MAGNIFICENT TEMPLES OF INDIA

Dakshineswar Kali Temple, Dakshineswar (near Kolkata), West Bengal

Kedarnath temple, Kedarnath, Uttarakhand

Lord Kalabhairaveshwara Temple, Adichunchanagiri Math (95 Km from Bangalore ), Karnataka

Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Temple, Dharmasthala (75 kms from Mangalore), Karnataka

Sri Krishna Temple, Guruvayur, Kerala

Sri Shantadurga temple, Ponda, Goa

Suchindram Temple, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu..

Sri Madhuru Madananteshwara Siddivinayaka Temple, Madhur (50 kms from Mangalore), Kerala

Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala The best part of the temple is the the huge idol of Lord Vishnu sleeping over the snake is turning into gold(it weighs almost 700 kg)! It is believed that when Mahmud of Ghazni invaded India in the middle ages, the people of the then kingdom invented a black coating which would not wear out even by the strongest chemicals. They coated the large idol with this so that the plunderers wont come to know that its made up of gold. they were unable to remove the coating after the invaders left. But recently, in the past 10 yrs or so the coating is finally wearing out little by little.

Sri Virupaksha Temple, Hampi, Karnataka

Sri Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh

Sri Gokarnanatheshwara Temple, Mangalore, Karnataka

Sri Ramanathaswamy Temple Corridor, Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu

Sri Ranganathaswamy Kovil ( Temple ), Srirangam (Near Trichy), Tamil Nadu

Arulmigu Meenakshi Sundareswarar ThiruKovil, Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Shore Temple, Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu

Arulmigu Arunachaleswarar Temple, Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu

Brihadeeshwar temple, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Gopuram of this Temple does not cast any Shadow. Also the Vimaanam( top of the gopuram) of this temple is made of one Single Stone.

Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu

Sree Seetha Ramachandra Swamivari Temple, Bhadrachalam, Andhra Pradesh

Sri Kalahastheshwara Temple, Kalahasti, Andhra Pradesh The Only Hindu Temple in the world which is opened even during Lunar and Solar Eclipses as the Graha Doshas do not effect this Temple.

Kanchi Kamakshi Amman Temple, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu

Arulmigu Sarangapani Temple - Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu

Tiruchendur Sri Subrahmanya Swami Devasthanam, Tiruchendur, Tamil Nadu

Sri Sharadamba Temple, Sringeri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri (101 km from Mangalore), Karnataka

Sri Hoysaleshvara Temple, Halebidu (Near Hassan), Karnataka

Sri Chennakesava Temple, Belur (Near Hassan), Karnataka

Chamundeswari Temple, Chamundi Hills, Mysore, Karnataka

Sri Krishna Mutt/Temple, Udupi (60 kms from Mangalore), Karnataka.

Murudeshwara Temple, Murudeshwar (165 km from Mangalore), Karnataka.

Magnificent Temples of India Hope ‘ U ’ Have Enjoyed the Slide Show