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Narasimha Jharni Temple (local kannada: ನರಸಿಂಹ ಝರನಿ), also known as Narasimha Jharni cave temple, is a temple located in Malkapur Road, NH 161B, Mangalpet, Pakalwada, Bidar - 585401, Karnataka. It is associated with Lord Narasimha, an incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu.
They are among the few surviving examples of the entrance gates, once a regular feature of the architecture of Gujarat in the Solanki period (Māru-Gurjara architecture). The carving style of them is similar to the pillars of the Rudra Mahalaya Temple at Siddhpur and the Modhera Sun temple, suggesting they belong to the same period. Perhaps ...
The Hidimba Temple is north of it. It is a temple with three entrances which has only its lowest part surviving thus nothing definite can be said except the floor plan. The image of the large feet in the temple is popularly associated with Hidimba, the demoness wife of Bhima. The scale of the feet suggests that they were brought from somewhere ...
The history of Gujarat began with Stone Age settlements followed by Chalcolithic and Bronze Age settlements like Indus Valley Civilisation. [1] Gujarat's coastal cities, chiefly Bharuch, served as ports and trading centers in the Nanda, Maurya, Satavahana and Gupta empires as well as during the Western Kshatrapas period. After the fall of the ...
Dattatreya's sculptures with alternate iconography have been identified in 1st millennium CE cave temples and archaeological sites related to Hinduism. [46] For example, in the Badami temple (Karnataka), Dattatreya is shown to be with single head and four hands like Vishnu, but seated in a serene Yoga posture ( padmasana ).
These include true caves, though most are examples of rock-cut architecture. Pages in category "Buddhist caves in Gujarat" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Narsinh Mehta was born in Gopnath village near the town of Talaja (now located in the Bhavnagar district, Gujarat).As a member of the Nagar Brahmin community, Narsinh's father held an administrative position in a royal court.
Based on an inscription found in the temple in Devanagari script, the temple is estimated to be around 1100 years old. [1]Per the local legend, the central icon is a swayambhu (self-manifested) idol of Narasimha, the half-man half-lion avatar of Vishnu, which was worshipped primarily by the sage Bharadvaja and other seers for hundreds of years in a cave; [2] it used to be their custom to visit ...