South India Temples
Thousand Pillar
Temple
About 150 kms. from Hyderabad lies the ancient city of Warangal. Noted
today for its beautiful lakes, magnificent temples and wildlife, Warangal was
once the capital of the legendary Kakatiya kingdom.
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Badami Cave Temple
The capital of the early Chalukyas, Badami is, rather picturesquely located
at the mouth of a ravine, between two rocky hills. Badami is famous for its
four cave temples - all hewn out of sandstone on the precipice of a hill.
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Meenakshi Temple
The temple dominates the old city which evolved around it. The street run in
concentric circle around the temple. The four 'Veli' street mark the outer limits
of the temple town.
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Murugan Temple
Built about 125 years back, this much-hallowed and regularly frequented Muruga
sannidhi has emerged from a thatched shed, an unostentatious one enshrining
a Murugan picture only, and established for itself a name on par with ancient
places of worship. Around 7,000 couples are married here each year.
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Kanchipuram Temple
Ancient Kanchipuram, the city of thousand temples, is one of the seven most
sacred pilgrim centres for the Hindus. There now remain about 126 temples in
Kanchi and a few more in its outskirts.
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Mahabalipuram Temple
World famous for its shore temples, Mahabalipuram, was the second capital of
the Pallava kings of Kanchipuram. 58 kilometres from Madras on the Bay of Bengal,
this tiny sea side village of Mahabalipuram, is set in a boulder strewn landscape.
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Rameshwaram Temple
Rameswaram is known for its theerthas( wells ) in and around the main temple.
This place is equally sacred to both Vaishnavites and Saivites. According to
Hindu Mithology, if one will visit Rameswaram and pray Lord Shiva means, the
whole sins will be relieved from the body.
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