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Nanakramguda temple or Sri Ranganadha swamy temple is a 400-year-old Ranganatha temple in Nanakramguda, near Manikonda in Hyderabad. [1] It is located at Rangbagh in Nanakramguda, which is approximately 15 km from Mehdipatnam .
The site of Isurumuniya near Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka reflects the influence of the Mapallapuram murals while the Nalanda Gedige near Kany shows a clear influence of Pallava Temple in Kanchipuram. {}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ; Nandasena Mudiyanse, Nandasena Mudiyanse (1967). Mahayana monuments in Ceylon. Colombo, Sri Lanka: M ...
Buddha's visit to Nagadeepa. Detail from Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara. The site is known as the place where Lord Buddha came during his second visit to Sri Lanka, after five years of attaining Enlightenment, to intervene and mediate in settling a dispute between two Naga Kings, Chulodara and Mahodara over the possession of a gem-studded throne.
House of temple car, where temple car preserves or rests during non-function. The Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil (Tamil: நல்லூர் கந்தசுவாமி கோவில், romanized: Nallūr kantacuvāmi kōvil Sinhala: නල්ලුරුව ස්කන්ධ කුමාර කෝවිල, romanized: nalluruva skandha kumāra kōvila) is a Hindu temple, located in Nallur ...
Asgiri Maha Viharaya (also called Asgiriya temple, Asgiriya Gedige) is a Buddhist monastery located in Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is the headquarters of the Asgiriya chapter of Siyam Nikaya , [ 3 ] one of the two Buddhist monasteries that holds the custodianship of sacred tooth relic of Buddha kept in Sri Dalada Maligawa , Kandy.
The temple has been mainly divided into two grounds called Pahala Maluwa and Ihala Maluwa. In the pahala maluwa an image house, a Bo tree, an ancient Devalaya and Stupa can be seen. On the top of the rock, a rampart surrounded by the Bo tree and a Stupa has been built. There are several rock caves with drip ledges found in the vihara premises.
Festive image of the temple. The Thyagarajar Temple at Tiruvarur is famous for the ajapa thanam (dance without chanting), that is executed by the deity itself. According to legend, a Chola king named Mucukunta obtained a boon from Indra (a celestial deity) and wished to receive an image of Thyagaraja Swamy (presiding deity, Shiva in the temple) reposing on the chest of reclining Lord Vishnu.
The Makara Thorana is decorated with images of Brahmā, Śakra, Santuṣita, Saman, Santhusthika, Natha and Maitreya. [12] Inside the shrine room is a 2.43 m (8.0 ft) high statue of a seated Buddha, in the 'Dhyana Mudra’ pose, the posture of meditation associated with his first enlightenment, [ 11 ] with four standing Buddha statues flanking it.