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17/08/2021

1200yr old Bahubali statue @ Maddur,Karnataka.

31/12/2020

And the best is yet to come !! 💝💝Happy New year 💕❣️💞💕💝

30/10/2020

The Adventurous Bhairavghad Trek 🤩🤩

Bhairavgad fort is located in the Sahyadri mountains of the Indian state of Maharashtra.
This fort is believed to be ancient and nearly 2500 years old.

28/05/2020

Sunsets @ Bhuthanatha Temple complex, Badami

Bhuthanatha Temple Complex, Badami

Distance - Badami is at a distance of 450kmts from Bangalore.

7th -11th century
Badami Chalukyas
Kalyani Chalukyas

Bhutanatha Group of Temples are located in Badami near to the Badami Cave temples. Badami was the capital of the Early Chalukyan Dynasty. The history of this temple dates back to 7th or 8th century. This temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva which is evident from the partially damaged Nandi statue in from of the main building complex. These temples are constructed from sandstone and look phenomenal from a distance.

05/01/2020

Ekhamukhalinga at Udhayagiri Caves !!♥️🙏🙏

The Udayagiri Caves are twenty rock-cut caves near Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh from the early years of the 5th century CE. They contain some of the oldest surviving Hindu temples and iconography in India. They are the only site that can be verifiably associated with a Gupta period monarch from its inscriptions. One of India's most important archaeological sites, the Udayagiri hills and its caves are protected monuments managed by the Archaeological Survey of India.

Ekhamukhalinga @ Cave 4 - Veena Cave

You will notice that the shiva style of carving is quite different from other carvings at Udhayagiri. The exceptional,almost feminine beauty of the face with seven strands of hair falling on both sides of the face.
The arrangement of the hair depicts the story of
how lord shiva broke the fall of the river Ganga as the waters came down from heaven.

27/12/2019

Conjoined Nandi Sculpture at the top of Makalidurga - Shiva Temple.

Makalidurga is a hill fort which is at a distance of 60kmts from Bangalore. It is at an elevation of 1117mts.

22/12/2019

Nandhi Sculpture that grows in Size every year -😲😳😯🙏🙏🙏
The Temple staff has already removed a pillar as the size of Nandhi(Holy Bull) is Increasing.

Confirmed by Archaeological Survey of India✅✅✅

Temple Name : Sri Yaganti Uma Maheshwara Temple
Nearest cities - Kurnool 85kmts,Bangalore 335kmts
Location : Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh

Temple History

This temple was constructed by King Harihara Bukka Raya of the Sangama Dynasty of the Vijayanagara Empire in the 15th century. It was built according to Vaishnavaite traditions.

Growing Nandhi

The devotees believe that the Nandi idol in front of the temple is continuously increasing its size. The locals say that the idol was initially much smaller than its present size. They say that certain experimentation was carried out on this idol and it was said that the type of rock out of which the idol is carved has a growing or enlarging nature associated with it.

Archaeological Survey of India has confirmed that the idol increases by 1 inch in every 20 years. Experiment suggests that the rock used to make the idol exhibits a growing nature.

It is said that people used to do Pradakshinas (rounds) around it in the past. The temple staff has already removed one pillar as the size of the Nandi has increased.

23/11/2019

Lord Vishnu in 12ft Varaaha Avathara 🙏🙏

https://youtu.be/N9pGhc4uDg0

Video link 👆





Vishnu in his incarnation as the man-boar Varaha Murthy , rescuing the earth symbolically represented by Bhudevi clinging to the boar's tusk as described in Hindu mythology.

At the right corner you can see Samudhra Deva worshipping Vishnu.

Udhayagiri Caves :

The Udayagiri Caves are twenty rock-cut caves near Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh from the early years of the 5th century C.E

They are the only site that can be verifiably associated with a Gupta period monarch from its inscriptions. One of India's most important archaeological sites, the Udayagiri hills and its caves are protected monuments managed by the Archaeological Survey of India.

Udayagiri caves contain iconography of Vaishnavism (Vishnu), Shaktism (Durga and Matrikas) and Shaivism (Shiva). They are notable for the ancient monumental relief sculpture of

Vishnu in his incarnation as the man-boar Varaha, rescuing the earth symbolically represented by Bhudevi clinging to the boar's tusk as described in Hindu mythology. The site has important inscriptions of the Gupta dynasty belonging to the reigns of Chandragupta II (c. 375-415) and Kumaragupta I (c. 415-55).

In addition to these, Udayagiri has a series of rock-shelters and petroglyphs, ruined buildings, inscriptions, water systems, fortifications and habitation mounds, all of which remain a subject of continuing archaeological studies.

The Udayagiri Caves complex consists of twenty caves, of which one is dedicated to Jainism and all others to Hinduism. The Jain cave is notable for one of the oldest known Jaina inscriptions from 425 CE, while the Hindu Caves feature inscriptions from 401 CE.

16/11/2019

Yoni Puja - worshipping the Yoni 🙏🙏🙏

The 10th century Lajja Gowri sculpture

Location : Alampur museum,Telangana, India

In this sculpture ,her head is symbolically substituted with a large lotus-flower, her yoni visible in the depicted splayed position as if she is giving birth.

Yoni is a Sanskrit word for female ge****ls -the v***a, va**na & the uterus / womb. It can also mean the place of birth / the source of origin.
The worship of yoni is the worship of the goddess, as well as the worship of women as living expressions of the goddess.

It is a fertility icon & symbolizes the procreative & regenretaive powers of mother earth, the elemential source of
Such practices are known not only in Japan & India, but also in Europe,the ancient near east, Africa.

16/11/2019

Abandoned Villa in Bhopal !!!

15/11/2019

People visit temples to pray. What if the temple itself is a haunted place ???

A myth that is related to a famous Indian temple...

This is the story of Maihar devi Temple.

Situated on the Trikut mountain near Maihar. One has to climb 1100 steps to reach the temple.

Alaha & udhaam who are believed to have fought a battle against prithviraj Chauhan. These two were greatest devotees of Goddess Sharadha & were first to find this Maihar devi Temple in mountains.

It is said that the brothers Alha & udaam did tapasya for 12yrs & impressed the goddess with their devotion. Goddess Sharadha gave them the blessing of immortality.
It is believed that everyday goddess Sharadha appears infront of Aalha & udaam and gives them blessings.

It is believed that after the evening haarathi, when all the priests come down after closing the doors of the temple, then there is a sound of bell & worship from inside the temple.
It is said that Alha & Udaam, devotees of mata, still comes to worship.
The Mahanta of the maihar temple says that the Sharadha matha's first adornment is still done by Alha & when the doors of the temple are opened at the Brahma muhurtha, devotees find that someone has already performed worship.

The temple is closed in the night because it is believed that
these two brothers come here,dress up goddess & worship her. That is why it is believed that nobody is allowed to stay in the temple in night. If somebody forcefully stay here,they die!!!

14/11/2019

Is Heliodorus one of the earliest Westerners on record to convert to Vaishnavism whose evidence has survived ???

Location : Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh.

Read our story for more details...

The Heliodorous pillar is a stone column that was erected in the year 113C.E
The pillar is named after Heliodorus, an Indo-Greek ambassador of Taxila-based king Antialcidas. In a private religious dedication inscribed in Brahmi script on the pillar, Heliodorus declared himself to be a Vasudeva devotee.
The temple and the inscriptions are among the earliest known evidence of Krishna-Vasudeva devotion and Vaishnavism in India.

INSCRIPTIONS ON THE PILLAR

The following is the translation of the Brahmi inscription found on the temple..
Line 1. This Garuda-standard of Vaasudeva, the god of gods
Line 2. was constructed here by Heliodora (Heliodoros), the Bhagavata,
Line 3. son of Dion, a man of Takhkhasila (Taxila),
Line 4. the Greek ambassador who came from the Great King
Line 5. Amtalikita (Antialkidas) to King
Line 6. Kasiputra Bhagabhadra, the Savior,
Line 7. prospering in (his) fourteenth regnal year

TEMPLE

The 1963–65 excavations revealed that the Heliodorus pillar was a part of an ancient temple site. The archaeologists found an ancient elliptical foundation, extensive floor and plinth produced from burnt bricks. Further, the foundations for all the major components of a Hindu temple – garbhagriha (sanctum), pradakshinapatha (circumambulation passage), antarala (antechamber next to sanctum) and mandapa (gathering hall) – were found.

09/11/2019

Rarest sculpture of Jyestha Devi.(Is donkey her vaahana ????)

- Goddess of Laziness & Misfortune ??? @ Kanchipuram, kailasanathar Temple

She sometimes referred to alakshmi. She has the likes of Goddess Alakshmi, the elder sister of Goddess Lakshmi. She is therefore the Goddess of Inauspicious things and Misfortunes. She is the opposite of good fortune and beauty. With her she brings a string of negative qualities such as sadness, ill-fortune, disease, social and psychological problems, disharmony and monetary troubles. She comes on her mount the donkey and invites trouble to escalate existing shortcomings. She is symbolic of amangalam.

Some of her other characteristics are her links with inauspicious places and links with sinners. Commonly, she is also associated with sloth, poverty, sorrow, ugliness and the crow. So, worshiping Jyestha Devis is effectively to keep away from households. She is rarely worshipped directly because positive worship is available through Mother Goddess Devi or reverence to Goddess Lakshmi.

Depiction :

Jyestha’s hair is usually brainded and piled on top of her head. Otherwise it is wound around in a style that is called vasikabandha. She is well ornamented for herself. She has a tilaka mark on her forehead to symbolise her married states.

03/11/2019

Mukesh Mills in Mumbai !!!

Famous Indian movie Om shanthi om was shot here ..

Mukesh Textile Mills pvt ltd was established in 1870's. It was built on Arabian sea shore of colaba region.
In 1982 this 10 acres old property met with a fire accident killing hundreds of workers ,that forced to shutdown the mills. Since then, the place has been abandoned and untouched.
It has been a shooting location for horror movies.
Eventually, the cast and crew of these movies began to witness paranormal activities while working within this area.
Now-a-days, it is heard that many actors,actresses and directors avoid shooting at the mukesh mills, Several unusual events such as shawdowy figures, Footsteps, Strange sounds..feelings of being watched are said to often occur within this mills area.

Infamous Stories :

One of the infamous incidents took place when a film actress was shooting at one of these mills and warned the crew members to leave the place immediately in a manly voice.
She was believed to be possessed by an angry spirit.,as a result all the crew members packed up for that day and fled as soon as they could to never come back again to the mills.

28/10/2019

Abandoned Dhanushkodi Railway Station - 1964

Dhanushkodi is an abandoned town at the south eastern tip of Pamban island of the state of Tamil Nadu,India.
On 22 decemer 1964 a cyclone storm hit the town with an estimated wind velocity of 280 kilometres per hour & tidal waves were 7metres high.
An estimated death of 1800 people died in the cyclone which includes 115 passengers on board pamban - Dhanushkodi passenger train which was hit by a massive tidal wave overturned and washed away.
Four Radio operators remained in dhanushkodi and risked their lives to continue broadcasting during the storm. They were ultimately caught up in the storm surge but survived by clinging to the Pamban Bridge for almost 12 hours. The government later honoured and rewarded them for their dedication.
Following the disaster, the government of Madras declared Dhanushkodi a ghost town & unfit for living.

26/10/2019

Hanging Pillar of Lepakshi - Veerabhadra swamy Temple 1530 CE
Location : Lepakshi, Andhra Pradesh

Built in the 16th century by the Vijayanagara Rulers
The temple is located at a distance of 230kmts from Tirupathi & 120kmts from Bangalore.
The most interesting thing about the temple is its hanging pillar. A pillar which is attached with the ceiling but not to the floor.
One can easily swipe a piece of cloth or paper mid-air that separates the ground and the pillar. The pillar is at Veerabhadra temple and it is famous as Aakaasa Sthambha (floating pillar). There are about 70 pillars at this fabulous temple of stone in Vijayanagar style, but this one is the best known and a tribute to the engineering genius of ancient and medieval India’s temple builders.
The pillar is an amazing piece of architectural wonder that has puzzled several experts like Hamilton. Hamilton a British engineer amazed by this architectural wonder tried to uncover the mystery of this hanging pillar.
It is said that in 1910 he tried to move it in an unsuccessful attempt to uncover the secret of its support, he managed to make one corner of the pillar touch the ground....it led towards shift in the entire roof of its outer wall.
And it caused movement of as many as 10 pillars with distortion in roof alignment and pillars. The engineer realised that any further attempt could damage the structure, so they left it in this weird position.

21/10/2019

Bold !! Yet Interesting sculpture..
@ Lakshmi Chennakesava Temple (14th century), Andhra Pradesh.
https://youtu.be/Dm53l3ftxNI

20/10/2019

Shettihally Rosary Church also called as The Floating Church

The Church was built in 1860 by the French missionaries.
In 1960 the construction of the Hemavati Dam and Reservoir led to the abandonment of the church.
Since then the church submerges in water every year during monsoon season.
It has since then become a famous tourist spot where people flock to see the half submerged church during monsoon.
It is at a distance of 200kmts from Bangalore.

15/10/2019

Sadahalli quarry Temple - Fear & Greed made wonder.

Sadahalli is at a distance of 35kmts from Bangalore,
Located few miles away from Bangalore International Airport.
This attraction will be a shocker for sure !!!
One has to walk through this 2mtr wide bridge to reach Lord Muneshwara Temple.

13/10/2019

Gaganachukki falls, Karnataka.

13/10/2019

Vaidhyanatheshwara Temple (Cholas )13th century, Talakadu

Dwarapala Nandhi - The 2 meter tall Dwarapalaka (door keeper) , the brilliance of this sculpture is, if you look close you can find a Nandi face on the chest & belly of dwarapalaka.

Talakadu is a desert-like town on the left bank of the Kaveri river 45 km (28 miles) from Mysore and 133 km (82 miles) from Bangalore in Karnataka, India. It once had over 30 temples, most of which now lay buried in sand.

Interesting Facts about the town :

Talakadu is also tagged to the curse called "Curse of Talakadu" by Alamelamma on the Wodeyar dynasty (erstwhile Maharajas) of Mysore.

The curse of Talakadu -

"Talakadu Maralagi,
Malangi Maduvagi,
Mysooru Arasarige Makkalagadirali"-

the female Alamelamma cursed this way. (translation- ")May Talakadu be filled with Sand, Malangi be a Whirlpool and Mysore Kings shall not have offsprings"

The Talakadu curse has established itself in the folklore as a miracle since the early part of the 16th century because of two strange events visible even to date:
1. Talakadu, a historically vibrant city, is now being submerged under sand dunes several meters deep &

(ii) the Mysore royal family have faced a problem of having a rightful heir to the throne since the 17th century.

08/10/2019

The Chennakesava Temple 1117 CE.

The temple was built over three generations of Hoysala Rulers and took over 103 years to finish. It was repeatedly damaged and plundered during wars, repeatedly rebuilt and repaired over its history. It is 200kmts from Bangalore.

The Belur temple complex along with nearby Hindu and jain temples at Halebidu have been proposed to be listed under UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

06/10/2019

Madhugiri Fort was built by the Vijaynagar dynasty. Jain Temples are also found at this place. It is at a distance of 120kmts from bangalore.
Madhugiri Fort is at an elevation of 3,930 ft (1,200 m).
The hill is Asia's second largest granite monolith at 3930 feet and is striking even from a distance of 10 kms.

02/10/2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMsaatzcrS8&t=4s

7000yrs old paintings found at Katavanikunta,Kurnool.
Paintings include People celebrating,Cattle,Tortoise..

Katavanikunta is 70kmts from Kurnool.

The Rock paintings from the paleolithic era Found near KatavaniKunta.These paintings are dated from 4000-7000yrs old. Katavanikunta valley has atleast 50 roc...