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Avani is a place of great antiquity. According to the ASI, an inscription here dated 399 A.D. refers to it. Later inscriptions call it the "Gaya of the south".Legend has it that Avani was the abode of the Hindu saint Valmiki (author of the epic Ramayana) and that the Hindu god Rama visited Avani during his return to Ayodhya from Lanka.
Ramalingeswara Swamy Temple in Ramathirtham. Lord Siva and Kamakshamma are the presiding deities while Vigneswara and Subramanya Swamy are the also worshipped here. The architecture is reminiscent of the Pallava style with the temple built of bricks, a Dwaja Stambam, Kalyana Mandapam, Alankara Mandapam and Yajnasala for Nithyyagnam.
Sri Stambhadri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple [4] [5] is located in the heart of the City of Khammam. [6] The city gets its name from the Stambhadri hill on which the temple is located.The ancient deity is located inside a cave on top of the hill.The temple is believed to be existing since Treta Yuga.
According to Michael Meister, an art historian specializing in Indian temple architecture and history, this temple was influential in three ways to Hindu temple architecture that came after 1050 CE: [1] the columnar ratha-buttresses inspired the Kakatiya period; [2] the Bhumija superstructure innovation here was used by other architects in ...
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The tower is one of the tallest among the temple towers in Andhra Pradesh. The height of the temple is 120 ft and 9 floors and was constructed during the Chalukya period (9th century) during the reign of Chalukya Bheema. The Lingam is a unique milky white in colour and the tallest. There are 72 pillars made of black stone in the temple mandapa.
The Nolamba dynasty the area they held sway over is referred to as Nolambasa-37 of Henjeru (Hemavathi), Nolambalige (Nolambavadi-32000), etc. R. Narasimhacharya states that the Nolambas were a native Kannada dynasty. [1] An inscription says that the Nolamba dynasty claimed descent from the King Trinayana Pallava. [2]
Ramalingeswara Swamy Temple, located in Santharavuru or Kottapandillapalle (Pandillapalle) , Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh is dedicated to the deity Ramalingeswara (the Hindu god Shiva). The temple dates back to the Chola period (12th century AD).