Saturday, 4 October 2014

HAMPI TEMPLES(KRISHNA DEVARAYAR KINGDOMS)



VIJAYANAGAR  DYNASTY TEMPLES.
The vijayanagar dynasty existed from 1336 AC to 1680 AC.
Sangama dynasty ruled from 1336 to 1486
Salva dynasty  1486 to 1503
Tulu dynasty 1503 to 1569
Aravidu dynasty 1572 to 1680 ruled this kingdom.
In this Krishna devaraya in tulu dynasty is remarkable king during his period the king dom flourished in central decan india, its capital was Hampi located in southern banks of Tungabatra river near present Hosepet .It is located  around 130 Km from Guntakal (located in Chennai to Mumbai train route)and 67 from Bellary.From hyderbad, Bangalore, thirupati and Miraj trains facility available to Hosepet.Hampi is 12 km from hosepet.
One must spend full day to enjoy and peacefully see the all the ruined temples over here.
It has got Several temples they are
1.Virupaksha temple it has got 165 ft high tower at the entrance(it is called as Hampi main tower).
2.Veerabhuvaneswara temple in Matunga hill.
3.Kodanda Rama temple 
4. Vittala temple(World famous stone charot is there in this temple)
5.Achyutaraya temple.
6.Purandara Mantapa (7).kings balance
8.Vijaya vittala temple (9).Kadalekalu Ganapathi 18ft high monolithic ganapathi is there here.
10.Krishna temple (11).Badavi linga  (12). Ugra Narasimha (13).Pataleswara temple
14. Sister’s rock (15).Hajara Rama temple (16).Mahanavami dibba  17).Lotus mahal
18.Hemakutta Jain temple (19).Elephant stable. (20).Queen’s bath
21.Malyavantha Raghunatha temple. (22).Pushkarani
23.Kamalapur Musuem (24).Malikarjuna temple (25).Anantashayana Gudi (26) Tungabhadra Dam

 Vijaya vitala temple stone charot















Badala temple












Ruins of Hampi kingdoms.

Saturday, 20 September 2014

KARNATAKA TEMPLES












                                                             Bhudanath temple in Badami




Badami caves































BADAMI AND ITS NEARBY TEMPLES.
It is the capital of early chalukya Dynasty in the period of 543 to 566 CE.It is located in Bagalkot dt. of northern Karnataka.From Bagalkot by road good connectivity is there.
Bhagalkot-Badami (36km), Badami-Bhansankari amman temple(05Km), Bhansankari temple - Pattadakal(20Km), Pattadakal-Aihole(12Km), Aihole-Amingad(9km), Amingad-Kudala Sangama(12km) wher you can see the Kudala sangameshwarar temple.Kudala sangama- Almatti(30Km), Almatti-Bijapur(60km).
From hosepet via Gadag train/bus facilty available to Badami(169 km). From hubli 108km to Badami
It has got North and south forts on hill top and many temples in these forts. These temples were made up of fusion of North and South Indian temples styles.
In Northern side hill top 1.Malrgitti Sivalaya
2.Upper Sivalaya and Lower of the hill
3.Lower Sivalaya
4.Bhutanatha temple
5.Hanuman temple
In Southern hill there are 4 caves and fort made in hill top.
From Gadag to hosepet going road you can find lot of windmill in outer skirts of Gadag. In Gadag near new bus stand Buswana statue very big in size you can find approx  60 ft. high.

Sunday, 24 August 2014

KAKINADA Temples

The temples in and around Vivekananda Parks mentioned.


1.Sri Ramalingaeshwara Samitha Sri Bala Tripura Sundari Ammavari.
This temple mainly utilized for marriage and various ritual function.Behind the main temple there were two Dias.
In one of the Dias Siva Parvathi Marriage describe  statue accompanied by lakshmi ,saraswathi and Vishnu. The marriage conductor is Brahma (Marriage mantra’s spelled by Brahma as a Iyer).-Infront of this Dias Marriage conducted.
The Second Dias consist of Panduranga Swami shrine, Iyyaappa Shrine and Suriya narayana swamy.-In front of this Shrines marriage takes place
This Siva temple various from other Siva temple in its Garpagirha wall moorhty.i.e  from clockwise left side of the Garpagirha wall the Iswar moorthys Siva, Verabhadra swamy, Kasi vishveshwarar, Sukasanan moorthi, Natrajar backside wall were there.The right side Gowri, lakshmi, Saraswati and Anapurna statue were there.
The temple inside Main Shrine is Lingam and its adjacent right side separate shrine for Tripura Sundari Ammavari is there.Garpagirha outside the left corner side Lord Ganesha and Right side Lord karthigeyan  separate shrines were there.

 TRIPURA SUNDARI AMMAVARU TEMPLE
 













Sunday, 17 August 2014

ELLORA CAVES
Kailasanathar and Jain temples in the caves.

KAILASANATHAR TEMPLE ENTRANCE




























































PUNE TEMPLES.

Devi temple in hill top

 Devi temple in hill top.
















SIDDI VINAYAK TEMPLE PUNE
















BOMBAY TEMPLES

Maha lakshmi, Siddi vinayak, Jogeshwari and Hare Rama Hare Krishna temples

 HARE RAMA HARE KRISHNA TEMPLE IN JUHU
































MUKTESHWAR TEMPLE IN JUHU































SIDDI VINAYAK TEMPLE IN DADAR














JOGESHWARI DEVI TEMPLE IN JOGESHWARI THIS TEMPLE CAVE TYPE TEMPLE DONT MISS IT DURING YOUR VISIT.



























































MAHA LAKSHMI TEMPLE IN MAHALAKSHMI
SURAT SWAMY NARAYANA TEMPLE

This temple is located in TAPTI river bed inside the Swamy narayana hospital, outside devotees also allowed to see the temple.






OTHER TEMPLES IN SURAT