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  • ...b|250px|These are the most important Karttikeya temples for pilgrimages in India.]]
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  • ...|thumb|250px|These are the most important Surya temples for pilgrimages in India.]]
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  • [[File:cavetemples.jpg|thumb|Cave Temples]] ...īvika monks, the cave at Karli and some Buddhist caves at [[Ajanta]] (both in Maharashtra), the Jaina caves at Udayagiri and Khaṇḍagiri (Orissa) belo
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  • ...:Shri Shantadurga.jpg|200px|Shri Shantadurga Temple at Kavelam Ponda, Goa, India]] ...a Maharani .jpg|200px|Sri Sri Kalika Maharani Temple at Bokaro, Jharkhand, India]]
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  • ...humb|250px|These are the most important Ganpati temples for pilgrimages in India.]] ...Ganapatya-s are the Ganapatya [[Agama]]-s. The religion is most prevalent in Maharasthra.
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  • Bronze Sculptures - Traditionally made for [[temples]], not bronze sculptures are available for sale for anyone Temple carvings - started with cave carving to now [[temples]] and individual statues
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  • ...oldly took over the administration in 1765 [[A]].D. after her husband died in battle and ruled with great efficiency till her demise. ...ed many [[temples]] in North India and also built rest-houses for pilgrims in the places of pilgrimage. The modern city of Indore owes its development du
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  • ...serted village situated at 16 km (10 miles) to the east of the Belur town, in the Hasan district of Karnataka state. ...around CE 1211 but was left incomplete. It is actually a twin temple built in soap-stone of Hoysaleśvara and Sāntaleśvara and the [[deities]] (Śivali
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  • ...id to have been established by one Kambu-Svāyambhuva who had migrated from India; or by [[a]] [[brāhma]]ṇa, Kauṇḍinya by name, a ‘disciple’ of � ...the best. The [[Angkor Vat]] is the biggest of such [[temples]] discovered in the latter of the nineteenth century. It was built by Suryavarman II (A.D.
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  • ...s for 'Murajapam'(a customary continuous chanting of vedic manthras), stay in this compound. From the very beginning, the administration of this temple w ...our hands. Ashtami Rohini, the birth day of Lord [[Krishna]] is celebrated in this temple.
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  • ...ctum and on the outer walls. The tower over the sanctum is generally small in size. They are called ‘vimāna’. The tower on the outer walls were usua ...a stone base and the superstructure of brick and mortar. It is rectangular in shape. The exterior walls are covered with [[sculpture]] of stucco.
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  • ...is [[a]] now a small town situated in the Bijapur district, in Karnataka, India that is situated on the side of a small hill. In ancient days, this town was known as Vātāpi, and was the capital of the C
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  • ...earliest of such temples are found in [[Aihole]] and Paṭṭadakal.<ref>It is in Bijapur district of Karnataka State.</ref> ...bank of the river Malaprabhā, the village Pattadakal is hardly four acres in area. It is surrounded by a stone-wall like a fort.
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  • ...īpuram in South India, is one of the most important and famous [[Viṣṇu]] [[temples]].
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  • ...Ganapathy Temple is [[a]] small idol of Lord Ganesh, with the right leg is in folded posture. ...rshipped by [[a]] soldier of Travancore Army stationed at Padmanabhapuram. In 1795 A.D, when the capital of Travancore was changed to Thiruvananthapuram,
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  • ...Ganapathy Temple is [[a]] small idol of Lord Ganesh, with the right leg is in folded posture. ...rshipped by [[a]] soldier of Travancore Army stationed at Padmanabhapuram. In 1795 A.D, when the capital of Travancore was changed to Thiruvananthapuram,
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  • Bhikṣatana-[[murti]] literally means ‘image of [[Śiva]] in the begging posture’. ...xpiated. So, he had to roam about the earth for 12 years, begging for food in the skull-cup. This form is known as the ‘Bhikṣāṭana-murti.’ As s
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  • Kāñcīpuram, the city of [[temples]], is also spelt as Kañci, Kāñcī or Conjeevaram. It is one of the seven # Śivakāñcī - Temples of [[Ekāmranātha]] (also called Ekāmbareśvara), Kailāsanātha and Kām
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  • ...greatness of Puṣkara as an excellent place of pilgrimage has been extolled in many [[purāṇas]] and the epics.<ref>Mahā[[bhārata]], Vanaparva 80.20, ...uṣkara.<ref>It also means lotus.</ref> The same legend says that the lotus in his hand rebounded at three places before killing the demon. All these thre
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  • ...miles) to the south-west of another famous pilgrimage named [[Cidambaram]] in Tamil Nadu. The rivers Kāverī and Arasalar flows on the two sides of this This town contains many ancient and rare [[temples]]. It has:
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