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The temple in reconstruction, view from Kannappa Hill near the river (2016) Around the 11th century CE, the Chola emperor Rajendra Chola I king renovated the temple and constructed the main structure. [6] Kulottunga Chola I, contrived and built the beautiful gopurams, located at the entrance facing south, during the 11th century CE.
The Kalahastiswamy Temple is a Hindu temple located in the town of Uthamapalayam in Tamil Nadu, India. Dedicated to the god Shiva, the temple is believed to have been constructed by three warring kings who came to a compromise. The temple has paintings dating to the Madurai Nayak period.
Gudimallam is a village near Tirupati, located in Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh state of India. It is situated about 15 kilometers southeast of Tirupati city. [1] [2] It is especially famous for the Gudimallam Lingam in the Parasurameswara Swamy Temple. [3] Farms and mountains near Gudimallam village, Andhra Pradesh India
In several hours, Death Valley National Park received a record 1.7 inches of rain — about three-quarters of its typical annual total. The 1-in-1,000 year storm, as weather forecasters would ...
The Kailasa temple (Cave 16) is the largest of the 34 Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain 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. [5] Most of the excavation of the temple is generally attributed to the eighth century Rashtrakuta king Krishna ...
July 2024 was the hottest month ever recorded in Death Valley, with a mean daily average temperature over the month of 108.5 °F (42.5 °C). [34] Four major mountain ranges lie between Death Valley and the ocean, each one adding to an increasingly drier rain shadow effect, and in 1929, 1953, and 1989, no rain was recorded for the whole year. [20]
The highest temperature ever recorded in Death Valley was 134 degrees in 1913. The park came close to breaking the record on July 7, 2024, when temperatures reached a staggering 129 degrees, the ...
Prior temples were either built of wood or hewn into rock faces in caves or on boulders, as seen in Mahabalipuram. [6] The Kailasanathar temple became the trend setter for other similar temples in South India. [citation needed] According to local belief, the temple was a safe sanctuary for the rulers of the kingdom during wars.