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 Temple info -156 கோயில் தகவல் -156 Triyuginarayan Temple (Sanskrit: त्रियुगी-नारायण) is a Hindu temple located in the Triyuginarayan village in Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand,India. The ancient temple is dedicated to god Vishnu. Its fame is credited to the legend of god Shiva’s marriage to goddess Parvati witnessed by Vishnu at this venue and is thus a popular Hindu pilgrimage sites. A special feature of this temple is a perpetual fire, that burns in front of the temple. The flame is believed to burn from the times of the divine marriage. Thus, the temple is also known as Akhand Dhuni temple. Triyuginarayan Temple Religion Affiliation Hinduism District Rudraprayag Deity Vishnu, Shiva and Parvati Location Triyuginarayan State Uttarakhand Country India Architecture Type North Indian Architecture Creator Unknown Completed Ancient (unknown) The temple courtyard is also the source of a water stream, which fills three sacred bathing ponds (kunds) nearby. Etymology The word "Triyug...

 Temple info -155 கோயில் தகவல் -155 Vettuvan Koil in Kalugumalai, a panchayat town in Thoothukudi district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to the Buddha . Constructed in the Pandyan Architecture and rock cut architecture, the unfinished temple is believed to have been built during the 8th century by Pandyas. The rock-cut architecture exemplary of early Pandyan Art. The other portions of Kalugumalai houses the 8th century Kalugumalai Jain Beds and Kalugasalamoorthy Temple, a Murugan temple. Vettuvan Koil Religion Affiliation Hinduism District Thoothukudi Deity Vettuvan Koil(Shiva) Location Kalugumalai State Tamil Nadu Country India Location in Tamil Nadu Geographic coordinates 9°09′12″N 77°42′12″E Architecture Type Dravidian architecture, Rock cut Website kalugumalaitemple.tnhrce.in As per local legend, a rivalry between a father and son resulted in son finishing the sculpture first at the lower hills, while the father was slow to respond. In his angst, the fat...

 Temple info -131 A கோயில் தகவல்-131A Dhanur masa special post Srivilliputhur Andal Temple in Srivilliputhur, a town in Virudhunagar district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu. It is located 80 km from Madurai. Constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture, the temple is glorified in the Divya Prabandha, the early medieval Tamil canon of the Azhwar saints from the 6th–9th centuries AD. It is one of the 108 Divyadesam dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshipped as Vatapatrasayi and his consort Lakshmi as Andal. It is believed to be the birthplace of two of the Azhwars, namely Periyalvar and his foster daughter Andal. Religion Affiliation Hinduism District Virudhunagar Festivals Aani Alwar Uthsavam (June–July) Thiruvadipooram (August)Purattasi Uthsavam(October) Ennaikappu (December–January) Panguni Thirukkalyana Uthsavam (March–April) Location Srivilliputhur State Tamil Nadu Country India Geographic coordinates 9°30′32″N 77°37′56″E Architec...

 Temple info -154 கோயில் தகவல் -154 Valeesvarar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva, located at Ramagiri, also known as Ramagiri, in Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh (India). Vaippu Sthalam It is one of the shrines of the Vaippu Sthalams sung by Tamil Saivite Nayanar Sundarar. This place is also known as Thirukkarikkarai, as it is on the banks of Cauvery. Presiding deity The presiding deity in the garbhagriha, represented by the lingam, is known as Valeesvarar. The Goddess is known as Maragadhambal. Specialities As per the order of Rama, Anjaneya brought the Linga from North India in order to consecrate it at Sethu. Bairava made a plan to possess the Linga. As per the plan Anjanaye was made to feel thirsty. As the Linga should not be kept in floor, he gave it to Bairava who came as a boy. Before his return Bairava put it on the floor. Anjaneya tried to take it from the place but in vain. There itself Linga was consecrated. As Anjaneya tried to pull the Li...

 Temple info -153 கோயில் தகவல் -153 Raghunath Temple is a Hindu temple located in Jammu in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It consists of a complex of seven Hindu shrines. Raghunath Temple was constructed by the first Dogra ruler Maharaja Gulab Singh in the year 1835 and later his son Maharaja Ranbir Singh got it completed in the year 1860 During Dogra rule.The temple has many gods in its complex of shrines, but the presiding deity is Rama – also known as Raghunath, an Avatar of Vishnu. All the spiral-shaped towers have gold plated spires. The niches in the walls of the shrines are decorated with 300 well-crafted icons of gods and goddesses including those of Surya and Shiva, but most are particularly related to the life stories of Rama and Krishna. The paintings in the 15 panels of the main shrine are based on themes from Ramayana, Mahabharata, and Bhagavad Gita. The temple premises include a school and a library that preserves over 6,000 manuscripts in many India...

 Temple info -152 கோயில் தகவல் -152 Yama Dhandeeswarar temple at Alagramam . Thirupura sundhari ambal sametha Yama Dhandeeswarar temple at Alagramam . Do you know about the oldest idol of Lord Vinayaka in Tamilnadu older than Pillayarpatti temple. It was by sheer chance that a team of epigraphists, who were on a visit to the Yama Dhandeeswarar Temple at Alagramam village near Tindivanam as part of their study on archaeological structures, discovered the idol in the precincts of the temple. The idol was found buried near the sanctum sanctorum during renovation work which was under way at the temple. The workers who were not aware of the importance, removed the idol and placed it in the temple. Epigraphist C. Veeraraghavan and his wife Mangayarkarasi, who have been studying archaeological structures across the State, examined the idol, and said the idol dated back to the 5th century A.D. “The inscription on the idol is unique and it could be the oldest idol of Ganapathy found in Tami...