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Varaha Cave Temple (i.e., Varaha Mandapa or the Adivaraha Cave [1]) is a rock-cut cave temple located at Mamallapuram, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal in Kancheepuram District in Tamil Nadu, India. It is part of the hill top village, which is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the north of the main Mahabalipurm sites of rathas and the Shore ...
Varaha cave temple entrance. The Varaha cave was excavated from a vertical wall on the west face of the main Mamallapuram hill. [65] Its architecture is simple; a Vaishnavism-related cave temple, it is known for its four sculptures depicting Hindu legends: the Vamana-Trivikrama legend, the Varaha legend, the Durga legend and the Gajalakshmi legend.
The Sri Varahaswamy Temple, also called Bhu Varahaswamy Temple, is a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Varaha, situated at hill town of Tirumala in Tirupati, located in Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh state, India. The temple is situated on the northern premises of Venkateshvara Temple, Tirumala, on the north-west corner of Swami Pushkarini.
The temple has a five-tier rajagopuram (main tower) on the western gateway. [47] [48] Devotees enter the temple through a side door with a stairway, which leads into the Kalyana mandapa (wedding hall), [13] which has 96 pillars. [47] It has coloumns and walls on which the images of Vishnu, his consort Lakshmi and the Alvars are carved. [13]
Sreevaraham Lakshmi Varaha Temple, locally known as Sreevaraham Temple, is a Hindu temple in Sreevaraham, Thiruvananthapuram, near to the Padmanabhaswamy Temple. The principal deity of the temple is Varaha, the third avatar of the god Vishnu. The temple is administered by the Travancore Devaswom Board.
The Ayodhya Ram Temple is a Hindu temple that is being built at the pilgrimage site of Ram Janmabhoomi. [72] [73] [74] 303,514: 20,000: Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir: Mayapur India: The Temple of the Vedic Planetarium, Mayapur will be a large Hindu temple which will function as a Hindu planetarium. [75] 110,000 – BAPS Hindu Mandir Abu Dhabi ...
The icon of Shveta Varaha, the white incarnation of Varaha, is the principal deity of the temple. [5] The temple faces east and is located in a 30-by-40-metre (98 by 131 ft) plot. The temple structure is built over a plinth of 25.30-by-12-metre (83.0 by 39.4 ft). The height of the temple is 22 metres (72 ft).
The sculptures of Narsimha, Trivikrama and Varaha is on the walls of Vishnu temple. There is a Shiva temple (No. VII) near the curve of the river. It has gudhamandapa (closed hall) with phansana styled roof indicating the style of roof developed later in 11th century. [3] [4] [9] There is also Vishnu temple (No. V). It had ornamented doorway ...