Purulia is the land of Rishavdeva , in ancient times most of the people in Purulia used to worship Lord Rishavdeva as their Istha Devta 🙏

Namostu Bhagwan.
One of Jain Tirthankar
Perhaps Bhagwaan Aadinath. Symbol has to been located.

Jain murtis and mandirs constantly emerge across Bharatvarsha'. Which has been existing across this land since thousands of years.

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Ayinikkaattu Mahavishnu temple in Patthira village of Pallakad, Kerala temple was lying in ruins for ages.

On 1 March 2020, lamps were lighted at the temple ruins under leadership of Shri Tirur Dinesh.

Temple will be restored and worship restarted soon.

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Bhutanath Temple, Badami, Karnataka

Built in 8th century, dedicated to one of the forms of God Shiv - Shri Bhuteshwar

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.