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Sunday, January 8, 2012

Hindu Temples I have visited (Part-III)


Akshardham Temple, Gandhinagar.
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Akshardham Temple, New Delhi
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Belur Math, Kolkata


Birla Mandir, Kolkata


Dakshineshwar Kali Mandir, Kolkata


Somnath Mandir, Somnath, Gujarat


6 comments:

  1. Akshardhaam temple of Gandhinagar apperas like Somnath as first. Among all these, I love Somnath most. The temple and sea make an awesome pair.

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  2. I agree...

    Do you know that the shape of Hindu temples are also symbolic? As we move ahead, there are series of domes gradually becoming bigger - representing the mountain peaks where one goes to do tapa as well as the spiritual heights one attains gradually higher and higher... The deity is at the middle - garbhagriha - of the temple - representing soul - atman while temple is the body - sharira...

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  3. Hindu Temples that too really Tirupathi and Dharmastahala are heaven on Earth....
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