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The #TrishundMayureshwarGanapathiTemple is a beautiful temple located in the center of Pune City in Somwar Peth, on the banks of Nagazari. This exquisitely carved temple is believed to be built in 1754 to 1770 by Bhimgirji Gosavi.

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There are 2 sculptured ‘dwarpalakas’ at entrance along with other elaborated carved peacock, parrots & elephants in combat. It has exquisite stone sculptures, arches & domes are still intact, despite being exposed, for close to 375 years.

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The idol of Shri Ganesha is very unique in this temple because, He is seen with three trunks (Trishund) & six hands, seated on a peacock (Mayureshwar). This is a very rare depiction of Lord Ganesha and hence the name #TrishundMayureshwarGanapathiTemple

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#KandariyaMahadevaTemple is the largest & most ornate Hindu temple in medieval temple group found at Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh, India. It is considered one of the best examples of temples preserved from the medieval period in India.

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#KandariyaMahadevaTemple was built by Chandela ruler. God Shiva is the chief deity in temple deified in sanctum sanctorum.
Temple was built during the reign of Vidyadhara (r. c. 1003-1035 CE).
This stunning temple is around 31m tall.

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Temple is founded on a massive plinth of 4 metres height. The superstructure is built in a steep mountain shape, symbolic of Mount Meru which is said to be the source of creation of the world.

📷:Various features of the temple marked on the #KandariyaMahadevaTemple.

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Qutub Minar was the observation tower of an observatory set up by noted astronomist Varah Mihir much before the birth of Islam. It is estimated that this observatory was set up during 4th Century AD to 6th Century AD {m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…}

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Arial view of the Tower is an
illustration of Astronomical Dial,
representing the Zodiac (Rashis) & Hours of the day to measure the time and position during movement of stars in different Zodiac Signs (Rashis). The
Astronomical Dial is also illustrated below.

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At either side of entrance (see the picture below) is stone lotus flower emblem which also proves that it was a Hindu building. The stone flowers are a very important sign of Hindu authorship. Look at 2nd pic (right) This is how Qutub Minar appears when viewed from the top.

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Sidi Saiyyed Mosque was built in 1572-73 AD ,is one of the most famous mosques of Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The mosque is entirely arcuated and is known for its ten intricately carved stone latticework windows on the side and rear arches.

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Rear wall is filled with square stone pierced panels in geometrical designs. The 2 bays flanking central aisle have reticulated stone slabs carved in designs of intertwined trees & foliage and a palm motif. This intricately carved lattice stone window is Sidi Saiyyed Jali

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Intricate Marble Screens (jalis/जाली)of Siddi Saiyyed Mosque.

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#AmerFort is located in Amer, Rajasthan. It was ruled by Raja Man Singh I. Amer Fort is known for its artistic style elements. With its large ramparts and series of gates and cobbled paths, the fort overlooks Maota Lake, which is the main source of water for the Amer Palace.

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Constructed of red sandstone & marble, #AmerFort consists of Diwan-e-Aam, or "Hall of Public Audience", Diwan-e-Khas, or "Hall of Private Audience", Sheesh Mahal & Sukh Niwas where a cool climate is artificially created by winds that blow over a water cascade within palace.

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#AmerFort is also popularly known as the Amer Palace. At the entrance to the palace near the fort's 📷1: Ganesh Gate, there is a 📷2: temple dedicated to Shila Devi, a goddess of the Chaitanya cult.

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#VeerabhadraSwamyTemple is located in Lepakshi ,Andhra Pradesh It is dedicated to God Shiva & was built in 16th century. There is a very large Nandi (bull), about 200 metres away from temple, carved from a single block of stone, one of the largest of its type in the world.

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#VeerabhadraSwamyTemple has been built on a low altitude hillock of a large exposure of granite rock, which is in shape of a tortoise & hence known as Kurma Saila. It was built in 1530 AD by Virupanna Nayaka & Viranna, both brothers who were Governors under Vijayanagar Empire 2/2

📷1: Carvings of God Brahma and God Vishnu on pillars in the manadapa.

📷2: Paintings in the ceiling of the Mukha mandapa {assembly hall}

📷3: Front Side View of #VeerabhadraSwamyTemple, Lepakshi.

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#LaxmiNarayanTemple, #Orchha is a mix of a temple & fort is a geometrical wonder with an octagonal central tower residing within a triangular temple and housed in a square compound. Its ceilings and walls depict stories of mythology, history & warfare.

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Topmost part of the #LaxmiNarayanTemple bear intricately carved domes and the windows feature keyholes that were probably designed to position archers & soldiers who could attack when needed. Built during the rule of Raja Bir Singh Deo, Temple is dedicated to Devi Laxmi.

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Built with lime mortar and bricks, #LaxmiNarayanTemple has cannon slots on its roof. It has a flagstone path that connects it to the Ram Raja Temple. Other notable aspects of the temple are the carvings on the central dome and ornately carved pillars on the corners.

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#ElloraCaves is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world, featuring Hindu, Buddhist & Jain
monuments & artwork, dating from 600–1000 CE.

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Cave 16, in particular, features largest single monolithic rock excavation in the world, #KailashaTemple, a chariot shaped monument dedicated to God Shiva. Its excavation also features sculptures depicting gods, goddesses associated with Vaishnavism & Shaktism.

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There are over 100 caves at the site, all excavated from the basalt cliffs in the Charanandri Hills, 34 of which are open to public. These consist of 12 Buddhist (caves 1–12), 17 Hindu (caves 13–29) and 5 Jain (caves 30–34) caves.

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The #LakshmanaTemple is a 10th-century Hindu temple built by Yashovarman located in Khajuraho, India. It is dedicated to Vaikuntha Vishnu - an aspect of God Vishnu. It is a Sandhara Temple of the Panchayatana.

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Entire #LakshmanaTemple complex stands on a high platform (Jagati). Its shikhara is clustered with minor urushringas (a subsidiary tower springing from sides of the main shikhara tower in the Hindu temple architecture of northern India.)

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The sanctum contains 4-armed & Tri-Headed sculpture of Vaikuntha Vishnu. The central head is of human & two sides of Varaha & Narasimha.

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The sculpture of Sarbeswaramurti
in the #DarasuramAiravateswarTemple is seen with three legs, the
body and face of a lion, and a tail.
It has four human arms, the right
upper hand holds an axe, the
noose is held in the lovwer right
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📷1: Rare and only Sculpture of Ardhanarisurya at #DarasuramAiravateswarTemple

📷2: In the South-East direction inside the temple is the grand sculpture of Nagaraja standing with folded hands.

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📷1: Sculpture of Kannapar - a great
proponent of Shaivism, inside Darasuram temple stood humbly with hands folded in reverence.

📷2: Footwear of Kannapar. The straps and the toe-thong have been carefully cut & smoothened keeping in mind the comforts of the
wild wanderer.

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#AiravatesvaraTemple is located in Darasuram, near Kumbakonam, Thanjavur District in Tamil Nadu. This temple, built by Rajaraja Chola II in the 12th century CE. The temple is dedicated to Shiva. It also reverentially displays Vaishnavism and Shaktism also.

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📷1: With heavily ornamented pillars accurate in detail and richly sculpted walls, the #AiravateswaraTemple at Darasuram is a classic example of Chola art and architecture.

📷2: Beautifully Sculpted Mandapam Pillar.

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An early silver coin of Uttama Chola found in Sri Lanka showing the tiger emblem of the Chola and in Nagari script. Uttama Chola born Madurantaka ascended the Chola throne c. 970 CE succeeding Parantaka Chola II.

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Murud-Janjira is the local name of a famous fort and tourist place situated on an island just off the coastal city of Murud, in the Raigad district of Maharashtra, India.

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Raja Ram Rao Patil was Patil of Janjira Island and a chief of Kolis who established and/or built this island in the 16th century for Kolis to live peacefully away from pirates. After gaining permission from the Sultan of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate~FACEBOOK

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Murud-Janjira Fort is situated on an oval-shaped rock off the Arabian Sea coast near the port city of Murud, 165 km south of Mumbai. Janjira is considered one of the strongest marine forts in India. There are many cannons of native and European make rusting on the bastions.

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#KantanagarTemple is a late-medieval Hindu temple in Dinajpur, Bangladesh. The Kantanagar Temple is dedicated to God Krishna and this is most popular with the Radha-Krishna cult (assemble of memorable love) in Bengal.

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#KantanagarTemple was built by Maharaja Pran Nath, its construction started in 1704 CE and ended in the reign of his son Raja Ramnath in 1722 CE. It boasts one of the greatest examples on terracotta architecture in Bangladesh.

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📷1: Present Day #KantanagarTemple

📷2: A southern view of the Temple in 1871 showing the nine spires that were subsequently destroyed in an earthquake that occurred in 1897.

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#JhansiFort is a fortress situated on a large hilltop called Bangira, in Uttar Pradesh. It served as a stronghold of the Chandela Kings in Balwant Nagar from the 11th through the 17th century.

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The construction of the #JhansiFort is ascribed to Bundela Rajput chief and the ruler of the kingdom of Orchha Veer Singh ju Deo Bundela in 1613. The granite walls of the fort are between 16 and 20 feet thick and on the south side the city walls meet.

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The forge-welded iron cannon by name Kadak Bijli, located at
Jhansi Fort measures 5.5 m in length and weighs about
5 tons. The mighty cannon is situated near the main entrance of the #JhansiFort. This massive cannon operated by Ghulam Ghaus Khan was feared by enemies.

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#JantarMantar is located in New Delhi. It consists of 13 architectural astronomy instruments. The site is one of 5 built by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur, from 1723 onwards,revising the calendar and astronomical tables.

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The 4 distinct instruments within the observatory of #JantarMantar in New Delhi: the Samrat Yantra, the Jayaprakash, Rama Yantra and the Misra Yantra.

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Samrat Yantra is a giant triangle that is basically an equal hour sundial. It is 70 ft high, 114 ft long at base & 10 ft thick. It has 39 m long hypotenuse that is parallel to Earth's axis & points towards the North Pole.

📷1: West tower of Samrat Yantra.
📷2: Center tower.

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📷: "Kanishka casket", dated to 127 CE, with the Buddha surrounded by Brahma and Indra, and Kanishka standing at the center of the lower part. Kanishka casket is Buddhist reliquary made in gilded copper & dated to the first year of the reign of the Kushan emperor Kanishka.

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Kanishka Casket was discovered in a deposit chamber under Kanishka stupa during archeological excavations in 1908-1909 in Shah-ji-Dheri. It is said to have contained 3 bone fragments of the Buddha.

📷Detail of the Buddha, surrounded by cherubs, with devotee or bodhisattava.

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📷1: Indra, Buddha, Brahma trilogy.
📷2: Kanishka, surrounded by the Sun-God and the Moon-God.
📷3: Buddha relics from Kanishka's stupa in Peshawar, Pakistan, sent by the British to Mandalay, Burma in 1910.

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#KopeshwarTemple is at Khidrapur, Kolhapur, Maharashtra. It was built in the 12th century by Shilahara king Gandaraditya between 1109 and 1178 CE. It is dedicated to God Shiva.

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Entire #KopeshwarTemple is divided into 4 parts Swargamandapa, Sabhamandapa, Antaral kaksha & Garbha gruha. 📷1: The Swargamandapa has a vestibule with an open top.

📷2: Geometric Patterns on Swarga Mandap Pillars

📷3: God Vishnu with Lakshmi on a pillar in Swarga Mandap.

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📷1: One of the 6 beautifully sculpted Window for proper ventilation in interior of #KopeshwarTemple

📷Divine Sculpture of God Vishnu holding Padma, Shankha, Chakra & Gada (mace) flanked by Goddess Bhudevi & Sridevi.

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#KanchiKailasanatharTemple is the oldest structure in Kanchipuram, located in Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to the God Shiva. The temple was built from 685-705 AD by a Rajasimha (Narasimhavarman II) ruler of the Pallava Dynasty.

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#KanchiKailasanatharTemple is of stone built architecture. The tall gopuram (tower) is to the left & temple complex is to the right. The temple's foundations are made of granite, which could withstand the weight of the temple, while the superstructure.

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📷1: The structure contains 58 small shrines which are dedicated to various forms of Shiva. These are built into niches on the inner face of the high compound wall of the circumambulatory passage.

📷2: Typical design of pillar with multi-directional mythical lions.

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BarabarHillCaves are oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India, dating from MauryaEmpire, some with Ashokan inscriptions, located in Jehanabad, Bihar.

📷The famous carved entrance of Lomas Rishi cave, dated to approx 250 BC, making it 1st known Maurya relief.

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#BarabarHillcmCaves were used by ascetics from the Ajivika sect, founded by Makkhali Gosala, a contemporary of Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism & of Mahavira, the last & 24th Tirthankara of Jainism. The Ajivikas had many similarities with Buddhism as well as Jainism.

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Most #BarabarHillCaves consist of two chambers, carved entirely out of granite, with a highly polished internal surface, the "Mauryan polish" also found on sculptures, and exciting echo effects. It contains 4 caves: Karan Chaupar, Lomas Rishi, Sudama and Visvakarma.

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#ShriKatasRajTemples is a complex of several Hindu temples connected to one another by walkways. The temple complex surrounds a pond named Katas which is regarded as sacred by Hindus. The complex is located in Potohar, Pakistan's Punjab.

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The temples' pond is said in the Puranas to have been created from the teardrops of Shiva, after he wandered the Earth inconsolable after the death of his wife Devi Sati.

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Another tradition states that Shri Krishna laid foundation of the temple & established a hand-made shivling in it. The temples play a role in Mahābhārata, where temples are traditionally believed to have been site where Pandavas spent a significant portion of their exile.

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#NatarajaTemple or #ThillaiNatarajaTemple, is dedicated to God Nataraja. It is located in in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu. The temple architecture symbolizes the connection between the arts and spirituality, creative activity and the divine.

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The temple wall carvings display all the 108 karanas from Natya Shastra by Bharata Muni, and these postures form a foundation of Bharatanatyam. The temple is located at the Center point of world's Magnetic Equator.

📷Nataraja fresco on walls inside #ThillaiNatarajaTemple.

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📷1: Karana panels in the East gopuram of #ThiilaiNatarajaTemple in Chidambaram.

📷2: The main gopuram

The present temple was built in 10th century when Chidambaram was capital of Chola dynasty, making it one of the oldest surviving active temple complexes in South India.

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The Naubat Khana or Naqqar Khana, is the drum house that stands at the entrance between the outer and inner court at the #RedFort in Delhi.

📷2: Naubat Khana view from Diwan-i-Am

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The ground plan is a rectangular structure consisting of 3 large stories. The construction material is red sandstone, the surface covered in white chunam plaster. The richly carved floral designs on its red sandstone walls appear to have been originally painted with gold.

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The interior was colourfully painted. Several layers of these paintings can be found at the entrance chamber.

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📷1+2+3: Floral Art Redsandstone panel.

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#NahargarhFort stands on the edge of the Aravalli Hills, overlooking Jaipur. The fort was originally named sudarshangarh, but it became known as Nahargarh, which means 'abode of tigers'.

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The popular belief is that Nahar here stands for Nahar Singh Bhomia, whose spirit haunted the place and obstructed construction of the fort. Nahar's spirit was pacified by building a temple in his memory within the fort, which thus became known by his name.

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Built mainly in 1734 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh, #NahargarhFort was constructed as a place of retreat on summit of ridge above city. Walls extended over surrounding hills, forming fortifications that connected this fort to Jaigarh Fort.

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#KedareshwaraTemple is located in historically important town of Halebidu, Karnataka. The temple was constructed by Hoysala King Veera Ballala II (1173–1220 A.D.) and his Queen Ketaladevi, and the main deity is Ishwara {God Shiva}.

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📷1+2: #KedareshwaraTemple was constructed with Soapstone. The temple stands on the platform called jagati which is typically five to six feet in height and which can be reached by a flight of steps.

📷3: Stellate plan of shrine outer wall.

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The outlay of main shrine (Vimana) is star-shaped (stellate) with 2 smaller shrines that have perforated windows on sides.

📷2: View of central domical bay ceiling supported by lathe turned pillars in the mantapa.

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