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The temple is located on the foothills of a hill, while there is also a belief that the temple was carved out of the monolithic hill. There is a rock-cut shrine of Shiva's son Ganesha, 9 ft (2.7 m) below the ground level. Vallabha Ganapathi, Mahalakshmi-Ganpathi and Sahasra Lingeswara are some of the rare images found in the temple.
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.
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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 ...
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The outer walls of the temple's prakara (courtyard) is also surrounded by cells. [2] The Kailasanathar temple is notable for its intricately carved galaxy of Hindu art in the late 7th- and early 8th-century Tamil tradition. These largely relate to Shaivism, yet also include significant number of themes from Vaishnavism, Shaktism and Vedic ...
Damarla Chennapa Nayaka also known as Damal Chennappa Nayakkar [a] was a Nayaka ruler of Kalahasti and Vandavasi under the suzerainty of Vijayanagar emperor Venkatapati Raya (r. 1585–1614 ). He was also the Dalavoy or the Commander-in-Chief of the emperor.
The Nayakas of Kalahasti were a line of rulers of Kalahasti and Vandavasi principalities. [ 1 ] [ a ] Members of the group include Damarla Chennapa Nayaka , after whom the city of Chennai is named. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Kalahasti Nayaks had their origins in the Velama warrior clans of present-day Andhra Pradesh . [ 4 ]