Last pic for the day from Dudhai, Lalitpur. The ruined remains of what would once have been a circular #Yogini temple. Very similar design to the Yogini temple at Mitaoli, in Morena, MP. Strangely, local villagers fear going to this place at night.

This picture is of Kashmiri Pandit from 1990. He had lost his 3 Storey House, his fruit garden's, His Homeland, His connection to his Motherland and in this picture, He is reading "BhagvadGeeta" in front of his small temple, which he built just meters away from his "Torn Tent"

Makara-Torana of Mukteshwar Deul, Bhubaneswar
Here recessed semicircular form is used for Torana. Note Makara. All forms of arches are Makara-Torana. They can be built using 'true arch' or corbelling or carving. They could be bow shaped(pointed), semicircular etc. #ReclaimTemples

Eka Paada Murthy This is one of the 64 forms of Shiva. Thyagarajaswamy temple, Thiruvottiyur, Tamilnadu

This idol represents the manifestation of Lord Shiva in which he destroys all beings (destruction of the universe)

Everybody must know about the hundreds of legislations by which state and central govts interfere in temple administration.

We have compiled them and can be downloaded via reclaimtemples.com/templelaws . This will unravel the complexity and magnitude of the problem.

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Sri Jalakandeswarar temple, #Vellore.
Built in 16th CE ,Vijayanagara time by Chinna Bommi Nayakar.

The temple dedicated to lord Shiva is a beautiful sculptured temple with an imposing 7 tier Raja gopuram & 3 spacious prakarams.

Restoration of the sidewalls of Kottappadam Srirama temple has been completed. Next is the ceiling work.

For details visit https://ketto.org/kl009 Any support can be made via UPI to donate@hsbc

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Mustaid Khan writes in Maasir-i-Alamgiri that in 1670 during the month of #Ramadan , the religious-minded Emperor [Aurangzeb] ordered the demolition of the temple on the Krishna janma bhumi at #Mathura which was accomplished by his Officers in a short time.

The path of Shiva is for all men, of whatever caste and for all women.

"sarvavarnadhikarasca narinam yogya eva ca"

Follow the path of Shiva in the worship of His Shakti #RiseOfShiva