Eight effigies found among the nature‚ sculptured by nature have been housed in the temples created ages ago at the places where the effigies were first identified. These ‘Swayambhu’ effigies‚ now the sacred idols‚ are the famous "Ashta Vinayak." Ashtavinayaka literally means “eight Ganeshas” in Sanskrit. Everybody should visit the Ashtavinayak in Maharashtra at least once in a life time. There are eight temples dedicated to Ganesha‚ in Maharashtra related to various episodes from the puranas and
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Assam the earliest period is recognized as a suitable place for Sakti worship centering round the Kamakhya temple. There are many legends and sroties related to the origin of Kamakya temple and the worship of the Goddess Kamakhya. The shrine of the Goddess Kamakhya is situated about three miles from present town of Guwahati and about fifty miles from the range of hills. The Kamakhya temple is situated on the Nilachala Hill. The shrine is a place of culmination of Saktism‚ Tantricism‚ Saivism‚ Tantric
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Manasha Ganeshan Venumadhav Bhat M Vadabandeshwara temple is one of the most prominent and oldest temples of Udupi‚ the temple town.This temple is more than 800 years old. Malpe‚ the coastal part of Udupi houses the Vadabandeshwara temple. The temple is a few kilometers away from the shoreline. This is one of Karnataka’s oldest temple. This temple primarily worshipped Lord Subrahmanya‚ although it is famous for housing the deity Lord Balarama
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incorporated dravida-style gopurams to meet their ritualistic needs. The Prasanna Virupaksha temple (underground temple) of Bukka Raya I and the Hazare Rama temple of Deva Raya I are examples of Deccan architecture. The varied and intricate ornamentation of the pillars is a mark of their work. At Hampi‚ though the Vitthala temple is the best example of their pillared Kalyanamantapa style‚ the Hazara Ramaswamy temple is a modest but perfectly finished example. A visible aspect of their style is their return
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with social imagination (National Autistic Society 2012) In the past few decades‚ there has also been a steady increase in the number of first hand accounts written by self-advocates who self-identify as individuals on the autism spectrum‚ (e.g.‚ Grandin & Scariano‚ 1986; Newport & Newport‚ 2002; Prince-Hughes‚ 2002; Mukhopadhyay‚ 2008) this is largely due to society becoming more acceptable to listen to people with disabilities and the acknowledgement that a
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Shirley Temple Introduction I. “I stopped believing in Santa Claus when i was six. My mother took me to see him in the mall and he asked for my autograph.” II. Most of us aren’t special enough to be asked for an autograph by Santa in life. But then again‚ no one was ever quite as special as little Ms. Shirley Temple. III. Shirley Temple is known for her childhood stardom‚ but there is more to this star than just that. She has a small adult stardom as well as a fascinating life after her
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east and west facades were lined with eight towering Doric columns‚ making it the only octastyle‚ peripteral temple built in ancient Greece” (Ching pg‚ 130). The Parthenon was built to give thanks to Athena for the salvation of Athens and Greece in the Persian Wars. It houses a 40-foot-high statue of “Athena Parthenos sculpted by Pheidias” (Parthenon‚ Athens). “Replacing an older temple destroyed by the Persians‚ the Parthenon was constructed at the initiative of Pericles‚ the leading Athenian politician
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and two temples of the gods in the city‚ … omitting none which at that time needed repair”.6 However‚ he also erected four new temples during his reign and these temples largely convey the message of him wanting to show that he was a dependable and better ruler.7 Stamper argues that the building of temples in Rome by various rulers form a large connection of showing power and authority over the city.8 Thus‚ based on this intention of Augustus‚ this essay will analyse three different temples completed
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for its puppetry. A sort of a tiger dance – called Hulivesha – is done inDussera in honour of Goddess Sharada. Sri Sharavu Sharabeshwara Sri Mahaganapathy Kshetra This is a famous ancient temple located in Hampanakatte‚ sharabeshwara and Mahaganapathy are the principal deities in the temple. There is a temple tank called ’Sharatheerthah’. The name "Sharavu" is derived from “Shara" which means arrow. The Sthalapurana mentions that about eight centuries back‚ a very power full king Maharaja Veerabahu
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Garuda and was apparently dedicated by Heliodorus to the god Vasudeva in front of the temple of Vasudeva. 2. Sanchi Sanchi‚ variously known as Kakanaya‚ Kakanava‚ Kakanadabota and Bota-Sriparvata in ancient times‚ has a singular distinction of having remarkable specimen of Buddhist art and architecture right from the early Mauryan period. Sanchi is famous in the world for stupas‚ monolithic Asokan pillar‚ temples‚ monasteries and sculptural wealth.Sanchi became a pilgrimage site when Ashoka
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