The Temples of Tirupati – Kamakshi

This goddess stands in samabhanga holding ankusa in the upper right hand and pasa in tile upper left. Her lower hands are in abhaya and varada. The Garbhagriha and Antarala are of the Chola times as indicated by theirarchitectural features. The other parts of the shrine might have collapsed on…

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The Temples of Tirupati – Dakshinamurti

This image is set up against die north wall of the hall adjacent to the Kapilesvara shrine. Seated with the right leg bent at the knee and resting on the back of apasmarapurusha lying below, with his legs apart and face turned up and the right leg bent at right…

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SHRI KSHETRA GOKARNA MAHABALESHWAR – THINGS IN GENERAL

SHRI KSHETRA GOKARNA MAHABALESHWAR - THINGS IN GENERAL

It goes without saying that Gokama being one of the three recognised famous Kshetras Gokarn, Ramasetu and Kashi, (Banaras) and also one among the ten well-known Bhaskar Kshetras, has come to be considered by Hindus as a famous place of Pilgrimage References to this Kshetra given in differ­ent old Puranas…

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