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2021-03-09 07:31:06 Open / Comment

2021-03-08 09:30:18 Kashi Vishwanath Temple


Kashi Vishwanath Temple is one of the most famous temples dedicated to Lord Shiva located in Varanasi, U.P. in India. The Temple stands on the western bank of the river Ganga, and is one of the 12 Jyotirlingas. Varanasi city is called Kashi and hence the temple popularly came to be known as Kashi Vishwanath Temple. It is also mentioned about this temple in Kashi Khanda of Skanda Purana.


The main deity is known by the names Shri Vishwanath and Vishweshwara.
The etymology of the name Vishveshvara is Vishva: Universe, Ishvara: Lord, one who is the Lord of the Universe!


The Temple has been destroyed many times in the past by Mughals. The last structure was demolished by Aurangzeb, the 6th Mughal emperor. He destroyed the whole Temple, idols in it & constructed the Gyanvapi Mosque on its site.


The current structure was built on an adjacent site by the Maratha ruler, Ahilya Bai Holkar of Indore in 1780.
Since 1983, the whole temple has been managed by the Govt. of U.P.


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2021-03-05 09:31:18 Papanath Temple, Pattadakal

Karnataka

This temple is noted for its novel mixture of Dravida, and Nagara, Hindu temple styles. The unusual layout of the temple is possibly due to its construction, which occurred in three stages, but there is a lack of epigraphical evidence to support this hypothesis. Its architectural and sculptural details do show a consistent and unified theme, indicative of a plan.

This east facing temple has on plain Garbha Griha, Ardha Mandapam, Sabha Mandapam and Mukha Mandapam provided with Kakshasana. Curiously the eastern half of the Sabha Mandapam accommodates a huge monolithic Nandi instead of a separate Nandi Mandapam. The wall above is relieved with a large Kudu type of Deva Kostas at regular intervals accommodating Shaiva and Vaishnava deities and perches sheltering stone windows. The ceiling and walls of this temple are Richly carved.

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2021-03-03 15:31:03 Damaged yet so perfect !!

It was built in all architectural splendour during the reign of #Saluva dynasty of the Vijayanagara kingdom.

Just imagine how beautiful it was, if this is the view after plundering of the temple by the Invaders.

The Bugga #Ramalingeswara Swamy #temple in #Tadipatri, Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh.


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2021-03-02 15:31:01 The #Badami cave #temples are a complex of #Hindu and #Jain cave temples located in Badami, a town in the #Bagalkot district in northern part of #Karnataka, India. The caves are considered as exquisite examples of Indian rock-cut architecture, especially Badami #Chalukya architecture, which dates from the 6th century and was the capital of the #Chalukyan dynasty.
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The Badami cave temples represent some of the earliest known examples of Hindu temples in the #Deccan region. They along with the temples in Aihole transformed the #Malaprabha River valley into a cradle of temple architecture that influenced the components of later Hindu temples elsewhere in India.


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2021-03-02 06:30:11 सोमनाथ मंदिर


सोमनाथ मंदिर भूमंडल में दक्षिण एशिया स्थित भारतवर्ष के पश्चिमी छोर पर गुजरात राज्य में स्थित, अत्यन्त प्राचीन व ऐतिहासिक सूर्य मन्दिर का नाम है। यह भारतीय इतिहास तथा हिन्दुओं के महत्वपूर्ण मन्दिरों में से एक है। इसे आज भी भारत के १२ ज्योतिर्लिंगों में सर्वप्रथम ज्योतिर्लिंग के रूप में माना व जाना जाता है। गुजरात के सौराष्ट्र क्षेत्र के वेरावल बंदरगाह में स्थित इस मन्दिर के बारे में कहा जाता है कि इसका निर्माण स्वयं चन्द्रदेव ने किया था, जिसका उल्लेख ऋग्वेद में स्पष्ट है।


यह मंदिर हिंदू धर्म के उत्थान-पतन के इतिहास का प्रतीक रहा है। अत्यंत वैभवशाली होने के कारण इतिहास में कई बार यह मंदिर तोड़ा तथा पुनर्निर्मित किया गया। वर्तमान भवन के पुनर्निर्माण का आरंभ भारत की स्वतंत्रता के पश्चात् लौहपुरुष सरदार वल्लभ भाई पटेल ने करवाया और पहली दिसंबर 1955 को भारत के राष्ट्रपति डॉ राजेंद्र प्रसाद जी ने इसे राष्ट्र को समर्पित किया। सोमनाथ मंदिर विश्व प्रसिद्ध धार्मिक व पर्यटन स्थल है। लोककथाओं के अनुसार यहीं श्रीकृष्ण ने देहत्याग किया था। इस कारण इस क्षेत्र का और भी महत्व बढ़ गया।


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2021-03-01 15:30:17 Another spectacular #Chola Architecture!
This is the #Varadharaja Perumal Temple, in Puducherry dedicated to #Narayan Bhagwan and #Laxmi mata.


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2021-03-01 03:30:05 Open / Comment