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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#HistoryEncyclopedia #TemplesOfIndia 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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#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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#HistoryEncyclopedia #TemplesOfIndia #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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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…}

#HistoryEncyclopedia #हिंदू_धरोहर 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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#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.

1/1 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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#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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#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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#HistoryEncyclopedia 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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#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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#HistoryEncyclopedia 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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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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#HistoryEncyclopedia #TemplesOfIndia #temples #History 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 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
hand, the deer in the upper left
hand~FACEBOOK 📷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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#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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#CholaDynasty 📷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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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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#HistoryEncyclopedia #JanjiraFort #FortsOfIndia #FortsOfMaharashtra 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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#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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#HistoryEncyclopedia #हिंदू_धरोहर #History #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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#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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#HistoryEncyclopedia #FortsOfIndia #History 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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#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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#HistoryEncyclopedia #IncredibleIndia #History 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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#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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#HistoryEncyclopedia #TemplesOfIndia #History 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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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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#CavesOfIndia #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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#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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#HistoryEncyclopedia #हिंदू_धरोहर 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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#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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#HistoryEncyclopedia #TemplesOfIndia 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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#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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#HistoryEncyclopedia #FortsOfIndia 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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#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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#HistoryEncyclopedia #TemplesOfIndia 📷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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Gopachal rock-cut Jain monuments, also called Gopachal Parvat Jaina monuments, are a group of Jain carvings dated to between 7th & 15th century. They are located around the walls of Gwalior Fort, Madhya Pradesh.

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#HistoryEncyclopedia #MonumentsOfIndia #India #IncredibleIndia Gopachal Parvat Jaina monuments depict Tirthankaras in seated Padmasana posture as well as standing Kayotsarga posture. The Gopachal monuments include standing and seated Shri Adinatha, Neminatha, 
Parshvanatha & Shri Mahavirasvami

📷2: Shri Adinatha.

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