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Kuragala inscription (No. 1). Written in early Brahmin scripts and old Sinhala language, it is belonged to the 2-1 centuries BC. [7]The extensive investigations, carried out by the archaeological department at the Kuragala, uncovered evidences that the caves at the site were using as a Buddhist monastery during the period between 3rd century BC and first century AD.
The museum building, built of locally quarried grey Kurla basalt and buff coloured trachyte Malad stone. [10] It is a three-storied rectangular structure, capped by a dome set upon a base, which adds an additional storey in the centre of the building.
Traditional Kerala Temple Architecture Districtwise Hindu temples in Kerala include: [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Hindu temples, the first instances of which are known from the Gupta period in the 4th-5th century CE, seem to have borrowed influences from early Buddhist Chaitya Caves such as the Karla Chaitya, especially in the apsidial design, as seen in Durga temple in Aihole.
The outer enclosure within the temple walls is known as a chuttambalam. Normally, the chuttambalam has a pillar-supported main pavilion (mukha-mandapam or thala-mandapam) that contains the sacred flag post (dwajastambam) at its center. The temple is fully enclosed by a massive wall (kshetra-madillukal) pierced with gatehouses . These gatehouses ...
The deity Kashiswar Jiu with the gauripatta in the temple. Kashiswar Jiu temple is in Andul of Howrah district near the Saraswati river , West Bengal in India. The presiding deity is a Banlinga which was recovered from the river in mid 17th century by Kashiswar Datta Chowdhury , a local zamindar .
The Ekvira Aai Mandir is a Hindu temple located near the Karla Caves near Lonavala in Maharashtra, India. Here, the worship of the goddess Ekvira is carried on right next to the caves, once a center of Buddhism. The temple is a prime spot of worship for the Aagri and Koli people. The temple-complex originally consisted of three similar shrines ...
Kurla lies on the southern end of Salsette Island along the east bank of the Mithi River. Kurla may be divided into two parts: Kurla (East) and Kurla (West), separated by the Central Railway line. Kurla East is bordered by the suburban neighbourhoods of Chunabhatti in the south, Chembur in the East and Ghatkopar in the North.