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Nine Grahas Temples (Navagraham temples) in Tamil Nadu is a set of nine Hindu temples, each dedicated to one of the nine planetary deities, the Navagraham in various places around the South Indian towns of Kumbakonam and Mayiladuthurai in Tamil Nadu, India. [1] The presiding deity in most of the temples is Shiva, with a shrine dedicated to the ...
The history of southern India covers a span of over four thousand years during which the region saw the rise and fall of a number of dynasties and empires. The period of known history of southern India begins with the Iron Age (c. 1200 BCE to 200 BCE), Sangam period (c. 600 BCE to 300 CE) and Medieval southern India until the 15th century CE.
The temple occupies an area of 63 hectares (155 acres) with 81 shrines, 21 towers, 39 pavilions, and many water tanks integrated into the complex. The temple town is a significant archaeological and epigraphical site, providing a historic window into the early and mid medieval South Indian society and culture. Numerous inscriptions suggest that ...
Dravidian architecture, or the Southern Indian temple style, is an architectural idiom in Hindu temple architecture that emerged from Southern India, reaching its final form by the sixteenth century. In contrast with North Indian temple styles, Dravidian architecture uses shorter and more pyramidal towers, called vimana, over the garbhagriha or ...
Sabarimala Temple. / 9.434611°N 77.081389°E / 9.434611; 77.081389. The Sabarimala Sree Dharma Sastha Temple [1] ( Malayalam pronunciation: [ʃabəɾimala]) is a Hindu temple that is devoted to the worship of a deity named Ayyappan, also known as Dharma Shasta. Ayyappan is believed to be the son of Shiva and Mohini (Female avatar of ...
Meenakshi Temple. / 9.9195083°N 78.1193417°E / 9.9195083; 78.1193417. Arulmigu Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple, also known as Arulmigu Meenakshi Amman Thirukkovil, is a historic Hindu temple located on the southern bank of the Vaigai River [3] in the temple city [4] of Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is dedicated to the goddess ...
Arulmigu Swaminatha Swamy Temple, Swamimalai: Thiruveragam திருவேரகம் Tiruvērakam. Swamimalai, Thanjavur district: Located at 5 km from Kumbakonam, the temple is built on an artificial hill. The temple commemorates the incident where Murugan is regarded to have explained the essence of the Pranava mantra "Om" to his father ...
Veerateeswarar Temple, Korukkai. Veerateeswarar. Shiva burning Kamadeva with his third eye in the form of Kamari. Mayiladuthurai. Kandeeswarar Temple, Kandiyur. Brahmasirakandeeswarar. Shiva decapitating the fifth head of Brahma in the form of Bhairava. Thanjavur. Amritaghateswarar-Abirami Temple, Thirukkadaiyur.