Hindu Temples in India
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Khajuraho Temples Once a great capital of Chandela Kings, the temple town of Khajuraho has become one of the most visited temple site in India. Out of the once existing eighty-five temples, only twenty-five, strewn amidst the lakes and fields have survived. |
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Tirupati Balaji Temple Situated in the Chittoor district in southern Andhra Pradesh, Tirumala-Tirupati is the abode of the legendary Lord of the Seven Hills. Tirupati is one of the most famous shrines in the country where an uninterrupted worship of the Lord has been carried out for over thirteen centuries. |
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Konark Sun Temple The great temple of Konark, is an enormous chariot of the Sun God, Surya, with 12 pairs of exquisitely carved wheels, drawn by galloping horses. A magnificent work of art, this temple is also known as the Black Pagoda. |
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Meenakshi Temple The Sri Meenakshi Sundareswara temple and Madurai city, popularly known as "City of Nector" originated together. Pandyan king, Kulasekhara had built the gorgeous Meenakshi temple around which he created a lotus shaped city. It has been a center of learning and pilgrimage since then. |
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Jagannath Temple, Puri No visit can be complete without visiting this one of holiest shrines of Lord Jagannath in the city of Puri. The crowning glory of the temple is the Rath Yatra, that takes place over here every here. |
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Brihadisvara Temple The most enduring aspect of the four-century rule of the Cholas was the extensive temple building they undertook, creating a sacred circuit of 108 Shiva temples in the Kaveri Delta. The most celebrated Saiva temple of all, appropriately called Brihadisvara and Daksinameru, is the grandest creation of the Chola emperor Rajaraja (AD 985-1012). |
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Mahabalipuram Temples Located on the Bay of Bengal, Mamallapuram means "the town of Mamalla, the great wrestler". This famous temple site of South India hails as one of the best prototype of the Dravidian Architecture. |
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Lotus Temple, Delhi Also known as Bahai Temple and is one of the most beautiful architectural temple in India. Built in the shape of a Lotus flower and reaches a height of more than 40m. It was completed in 1986 and one can enjoy its exquisite beauty even from a kilometre distance, at night. |
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Akshardham Temple in Delhi Akshardham temple or Swaminarayan temple situated in India's heart or in the capital city of New Delhi epitomises 10,000 years of the rich tradition of the Indian culture in all its beauty. The temple showcases the grandeur and essence of the ancient architecture. |
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Vaishno Devi Faith has moved mountains. From a cave shrine tucked away deep in the the Trikuta Mountains of Kashmir to a bustling religuous centre, the call of Mata Vaishno Devi has drawn and converted many a non-believer. |
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Amarnath ji |