enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Hindu temple - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_temple

   A Hindu temple, also known as Mandir, Devasthanam, Pura, or Kovil, is a sacred place where Hindus worship and show their devotion to deities through worship, sacrifice, and prayers. It is considered the house of the god to whom it is dedicated.

3. List of Hindu temples in the United States - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hindu_temples_in...

   Braj Mandir Hindu Temple [57] Holbrook: BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir [58] Lowell: ISSO Shri Swaminarayan Hindu Temple [59] Lowell: NE-SRS Brundavan [60] Lowell: Shrinathji Haveli Lowell [61] Lowell: Shivalaya Temple of Greater Boston [62] Medford: Shri Dwarkamai Shirdi Sai Baba Temple [63] North Billerica: SMVS Shree Swaminarayan Mandir [64 ...

4. Paduka - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paduka

   Although simple wooden padukas could be worn by common people, padukas of fine teak, ebony and sandalwood, inlaid with ivory or wire, were a mark of the wearer's high status. [2] In the modern world, padukas are worn as footwear by mendicants and saints of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Its significance in Hinduism is linked to the epic Ramayana.

5. Madayi Kavu - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madayi_Kavu

   These wooden components are meticulously joined using copper wires and plates to ensure a sturdy foundation. Ashta-bandha-lepana: For secure binding, a unique paste called Ashta-bandha-lepana is applied to the wooden skeleton. This paste is meticulously prepared with specific proportions of ingredients like Thiruvattaapasa gum (a tree resin ...

6. Srivilliputhur Andal Temple - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srivilliputhur_Andal_temple

   The temple priests perform the pooja (rituals) during festivals and on a daily basis. Like other Vishnu temples of Tamil Nadu, the priests belong to the Vaishnava community, from the Brahmin class. The temple rituals are performed six times a day: Ushathkalam at 7 a.m., Kalasanthi at 8:00 a.m., Uchikalam at 12:00 p.m., Sayarakshai at 6:00 p.m ...

7. Hindu temple architecture - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_temple_architecture

   Architecture of a Hindu temple (Nagara style). These core elements are evidenced in the oldest surviving 5th–6th century CE temples. Hindu temple architecture as the main form of Hindu architecture has many different styles, though the basic nature of the Hindu temple remains the same, with the essential feature an inner sanctum, the garbha griha or womb-chamber, where the primary Murti or ...