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వేసవికాలం సెలవులలో లేపాక్షి వెళితే వీరభద్రస్వామి దర్శనం చేసుకున్నాక తప్పకుండా ఆలయంలో చూడవలసిన / గమనించవలసిన 10 ప్రదేశాలు

1. బసవన్న / ఏకశిలా నంది విగ్రహం
2. వేలాడే స్తంభం
3. విజయనగర కుడ్యచిత్రాలు
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The Lepakshi Nandi. The Largest Monolithic Nandi Statue in India. Cut in hard granite during the Vijayanagara period, this is located in Anantapur district of Andhra. A thread of Lepakshi
The Virabhadra Temple in Lepakshi is famous for its long corridors and passageways which surround the temple in all four directions #Lepakshi
The Most Amazing part of the Temple is the Nagalingam, located in the outer courtyard. This Shivalingam in the shade of a multihooded serpent is an amazing sight.
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Veerabhadra temple in Lepakshi, Andhra Pradesh.

There are 70 pillars in front of the main temple. 69 touching the ground while one was balanced in hanging position.
Must be at least 1500 to 2000 kg pillar.

This engineering was 481 years ago!
#VijayaNagara
#IncredibleIndia
If you love stone sculptures, #Lepakshi Veerabhadra mandir is a must visit place. 100s of exquisite Vijaya Nagara architecture murtis.

Puranas, Ramayana, Mahabharata... narrated everywhere.

Just two hours drive north of Bengaluru. From Krishna Deva Raya's brother's era.
There is a massive stone Sarpa protecting Shiva linga, behind the Veerabhadra temple in #Lepakshi.

One of the very few Vijayanagara era temples, that was unfinished. You can see from the backside.
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