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Kajuraho Temples

The temple of Khajuraho are India’s unique gift to the world, the representing , as they do , a paean to life ,love , to joy – perfect in execution  and sublime in express . Life in every from and mood has been capture in stone.

Khajuraho temples were built by Chandelas. the temple are superb example of Indo- Aryan  architecture, the sculptures shows innumerable aspects of the Indian life 1000 years ago –Gods  and Goddesses ,warriors and musician  , real and mythological  figures and animals.

Konark Sun Temple

The temple was built by King Narasimha of the Ganga dynasty in the 13 century AD. The temple conceived as a chariot hauling the Sun God. It also represents the seven days of the week and the 24 hours of the days in its concepts.  The temple was built on the sea front with water lashing its wall but now the sea has receded and the temple is little away from the beach. The temple stands upon its enormous 24 intricately carved wheels .The walls of this magnificent ruin have exquisite sculpture covering many aspect of life. The temple is protected by UNESCO as a world heritage site.

Golden Temple

The home of the world famous Golden Temple founded by Guru Ramdas, the fourth Guru of the Sikhs, in 1579 and completed by Guru Arjun Dev who also enshrined in it the holy book of his successor Sikhs the Guru Granth Sahib. In 1803 , the renowned Maharaja Ranjit Singh , covered  the lower half of the temple with marble and the upper half was encrusted  later  with pure gold  leaf which  has given the name golden temple . The interiors of the temple, decorated with inlay work using semi – precious stones present a delicate floral pattern.

Meenakshi Temple

The temple designed in 1560 by Vishwanatha Nayak and subsequently built during the reign of Trimalai Nayak. A splendid example of Dravidian architecture. There are four entrances  to the temple with  an area  of six hectares . Each of its 12 towers has the height of 45 to 50 meters. The temple museum has 985 richly carved pillars and each one surpasses the other in beauty.

Somnath Temple

One of the most sacred and renowned Hindu pilgrimage centers being one of the 12 Jyortirlingas of lord Shiva . The temple derives its name from Somraj, the Moon God, who is originally said to have built this temple out of gold. However the present temple resurrected and rebuilt as late as 1950 reflects little of its original Magnificence.

Ellora Cave Temples

The cave temple and monasteries  at Ellora , excavatd out of the vertical face of an escarpment, the  34 caves contain Buddhists  Chaityas , or halls  of worship , and monasteries , Hindu  and Jain Temple . Spanning a period of about  600 years  between the 5th and 11th centuries AD.

LISTING OF CAVES.

JANIN CAVES: Caves 30 to 34 at the north end, 9th century to 11th century AD.
HINDU CAVES: Caves 13 to 29 in the middle, 8th century to 10th century AD.
BUDDHIST CAVES: Caves 1 to 12 at the southern end, 5th century to 7th Century AD.

Sanchi Stupas

The oldest stone structure in India , 36.5 m in diameter and 16.4 m high, and with a massive  hemispherical  dome , the stupa  stans in eternal majesty, the paved procession  path around  it worn  smooth  by centuries of pilgrims . Carved with stories of the Buddha’s past and present lives and with incidents from the subsequent history of Buddhism, the gateways are the finest specimen of early classical art which formed the seedbed for the entire vocabulary of later Indian art.

Ranakpur Jain Temples

One of the five main holy places of Jain. The most distinctive  feature are the 29 halls of the temple which contain 1444 pillars of which not even two are alike everyone being in a different styles.Rising in three storeys it has subsidiary shrine with a total of 80 ‘ spuies’ supported by 420 columns.There are also 24 mandapas and spires.

Thanjavur Temple

Thanjavur  once the capital of the Chola Kings The glorious Choala legacy have left behind not less than 74 temple in and around  Thanjuavur itself. Its know as the ‘ Rice Bowl ‘ of tamil Nadu  and for its exquisite handicrafts, bronzes and south Indian Musical Instruments,

Brihadeshwara Temple & Fort

Built by great Chola king in the 10th century and is listed in World heritage. On the top of the apex of 63 meter high, a dome is said to be single construcated from single piece of granite, weighing an estimated 81 ton.

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