by Sudhansu Nayak | Feb 16, 2017 | Temples of India
Who? When? King Uddyota Kesari of Somavamsi (or better known as Kesari Kings) dynasty built the Brahmeshwara temple in the eighteenth year of his reign. He was the son of queen Kolavati and Yayati Kesari-II (also called Chandihara). Queen Kolavati is also credited...
by Sudhansu Nayak | Feb 14, 2017 | Temples of India
Background: As per conversation in Ekamra Purana (Chapters 11-14), in Satya-yuga, Pitamah Brahma expressed his desire to build a temple for Maheshwara. Maheshwara had already allowed the liberty to Chandra (Sashanka) and had chosen the location. However, Maheshwara...
by Sudhansu Nayak | Dec 25, 2016 | Temples of India
Vaital temple is a living temple where Durga or Shakti is considered primary. Within its Jagamohana, it contains two images: a naga holding foliated vases along with one image of Mahisamardini, and latter only a Mahisamardini. (Jagamohana is an assembly hall in...
by Sudhansu Nayak | Mar 21, 2009 | Temples of India
A brief introduction: Lingaraaj means ‘the king of Lingas’, ‘Linga’ or ‘Lingam’ being the symbol of Lord Shiva worship. The temple is more than 1000 years old, dating back in its present form to the last decade of the eleventh...
by Sudhansu Nayak | Jan 10, 2009 | Temples of India
With the thoughts from the previous blog, we move towards the details of the temple. There are nine oblong niches on the outer perimeter wall of the temple as is eveident from the above picture. There are 9 Katyayanis in these niches in various forms. Katyayani-1: one...
by Sudhansu Nayak | Dec 29, 2008 | Temples of India
I recently visited the 64 Yoginis Temple at Hirapur, near Bhubaneswar in Orissa (India). What we find near the gate is a summary on the temple put up by the Archaeological survey of India and it goes like this- Locally known as Mahamaya Mandir, this hypaethral shrine...