Durga temple, Aihole
The given
Meenakshi Temple
Madurai Meenakshi
Sundareswarar temple was built
by King Kulasekara Pandya (1190–
1216 CE) The Meenakshi temple is
located in the heart of historic
Madurai city, about a kilometer
south of the Vaigai River.The
temple has 14 gopurams or
gateway towers and 33,000
sculptures including two golden
sculptured vimanas that is the
tower above the sanctum. The
southern gopuram is the tallest of
them all with a height of 170 feet.
Based on “Dravidian Architecture”
TEMPLE’S OF
The Durga temple is an early 8th-
century Hindu temple located in temples are
SOUTH AND
Aihole, Karnataka, India.
Originally dedicated to Surya, it :- Meenakshi Temple
has the most embellished and
largest relief panels in Aihole
:- karpaka vinayakar temple
depicting artwork of Shaivism,
Vaishnavism, Shaktism and Vedic
deities.Apart from its fine
:- Durga temple, Aihole
:- Kailasa Temple, Ellora DECCAN
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carvings, it is notable for its :-Made By
apsidal plan – a rare example
among early Chalukyan Hindu Tanish kumar
temple architecture. The temple singh
has been dated between the late
7th century and early 8th-century
Kailasa Temple, Ellora
Kailasa temple lacks a dedicatory
inscription, but there is no doubt
that it was commissioned by a
Rashtrakuta ruler. Its construction
is generally attributed to the
Rashtrakuta king Krishna I (r.
756-773 CE), based on two
epigraphs that link the temple to
"Krishnaraja" This Kailasa temple
(Cave 16) is the largest of the 34
Buddhist, Jain and Hindu cave
temples and monasteries known
collectively as the Ellora Caves,
ranging for over two kilometres
(1.2 mi) along the sloping basalt
cliff at the site.
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The first phase dates back to

around 1600 years back. This is
when the innermost shrines of
Karpaka Vinayagar were carved
out. The pillar designs within this
shrine are typical of the pre-
Pallava reign. The Karpaka
Vinayakar temple is located on the
eastern edge of a rocky hill in
Pillayarpatti village (also spelled
Pillaiyarpatti). The temple is about
75 kilometres (47 mi) northeast of
Madurai city and 15 kilometres
(9.3 mi) northwest of Karaikudi
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