The beauty of the architecture in any Hoysala era temple never ceases to fascinate anyone who vsists these temples The intricacies of the design & detailing, are infinitely awe inspiring, strongly riveting, instantly jaw dropping and numbing to the core. No matter how big or small the subject may be the attention to details, precision, proprotion and material selection have never been compromised. Thus, a series of temples have been created that have withotood the vagaries of time and weather over centuries. Marvelling us even today.

Photographed at the Chennkeshava temple, Somnathpura, neat Mysuru, Karnataka State.

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Sri Natarajar Darshan 🙏

Madurai, Meenakshi Amman Thurukovil.

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Lord Shiva by the Arabian sea - Murudeshwar

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Bhuleshwar Temple - Yawat

The temple contains five Shivlingas in its sanctum. Owing to their being hidden in a trench, these Shiva Lingams can be seen in light. Goddess Lakshmi, Lord Vishnu and Lord Mahadev are also housed in this temple. The temple also has an idol of Ganesh in female attire and is popularly called as Ganeshwari or Lambodari or Ganeshyani.

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Ancient Shivling at Tunki waterfall. Mayurbhanj. Odisha.

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📍ArliBassapa Temple, Aihole

The stepwell in the picture is situated inside the temple premise of Arlibassapa temple, which was constructed by Chalukyans in 9th century. Speciality of this stepwell is the Torana on the entrance. If you notice carefully you can see Bramha, Vishnu and Maheswar carvings in the middle and 2 lions carved one on each side. You can find This type of toranas in stepwells of Lakkundi too. In later period this torana became a decorative aspect of Chalukyan Temples.

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Trikuteshwara Temple Gadag, Karnataka, India

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At the entrance, #Aghoreshwara temple, #IKKERI, #SHIVAMOGGA District. #Nayaka period. 16th CE. Photo credits #Thiru Srinivasachar Gopal.

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The Chennakeshava Temple of Belur, is a 12th-century Hindu temple in the Hassan district of Karnataka state, India. It was commissioned by King Vishnuvardhana in 1117 CE, on the banks of the Yagachi River in Belur also called Velapura, an early Hoysala Empire capital.

The temple was built over three generations and took 103 years to finish. It was repeatedly damaged and plundered during wars, repeatedly rebuilt and repaired over its history. It is 35 km from Hassan city and about 200 km from Bengaluru.

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Annapurneshwari Devi 🙏

- Kudroli Sri Gokarnanatha Kshetra,
Mangaluru, Karnataka.

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Om Namah Shivay🔱

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#Lakshmi Narayana, #HARANAHALLI, #Hassan district. #Hoysala. 13th CE. Photo credits #Thiru Srinivasachar Gopal.

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Galtaji is an ancient Hindu pilgrimage about 10 km away from Jaipur, Rajasthan. A natural spring emerges high on the hill and flows downward, filling a series of sacred kunds (water tanks) in which pilgrims bathe. It is believed that a Saint named Galav lived here, practiced meditation, and did penance.

Since the early 15th century Galtaji has been a retreat for Hindu ascetics belonging to the Vaishnava Ramanuja sect. It is said to have been in the occupation of yogis for a long time; Payohari Krishnadas, a Ramanandi sadhu, i.e. a follower of the Ramanandi Sampradaya came to Galta in the early 15th century and, by his yogic powers, drove away other yogis from the place.

Galta was northern India's first Vaishnava Ramanuja Peeth and became the one of the most important centres of the Ramanuja sect.

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🕉 Stunning Rare Murthy of Bhagwan Venkateshwara seated in Abhaya Hasta Mudra posture with Goddess Sridevi 🙏
Prasanna Venkateshwara Swamy temple, Thondamanadu, #Tirupati 🚩
Indicating that Bhagwan #Narayana Takes care of all his devotees who Surrender to Him🚩 #OmNamoNarayana

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