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।। जय आंजनेया ।।Lord Hanuman sculpted on the outer walls of Hazara Rama Temple in Hampi, with Lord Rama and Lakshmana ab...
07/04/2023

।। जय आंजनेया ।।

Lord Hanuman sculpted on the outer walls of Hazara Rama Temple in Hampi, with Lord Rama and Lakshmana above.
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|| Kishkindha || 📍Birthplace of Hanuman 🚩The Anjanadri Hills near Hampi, Karnataka 🇮🇳If you look into the pages of the p...
06/04/2023

|| Kishkindha || 📍Birthplace of Hanuman 🚩
The Anjanadri Hills near Hampi, Karnataka 🇮🇳
If you look into the pages of the past, this holy place is known to be Anjanadri Mountain. Kishkindha, which is talked about in Ramayana, is currently known as Hampi, located in the state of Karnataka.
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Tripada Timurti (" The three-footed Trinity")Bhagwan Shiva is depicted with the torsos of Vishnu and Brahma, emanating f...
01/04/2023

Tripada Timurti (" The three-footed Trinity")

Bhagwan Shiva is depicted with the torsos of Vishnu and Brahma, emanating from his sides, waist upwards - with one leg of Shiva and two smaller legs of Vishnu and Brahma emerging from the sides.

The icon here is accompanied by a yogi worshipping the Trinity and by their vahanas - Brahma's hamsa (swan/goose), Vishnu's Garuda (eagle-man), and Shiva's Nandi bull.

Bhagwan Shiva wears a jata-mukuta (a headdress formed of piled, matted hair). He has three eyes and a pacific appearance. He holds a trishula (trident) and a tanka (small hammer) in two of his four arms and gestures in varada mudra (the boon-giving gesture) and abhaya mudra (the gesture of reassurance).

Brahma and Vishnu are both four-armed and hold their front hands folded (in anjali mudra). In his back hands, the four-headed Brahma holds a sruk (a large wooden ladle used to offer ghee in fire sacrifice) and a kamandalu (water-pot)/Vedas in some icons, while Vishnu is seen with shankha (conch) and chakra.
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Amrutweshwar Temple, Amrutpura In Chikmagalur District of Karnataka 12th Century.Credit – Sachin Deshpande (FB)Please Su...
31/03/2023

Amrutweshwar Temple, Amrutpura In Chikmagalur District of Karnataka 12th Century.
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📍 Ravangla, Sikkim 🇮🇳Also known as Tathagata Tsal, the park is situated near Ravangla in South Sikkim. It features a 130...
30/03/2023

📍 Ravangla, Sikkim 🇮🇳

Also known as Tathagata Tsal, the park is situated near Ravangla in South Sikkim. It features a 130-foot-high statue of Gautam Buddha, made of 60 tonnes of copper, and was erected to mark the 2550th anniversary of the birth of Gautam Buddha.

Tathagata is one of the names given to Gautam Buddha. The meaning is as beautiful as his life. 🌸

तथा+गत = 'वह जो (जैसा आया था), वैसा ही चला गया'।
The park is just 1 km from Revangla and 20 km from Namchi. It is a beautiful, green and clean place to be. The serenity you experience here shall stay with you forever. The Cho Djo lake is located within the complex, surrounded by forest. The park has a tranquil setting with spacious pathways, and there is a Buddhist conclave, a meditation center and a museum with a spiral gallery.
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Terah Manzil Temple or the Trimbakeshwar Temple in Rishikesh is a holy temple that has 13 storeys. Each storey has sever...
29/03/2023

Terah Manzil Temple or the Trimbakeshwar Temple in Rishikesh is a holy temple that has 13 storeys. Each storey has several idols of Hindu Gods and Goddesses. It has a huge, decorative symmetrical architecture.

This temple is also known as Kailash Niketan Temple and is one of the most significant places of worship in Rishikesh. It is believed that this ancient temple is established by Adi Shankaracharya in the 9th century AD.

The temple is located near the Lakshman Jhula, on the eastern bank of the river Ganga, and one can easily walk from the jhula to the temple.
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📍Itkhori, Jharkhand 🇮🇳The ‘Sahastra Buddha Stupa'.Images of 1004 Bodhisattvas and 4 principal Buddhas are sculpted on ea...
28/03/2023

📍Itkhori, Jharkhand 🇮🇳
The ‘Sahastra Buddha Stupa'.
Images of 1004 Bodhisattvas and 4 principal Buddhas are sculpted on each side of the stupa. It is 15ft high but only 5ft of it is visible above the ground.

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Itkhori, a village north of Hazaribagh, is an ancient place where the religion and cultures of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism came and blended centuries ago. There are various Buddhist relics at Itkhori that dates back to 200 B.C. to 1200 A.D. The abundance of historical reminiscences and archaeological remnants demonstrates a breathtaking saga of religious tolerance and cultural unity.
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Teli Ka Mandir - Gwalior Fort, Madhya PradeshThe impressive Teli ka Mandir inside the Gwalior Fort, one of the tallest s...
27/03/2023

Teli Ka Mandir - Gwalior Fort, Madhya Pradesh

The impressive Teli ka Mandir inside the Gwalior Fort, one of the tallest structures in the complex, is an example of the Dravidian style architecture and can be counted as one of the most beautiful shrines dedicated to Lord Vishnu. It was built in 9th century AD during the reign of Pratihara king Mihir Bhoja. As per a legend, it was built with the money donated by oil merchants. Hence, the name Teli Ka Mandir! Tourists can also find this information in the inscription written on the main gate of the temple.

Around 30-meter in height, the temple comprises a sanctum accompanied by a porch and a doorway. There are stairs in the east to enter this marvelous architecture. The special feature of the temple is its arched roof, built in the Dravidian style. It is a perfect example of amalgamation of North Indian and South Indian temple architecture. The shape of the roof can be easily identified as an example of Dravidian style of architecture, while the embellishments are Indo-Aryan. The decorations resemble those found in northern India and figures of river goddesses, coiled serpents, amorous couples, and flying Garuda can be seen here.
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Also known as Matri-rin Mahadev or Kashi Karvat, Ratneshwar Mahadev Temple has to be one of the most photographed temple...
27/03/2023

Also known as Matri-rin Mahadev or Kashi Karvat, Ratneshwar Mahadev Temple has to be one of the most photographed temples in the holy city of Banaras.

Located between Manikarnika Ghat and Scindhia Ghat a short distance east of Tarkeshwar Mahadev Mandir, the temple is famous for having a lean of around nine degrees, a far more severe deviation from vertical compared to the likes of the leaning tower of Pisa which currently has a four degree lean.

The location of this temple is a curious one. Rather than being built at a higher level and protected from the high flood waters of the Ganga during the monsoon season, it appears that the builders made a conscious decision to construct the temple in a location where for many months of the year it would be partially underwater.

Today it would be all too easy to assume that the location of this temple and its leaning aspect is an anomaly, but there is plenty of evidence to suggest otherwise. Many paintings of the ghats from the early to mid 19th century depict leaning temples close to the Ganga, so it would appear that Ratneshwar Mahadev is now a lone survivor of this phenomenon.

Very early photographs from the 1860s of this specific temple do not show any lean, but certainly by the early 20th-century subsidence at the back (north-west) end of the temple had started. I suspect the most likely cause of this is not simply a case of poor foundations, but the disturbance of the foundations and adjacent river bed during the building and remodeling of neighboring ghats. It’s probably a combination of factors that led to the current precarious-looking lean that Ratneshwar Mahadev is now so famous for.
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Sanchi stupa |UNESCO World Heritage SiteThe Great Stupa at Sanchi is one of the oldest stone structures in India and an ...
18/03/2023

Sanchi stupa |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
The Great Stupa at Sanchi is one of the oldest stone structures in India and an important monument of Indian Architecture. The Stupas of Sanchi were constructed 3rd century BCE on the orders of Emperor Ashoka to preserve and spread Buddhist philosophy.
Location: Sanchi Town, Raisen district, Madhya Pradesh, India
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कृष्णजन्माष्ठमी की सभी को शुभकामना
30/08/2021

कृष्णजन्माष्ठमी की सभी को शुभकामना

A capture from hosanadu kodyadka Annaporaneshwari Temple manglor, taluk, mudbidri, karnatakaPic credit :- Please Suppo...
29/06/2021

A capture from hosanadu kodyadka Annaporaneshwari Temple manglor, taluk, mudbidri, karnataka

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