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There is an inscription about the Barsur dated back to Shaka Samvat 983 (1068 AD) in Telugu scripts. The inscription states that Mahamandleshwar Chandraditya Maharaj, who was a chief of the Nagvanshi ruler 'Dharavarsha' and was the head of the Telugu Chodd family and Amma Village, excavated a tank and built this marvelous Shiva Temple at the center of the site.
Mama Bhanja Temple is a temple in Barsur, Chhattisgarh. The temple is dedicated to God Shiva. According to a legend, the task to create this temple was given to two people who were related (Mama is maternal uncle and Bhanja is the nephew). Surprisingly, the two men were able to complete in a day and hence the temple was given this name. [1] The ...
In Hinduism, Shiva is the supreme being regarded to perform the functions of creation, preservation, as well as the destruction of the universe. [1] Hindu texts describe the worship of Shiva and the establishment of temples and shrines throughout the Indian subcontinent, commonly in the aniconic form of a lingam.
These hundred and eight Shiva temples are mentioned in the Shivala Sotram and a song is written in the Malayalam language. [7] Of the 108 Shiva temples, 105 temples are situated in Kerala state, two temples in Karnataka and one in Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu .
In the Shaiva temples of South India, his shrine is positioned within the first enclosure wall of the temple complex and to the North East of the lingam. He is there typically shown seated, with one leg dangling downwards, a hand on one thigh and an axe clasped in the other. He faces inwards towards the main temple wall.
Ahichchhatra Jain temple. Ahichchhatra is believed to be the place where Parshvanatha, the 23rd Tirthankar of Jainism, attained Kevala Jnana (omniscience). The temples in Ahichchhatra are built to commemorate Parshvanatha attaining Kēvalajñāna kalyāṇaka. [15] This temple is dedicated to Parshvanatha and is major Jain pilgrimage center.
Shiva temple Hall of the 7th-Day Adventist Aligarh, UP: India A church overnight turned into a temple adorned with a portrait of Shiva after what some Hindu groups in Asroi, near Aligarh, termed the "ghar wapasi" (reconversion) of 72 Valmikis who had become Christians in 1995. [20] Hanuman temple Evangelical prayer hall Baijnath, HP [21] India
The temple is a historic Hindu temple located on the southern bank of the Vaigai River [14] in the temple city of Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is dedicated to the goddess Meenakshi , a form of Parvati , and her consort, Sundareshvarar , a form of Shiva . [ 15 ]