Temple elephants
Temple elephants The image shows the decorated temple elephant at the Kamatchi temple Kanchipuram of Tamilnadu state. The processions of ... elephants Elephants are part and parcel of temple ceremonies and festivals in India (particularly South ... Kerala. This farm attached to the main temple in Guruvayoor has about four-dozen ...
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Vijayanagara
... around the original religious centre of the Virupaksha temple at Hampi. Other holy places lie within ... side of the Tungabhadra, opposite the Vitthala temple. As the empire began to expand and ... levels of interaction with the Islamic kingdoms. Virupaksha Temple The Sacred Center This title is ...
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Hampi
Hampi Virupaksha Temple Hampi (ಹ೦ಪೆ, Hampe in Kannada) is a ... be an important religious centre, housing the Virupaksha temple. The village of Hampi contains several other ... referred to as Vijayanagara and Virupakshapura (from Virupaksha, the patron deity of the Vijayanagara ...
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Indian architecture
... Shown here is the famous Hindu Akshardham temple in South Delhi Indian architecture is that ... Temples in Mt.Abu. The Hindu temples Virupaksha Temple, Pattadakal The reference to temples in literature ... were called prasadas. Early beginnings of Hindu temple architecture have been traced to the remains ... the Indo-Aryan/ Northern/ Nagara style of temple architecture emerged as dominant modes, epitomised ...
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Ellora Caves
... a preaching pose. The Hindu caves Kailasanatha Temple The Hindu caves, constructed beginning in the ... Cave 16, called The Kailasa or Kailasanatha Temple, is the unrivalled centerpiece of Ellora. This ... – looks like a freestanding, multi-storied temple complex, but it was carved out of ... living stone connected these galleries to central temple structures, but these have fallen. Within the ... the sacred bull Nandii fronts the central temple housing the lingam. In Cave 16, ...
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Gopuram
Gopuram Gopuram of Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangam Gopuram or gopura, a prominent feature of the Hindu temple architecture of South India, is the rising tower at the entrance of a temple. Gopuram is equisitely decorated with sculpture and ... associated with the presiding deity of the temple to which a particular gopuram may form part of. Gopuram of Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangam, Tamilnadu state is one ...
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Pattadakal
... that comprise of initial experiments in Hindu temple architecture. The uniqueness of this place derives ... or the Northern (Indo-Aryan) styles of temple architecture. Pattadakal was the capital of the ... Jain sanctuary. The best known is the Virupaksha temple, built by Queen Lokamahadevi c. 740 to ... designated a World Heritage Site in 1987. Virupaksha Temple Mallikarjuna Temple World Heritage Sites ...
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Structure of the period post-Goupta   (translated from French)
... with the wire by time: thus, the temple n°5 comprises three niches on each face ... ratha: a square plan, a dravidien type. Temple of the shore, Mahabalipuram, VIII E century ... The most popular building is undoubtedly the temple of the Shore of Mahabalipuram, dating from ... E century . Built out of stone, this temple shivaïte comprises three sanctuaries: for Vishnu in ... the capital of Pallava, is the Kailasanatha temple, which also dates him from the ...
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Achyuta Deva Raya
... I Bukka Raya I Harihara Raya II Virupaksha Raya Bukka Raya II Deva Raya I ... Bukka Raya Deva Raya II Mallikarjuna Raya Virupaksha Raya II Praudha Raya Saluva Dynasty Saluva ... son-in-law of Krishnadevaraya. The Tiruvengalanatha Temple was built at Vijayanagara during his reign ... popularly known by his name as Achyutaraya Temple, rather than by the name of the deity Lord Venkateshwara to whom the temple was dedicated. External links http://prabhu. ...
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Vijayanagara Empire
... I Bukka Raya I Harihara Raya II Virupaksha Raya Bukka Raya II Deva Raya I ... Bukka Raya Deva Raya II Mallikarjuna Raya Virupaksha Raya II Praudha Raya Saluva Dynasty Saluva ... langauge, Lord Chennakashava of Belur and Lord Virupaksha of Hampi were the family gods of ... time. Among these are the Hazara Rama temple, the Krishna temple and the Ugra Narasimha idol, all ...
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