Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Temples...A feast to your eyes and mind

This is a wonderful collection of famous temples of India. 

Dakshineswar Kali Temple, Dakshineswar (near Kolkata), West Bengal



Kedarnath temple, Kedarnath, Uttarakhand


Lord Kalabhairaveshwara Temple , Adichunchanagiri Math (95 Km from Bangalore ), Karnataka

Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Temple , Dharmasthala (75 kms from Mangalore), Karnataka



Sri Krishna Temple , Guruvayur, Kerala




Sri Shantadurga temple, Ponda, Goa



Suchindram Temple , Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu..



Sri Madhuru Madananteshwara Siddivinayaka Temple , Madhur (50 kms from Mangalore), Kerala



Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

The best part of the temple is the the huge idol of Lord Vishnu sleeping over the snake is turning into gold(it weighs almost 700 kg)! It is believed that when Mahmud of Ghazni invaded India in the middle ages, the people of the then kingdom invented a black coating which would not wear out even by the strongest chemicals. They coated the large idol with this so that the plunderers wont come to know that its made up of gold. they were unable to remove the coating after the invaders left. But recently, in the past 10 yrs or so the coating is finally wearing out little by little.



Sri Virupaksha Temple , Hampi, Karnataka



Sri Venkateswara Temple , Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh



Sri Gokarnanatheshwara Temple , Mangalore, Karnataka



Sri Ramanathaswamy Temple Corridor, Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu



Sri Ranganathaswamy Kovil ( Temple ), Srirangam (Near Trichy), Tamil Nadu



Arulmigu Meenakshi Sundareswarar ThiruKovil, Madurai , Tamil Nadu



Shore Temple , Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu



Arulmigu Arunachaleswarar Temple , Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu



Brihadeeshwar temple, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.

The Gopuram of this Temple does not cast any Shadow. Also the Vimaanam( top of the gopuram) of this temple is made of one Single Stone.



Nataraja Temple , Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu



Sree Seetha Ramachandra Swamivari Temple , Bhadrachalam, Andhra Pradesh



Sri Kalahastheshwara Temple, Kalahasti, Andhra Pradesh

The Only Hindu Temple in the world which is opened even during Lunar and Solar Eclipses as the Graha Doshas do not effect this Temple .


Kanchi Kamakshi Amman Temple , Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu



Arulmigu Sarangapani Temple - Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu



Tiruchendur Sri Subrahmanya Swami Devasthanam, Tiruchendur, Tamil Nadu



Sri Sharadamba Temple , Sringeri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri (101 km from Mangalore), Karnataka



Sri Hoysaleshvara Temple , Halebidu (Near Hassan), Karnataka



Sri Chennakesava Temple , Belur (Near Hassan), Karnataka



Chamundeswari Temple , Chamundi Hills, Mysore , Karnataka



Sri Krishna Mutt/Temple, Udupi (60 kms from Mangalore), Karnataka.



Murudeshwara Temple , Murudeshwar (165 km from Mangalore), Karnataka.

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