Indian Ancient Temples

  SRISAILAM TEMPLE Located in a picturesque environment of Nallamalai Hills, ‘Srisailam’ the abode of Siva and Sakthi is on the right side of the river Krishna in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. It is at an altitude of 476 meters above the sea level, at Latitude of 16 12” North and Longitude of 78 5” East. The presiding Deities of this Kshetram God Mallikarjuna Swamy is one of the twelve Jyothirlingas and Goddess Bhramaramba Devi is one of the eighteen Mahasakthis and both are believed to be self-manifested. The unique feature of this Kshetram is the co-existing of Jyothirlingam and Mahasakthi in one Temple complex, which is the rare and only of its kind.   At this place the river Krishna flows through a deep narrow valley, approximately 100 meters wide and nearly at a depth of 1000 meters from the hill top. The river flows at a distance of 70 Km to the up of Srisailam and continues to flow in the same valley for a further distance of 80 Km to the down till it ...

  Ramappa Temple   also known as the   Ramalingeswara   temple, is located 77 km from Warangal , 15 km from  Mulugu , 209 km from  Hyderabad   in the state of  Telangana   in  Southern India . It lies in a valley in Palampet village of Venkatapur Mandal of Mulugu district, a tiny village long past its days of glory in the 13th and 14th centuries.   An inscription in the temple dates it to the year 1213 CE and says it was built by a Padmanayaka General Recherla Rudra, during the period of the Kakatiya ruler  Ganapathi Deva . The temple is a Sivalayam, where Lord Ramaligewara is worshipped. Macro poll, during his visit to the Kakatiya Empire, allegedly called the temple "the brightest star in the galaxy of temples". Ramappa Temple stands majestically on a 6 ft high star-shaped platform. The hall in front of the sanctum has numerous carved pillars that have been positioned to create an effect tha...

  About Balighattam – Brahmalingeswara Temple Visakhapatnam About 3kms South West of Narsipatnam there lies on the Bank of Varaha river a place known as Balighattam. This place owes its importance to the Brahma Lingeshwara Temple at the foot of a small hill on the Western bank of the river. It is fascinating to notice that this temple is meant to have been engineered by Brahma which the stream is said to have been created by Hindu deity throughout as a board (Varaha). Therefore, the river is known as Varahanadi. The deposits of white clay on the river bank are supposed to be the ashes of a sacrifice performed hereby Bali, the demon king from whom the village takes its name as Balighattam.   The watercourse at this place flows from North to South for a brief distance. On account of those peculiarities, the place is taken into account to be terribly sacred. The sivaratri festival celebrated here every year attracts a large number of devotees. Balighattam village is on the banks ...

   Chintpurni Temple  (One of the 51 shaktipeeth) Mata Chintpurni temple is an ancient Indian temple located in the Una district of Himachal Pradesh. It has its own importance. Chintpurni means the Goddess who removes anxiety, which is also called Chinnamastika. It means- A Goddess who is without the head. It is said that the holy feet of Devi Sati fell here. Chintpurni Mata is one of the among 51 others Shaktipeeth. According to the legend of 51 Shaktipeeth, Maa Durga was born as Sati and she was married to Lord Shiva as the daughter of king Prajapati Daksha. Prajapati Daksha didn’t like Lord Shiva. So, to revenge this insult, Sati’s father Raja Daksha organized a yajna. Where Lord Shiva was not invited. Seeing all this in front of all others, Sati felt very bad and she got burnt in Yajna. Then Lord Shiva took Devi Sati and start Tandav by seeing to stop all this, Lord Vishnu served the burning body of Sati into 51 pieces, So that Lord Shiva would calm and stop his Tanda...

  On a hill near Srinagar’s Dal Lake is a shrine dedicated to the Lord Shiva:  Shankaracharya Temple, one of the oldest temples in the region.  The temple as it is now is said to have been constructed around the year 800 AD, although its origins, strictly speaking, go back further than that.  In fact, various estimates have it that the first temple on this precise location was erected around 2000 BC. Shalimar Bagh of Srinagar The Shankaracharya Temple as it is now is very likely quite different from what it was back then, of course, and not just because of recent renovations done on it.  For something this literally ancient, dozens of repairs, renovations, and modifications would have  altered the original form into something else over the years, especially as rulers changed in the Kashmir and fresh architectural influences entered the region.  Several kings of the region have in fact been recorded as ordering repairs on the shrine, including Emperor G...