Ghantakarna Mahavira is one of the fifty-two viras (protector deities) of Jainism. He was a deity of the Jain tantrik tradition. There is a shrine dedicated to him at the Mahudi Jain Temple established by Buddhisagar Suri, a Jain saint, in nineteenth century. It is one of the popular Jain pilgrimage centres of India.

Ghantakarna is invoked for protection from variety of obstacles and difficulties such as epidemics diseases, fire, invasions, ghosts. He is also invoked for the protection from the opponents of Jainism.

Mahudi Jain temple is one of the popular Jain pilgrimage centres of India. Thousands of devotees visit it and offers Sukhdi (mixture of jaggery, wheat and ghee), a sweet there. After offering, it is consumed by devotees within the temple complex. His images are also found in other Jain temples in western India.

On Kali Chaudas, thousands of devotees visist the Mahudi temple to attend a religious ceremony, Havan.

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Bhagwan Nandi 🙏

Chamundi Hill, Mysuru, Karnataka, India

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#Nagadevatha, a relief on the wall, #Rameshwara Temple, #KELADI, #Shivamogga district. #Nayaka period. 16th CE. Photo credits #Thiru Srinivasachar Gopal.

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Taranga is a Jain pilgrimage center near Kheralu in Mehsana district, Gujarat, India, with two compounds of Jain temples that are important examples of the Māru-Gurjara style of architecture. The oldest Jain temple was constructed in 1161 by the Chaulukya king Kumarapala, under the advice of his teacher, Acharya Hemachandra. Both the main wings of Jainism are represented, with adjoining walled compounds: the Svetambara compound consists of 14 temples in all, and there are also five Digambara-affiliated temples at Taranga hill.

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Sahasralinga is located in Sirsi Karnataka.Sirsi Shalmala river is famous as thousand Shiv Lingas are carved on rocks in the river & river banks during the rule of Sadashivaraya of the Vijayanagar between1678-1718.

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Lord Mahavishnu standing unscathed even amongst the heap of destruction around Him, guarded by his Dwarapalakas.

There are powerful Deities who protected our society from the worst, for our ancestors who worshipped them.

(Ayinikkattu Mahavishnu temple in Palakkad district Kerala which is being restored)

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The Bayon is a richly decorated Khmer Buddhist temple at Angkor in Cambodia. Built in the late 12th or early 13th century as the state temple of the Mahayana Buddhist King Jayavarman VII, the Bayon stands at the centre of Jayavarman's capital, Angkor Thom. Following Jayavarman's death, it was modified and augmented by subsequent Hindu and Theravada Buddhist kings in accordance with their own religious preferences.

The Bayon was the last state temple to be built at Angkor, and the only Angkorian state temple to be built primarily to worship Brahma.

The similarity of the 216 gigantic faces on the temple's towers to other statues of the king has led many scholars to the conclusion that the faces are representations of Jayavarman VII, himself.

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Angkor Wat located in northwest Cambodia, is the largest religious structure in the world by land area, measuring 162.6 hectares. At the centre of the temple stands a quincunx of four towers surrounding a central spire that rises to a height of 213 ft above the ground. The temple has three rectangular galleries, each raised above the next. It lies within an outer wall 3.6 kilometres long and a moat more than five kilometres long.

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Stone Chariot is an iconic monument located in front of Vijaya Vittala Temple in Hampi, central Karnataka. Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Stone Chariot is a shrine dedicated to Garuda, the official vehicle of Lord Vishnu. Stone Chariot in Hampi is one of the three most popular stone chariots in India. Other two are in Konark (Odisha) and Mahabalipuram (Tamil Nadu).

Stone Chariot was built in the 16th century by the orders of King Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara Empire. The emperor is said to have been impressed by the Sun temple of Konark during the war with Kalinga and wanted to recreate a similar one in Hampi.

Recently released INR 50 currency notes of India have stone chariot images.

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#Ranganatha rests on a rocky wall of a Vishnu temple near Chakratheertha, #HAMPI. Photo credits #Thiru Srinivasachar Gopal.

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12th century Shiva temple in sabarkatha Gujarat.

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Brahmadesam is a village in Ambasamudram Taluk of Thirunelveli District in Tamil Nadu.This is the birthplace of Sri Sarvagna Atmendra Saraswathi Swamigal, the second Acharya of Sri Kanchi Kamakodi Peetam. Brahmadesam is very famous for the ancient Shri Kailasanathar Temple of lord Shiva.

Brahmadesam Kailasanathar Temple is the first of navakailasa temples in the region.

The original deity in Shri Kailasanathar Temple, Badhari Vaneswara was worshipped by Romasa Maharishi, the grandson of Lord Brahma, the Creator and so the village was named Brahmadesam. In the Ghatana Nadhi Mahatmiam it is mentioned that the Swayambu Lingams of Sivasailam, Thiruvaleeswaram and Kailasanathar emerged in the same time and those who take bath in the Gadananathi River and worship the above lingas get freed from the sins. In the sixth Thirumurai, this temple is mentioned.

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A couple from #PATTADAKALLU, #Badami Chalukya, 7th CE. Photo credits #Thiru Srinivasachar Gopal.

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Pokharni Sri Narasimha 🙏

- Parbhani, Maharashtra, India

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The Gods balcony : A tiny ancient sculpture in the Halebeedu temple. Halebeedu is located in Hassan District, Karnataka, India. Halebidu was the regal capital of the Hoysala Empire in the 12th century. It is home to one of the best examples of Hoysala architecture in the ornate Hoysaleswara and Kedareswara temples. Pc - Reddy

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