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It is a beautiful temple built from red sandstone, one that follows the classic Hindu architecture. The Kevala Narasimha temple includes an important inscription dated between 425 to 450 CE, thus making an important benchmark to the exquisite 5th and 6th century Gupta-era Hindu temples found in north Madhya Pradesh and southwestern Uttar Pradesh.
The temple is located on a small spur on the Dharamshala-Shimla road at a distance of about 20 km from the Jawalamukhi Road Railway Station and attracts hundreds of thousands of pilgrims every year. There is a small platform in front of the temple and a big mandapa where a huge brass bell presented by the King of Nepal is hung.
Jwala Devi Temple is located in Shaktinagar township of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. It is an ancient Ashtagrih temple of Jwala Devi and one of the 51 Shaktipeethas of India. [citation needed] The temple is believed to be 1000 years old and constructed by Raja Udit Narayan Singh of Gaharwal. This is where the tongue of Parvati is worshipped.
The Rāmtek Kevala Narasiṃha temple inscription is a key and unique record for the history of the Vākāṭaka kings and their interrelations with the Gupta dynasty. Like many eulogistic inscriptions it provides the genealogy of the donor's family, in this case a daughter of Prabhāvatīguptā, herself the daughter of Chandragupta II.
The Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple or simply known as Yadadri or Yadagirigutta temple, [1] or Pancha Narasimha Kshetram or Rishi Aradhana Kshetram [2] is a Hindu temple situated on a hillock in the small town of Yadagirigutta in the Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district of the Indian state of Telangana. Yadadri temple is touted as Telangana's own ...
Nearly a decade ago, Krish Narayanan quit his career as a chemist to open New Berlin’s first Hindu temple: Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Temple. He and his wife, Jayashree, purchased an old elementary ...
Pokharni is known for grand old temple of Narasimha, a Hindu deity. Uniqueness about temple is, entrance of the main room where big deity of Narsimha resides is very small and one have to squat to enter in main deity room.
The temple is considered one of the main Jain centres in Karnataka. [2] The main temple is dedicated to the goddess Jwalamalini. [3] Jwalamalini presides as the guardian deity of the temple. Jwalamalini is seated in Sukhasana posture with her eight hands carrying dāna, double arrow, chakra, trishula, pasha, flag, bowlet and kalasa. The goddess ...