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The Khed-Roda Group of Monuments include 8th-9th century dated seven Hindu temples built during Gurjara-Pratihara or Rashtrakuta period. It also include a reservoir (Kund) and a stepwell. They are located between Raisingpura (Roda) and Khed Chandarani villages, 18 km from Himmatnagar in Sabarkantha district of Gujarat, India.  It is located on the bank of the seasonal stream which merges Hathmati river downstream.

These temples are classified under the Anarta School of Maha-Gurjara tradition of temple construction. It is the largest group of such styled temples. The Temple No. I is nirandhara shrine with bi-partite offset (dwi-anga) plan configuration. It is situated on an east-facing jagati (plinth). The entrance mandapa is of prag-griva style with four pillars. The inner sanctum is square. The plinth has moldings of bhita and pattika. The circumvention path (pradakshina) is provided by space on the plinth. The outer walls of the shrine are devoid of ornamentation. The mandapa has phansana (pyramidal superstructure with decreasing number of moldings) type roof and the Latina type spire over the main shrine has elaborate bold jala pattern carvings. It is topped by large amalaka. The Temple No. II It has a phansana styled spire, not the usual Latina spire, like shrines found in Saurashtra.The Temple No. III is almost similar to Temple No. I except its tri-partite offset (tri-anga) plan configuration. The Temple No. VII has a gudhamandapa with a porch while other temples have prag-griva as in Temple No. I. Except No. VII, the pillars of these temples are of ruchaka type with carved upperparts. The ceilings are mostly flat with floral or other geometric carvings. These temples have elaborate carvings only on the doorways of small sanctuaries of the temples and porch columns. The carvings of the basement are fewer and heavy. The sculptures of Narsimha, Trivikrama, and Varaha are on the walls of the Vishnu temple. There is a Shiva temple (No. VII) near the curve of the river. It has gudhamandapa (closed hall) with phansana styled roof indicating the style of roof developed later in the 11th century. There is also Vishnu temple (No. V). It had ornamented doorway but has no detailed sculptural ornamentation. The kund is collapsed on the northern side. There are four shrines with small porches and idols in each corner of the kund. They are dedicated to saptamatrikas, Vishnu, Ganesha, and Goddesses. It is an earlier example of such kund.