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The 20-storied Gopura at the Murudeshwara temple. Two life-size elephants in concrete stand guard at the steps leading to it. Murudeshwara Temple was built on the Kanduka Hill which is surrounded on three sides by the waters of the Laccadive Sea. It is dedicated to lord shiva, and a 20-storied Raja Gopura was constructed at the temple in 2008 ...
The temple is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Great Living Chola Temples". Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India: 5 Lingaraj Temple: 183.7 [38] 11th century AD Lingaraja Temple is a temple of the Hindu god Harihara and is one of the oldest temples of the Temple City Bhubaneswar, a revered pilgrimage center and the capital of the state of Orissa ...
Mahabodhi Temple Complex in Gaya [25] 1989: Statue of Lord Shiva (Meinindranaatha Swami) Shiva Keeramangalam: Tamil Nadu 24.68 81 Thirty-first tallest statue in India, Third tallest statue in Tamil Nadu, Sixth tallest Shiva statue in India, Ninth tallest Shiva statue in the world. Feb 20th, 2016 Hanuman of the Ram Tirth temple: Hanuman ...
This list of tallest Hindu deity statues includes completed statues that are at least 4 m (13 ft) tall. The height values in this list are measured to the highest part of the murti, but exclude the height of any pedestal (plinth), or other base platform as well as any mast, spire, or other structure that extends higher than the tallest figure in the monument.
Marundeeswarar Temple is a temple dedicated to Hindu deity Shiva, located in Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai adjacent to the beach of Bay of Bengal. It is one of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams where two of the most revered Nayanars ( Saivite Saints), Appar and Tirugnana Sambandar , have glorified the temple with their verses during the 7th century CE.
Vidhana Soudha (built in Bangalore in 1953) and the tallest temple at Murudeshwar are the witnesses to the Neo–Dravidian architectural influences which have evolved since independence. The chronology of the architecture of Karnataka is elaborated in the right-hand box.
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A gopuram or gopura (Tamil: கோபுரம், Telugu: గోపురం, Kannada: ಗೋಪುರ, Malayalam: ഗോപുരം) is a monumental entrance tower, usually ornate, at the entrance of a Hindu temple, in the South Indian architecture of the southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, and Telangana, [1] and Sri Lanka.