At nearly 1000 feet above sea level, over looking the Arabian Sea lies the majestic temple of Lord Babulnath [Lord Shiva], giving an illusion of Mount Kailas. Built in 1780, this temple is located at the end of Marine Drive and south of Malabar Hill. Also in 1900, a tall spire was added to this ausp... |
This is a remote temple in the midst of a river, 14 km from Allahabad. It is probably a Hanuman Mandir. It is at the confluence of the Ganga and the Prayag rivers.... |
Drakasharaman is located in East Godavari district near Kakinada. Several legends tie together the five Pancharama temples dedicated to Shiva. Draksharama constitues one of the five Arama kshetras of Andhra Pradesh, sacred to Shiva, the other four being Kumararama, Ksheerarama and Bheemarama and Ama... |
Jageshwar is a Hindu pilgrimage town in Almora district, Uttarakhand, dedicated to Lord Shiva, located 36 km northeast of Almora, in Kumaun region.... |
The temple was built after the village prayed to Durga seeking her protection from the tigers and leopards that inhabited the Kumaon hills; the Goddess then appeared in a shepherd's dream and suggested he dig up an idol from a specified patch of ground and build a temple over that spot. What m... |
Martand, located atop a plateau, close to the township of Anantnag, has a temple dedicated to Surya, the “Sun God”. Built by king Laitaditya Muktapida (7th to 8th century AD), it is a medieval temple with a colonnaded courtyard and the shrine in its centre. The temple complex has 84 columns and ... |
The Bhutanatha group is a cluster of sandstone temples dedicated to the deity Bhutanatha, in the Badami town of Karnataka. There are two major temples here. Temple No.1, on the east side of the lake, called the Bhutanatha temple has a superstructure that resembles early South Indian Dravidian style ... |
Malegitti Shivalaya - one of the oldest temples in the region is dedicated to Lord Shiva. The temple is constructed out of stone on a summit of a rocky hill. The 'Upper Shivalaya' on the rocky fort on the other bank of Agasthya pond has been identified as an earlier Vaishnava Temple, '... |
There are 18 temples in the upper fort and one huge temple in the lower fort of the Chitradurga Fort. Among these temples the oldest and most interesting is the Hidimbeshwara temple. Hidimbeswara temple displays the tooth of Hidimba, the giant (Rakshasa in Sanskrit). It is said that Hidimba and his ... |
The Pavilion of the Enlightened is a stunning structure in the Ancient city or Muang Boran in Samut Prakan. Mahayana Buddhism is the religion worshipped by people of different levels of ethics and spiritual value. Religious teaching and training, therefore requires appropriate strategies.... |
Side was an ancient Greek city in Anatolia in the region of Pamphylia, in what is now Antalya province, on the southern Mediterranean coast of Turkey. It is now a resort town and one of the best-known classical sites in Turkey. The Temple Of Apollo is located close to Side harbour, about a five-minu... |
Laxminarayan Temple was built in 1622 A.D. by Vir Singh Deo. The temple has a rectangular plan with four projecting bastions at its four corners. The main entrance is diagonal to the rectangular at one of the bastions. The temple is blend of temple and fort architecture. It has slots for cannons to ... |
The Kashi Vishweshwar temple has the most impressive architecture one comes across amongst 17th-18th century temples. It was built in 1735 by Shripatrao Pant Pratinidhi. The temple plan measures 50 feet in length and 20 feet in breadth and is built in basalt stone. Just before the entrance is the N... |
The Heian Jingu Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Kyoto, Japan. Heian Jingu Shrine is a magnificent late 19th century replica of the Heian-era Imperial Palace, complete with extensive gardens. It boasts of the largest torii (sacred gate) in Japan and lovely gardens. Heian Jingu was built in 1895 ... |
Rising out the desert plain, in a series of terraces, the Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut merges with the sheer limestone cliffs of the eastern face of the Theban Mountains as if nature herself had built this extraordinary monument. Set on the West Bank of the Nile, is the magnificent mortuary t... |
As the epicenter of Hampi's attractions, Vittala Temple is the most extravagant architectural showpiece of Hampi. No amount of words can explain this spectacle. The temple is built in the form of a sprawling campus with compound wall and gateway towers. There are many halls, pavilions and templ... |
Hanuman Garhi which is a very well known Lord Hanuman’s Hindu Temple is positioned to south of the Tallital. It is more or less 3.5 kilometres away from the bus stop of Nainital. The temple is hovering at the altitude of about 6,401 ft from sea level. In the year 1950, this temple was constructed ... |
Gangaramaya Temple is one of the most important temples in Colombo. This Buddhist temple includes several imposing buildings and is situated not far from the placid waters of Beira Lake on a plot of land that was originally a small hermitage on a piece of marshy land. It has the main features of a V... |
In the ancient city of Thebes, the sprawling Temple of Karnak covers more than 200 acres. The Karnak Temple is unique not only among Egyptian temples, but also among religious sites throughout the world as it is the largest ancient religious site in the world, also often considered the largest open-... |
Vithala Temple is one reason why Hampi is so famous all over the world. This is the most splendidly carved building you will ever see. The temple is dedicated to Lord Vishnu. The temple was completed in the year 1565, almost five decades after the Krishnadevaraya started it. The main attraction in t... |
.JPG "Kashi Vishweshwar Temple, Wai, Maharashtra")
