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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.
For Buddhist cave temples in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Pages in category "Buddhist caves in Maharashtra" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.
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.
Ajanta in Maharashtra, India. Cave temples are subterranean sacred buildings carved into the rock or created in a natural cave. Cave temples and monolithic rock temples carved out of the stone are a form of early natural architecture and rock construction, a building technique in solid rock closely related to sculpture. [1]
Namakkal – Lord Narasimha's cave temple; Namakkal – Lord Ranganatha's cave temple; Narthamalai; Adukkankal, Nehanurpatti; Kurathimalai, Onampakkam; Panchapandavar Malai; Pechipalai temple [2] Rockfort Ucchi Pillayar Temple; Satyamurthi Perumal temple [3] Samanar Hills; Singaperumalkoil – Lord Ugra Narasimha resides inside a cave in yoga ...
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 ...
Junagadh Cave Groups are located in Junagadh district of the Indian state of Gujarat. These caves group includes Uparkot Caves, Khapra Kodiya Caves and Baba Pyare Caves. Three separate sites of rooms carved out of stone to be used as monks' quarters. These caves were carved starting from Emperor Ashoka's period up to 1st–4th century AD.
The Kailasa temple (Cave 16) is the largest of the 34 Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain cave temples and monasteries known collectively as the Ellora Caves, ranging for over two kilometres (1.2 mi) along the sloping basalt cliff at the site. [5] Most of the excavation of the temple is generally attributed to the eighth century Rashtrakuta king Krishna ...