other nearby temples include the gauri shankar temple and the naya mandir. the gauri shankar temple was built next to the lal mandir in 1761 by appa gangadhara, a maratha brahman in the service of the scindia when delhi was under their influence. it also has been significantly rebuilt in the past few decades. in 1800-1807, raja harsukh rai, the imperial treasurer obtained imperial permission to build a temple with a shikhara in the agrawal jain neighborhood of dharamapura, just south of chandani chauk. thus temple, known for fine carvings, is now known as the naya mandir "new temple".