated in the first reign of Toramana – The object of the inscription is to record the building of the temple in which the current Varaha image stands, by Dhanyavishnu, the younger brother of the deceased Maharaja Matrivishnu, same person who erected the above pillar.