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Patit Pawan Mandir, also known as Patit Pawan Temple, is a Hindu temple in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India. [1] The temple was conceptualized by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, who envisioned it as a place of worship open to all castes without discrimination. It was funded by businessman Bhagoji Baloji Keer and inaugurated on 22 February 1931.
A deity of Jagannath known as Patita Pavana, which in Sanskrit means the "saviour of the downtrodden and the fallen", is painted on the right side of the entrance. In ancient times, when untouchables were not allowed inside the temple, they could pray to the Patita Pavana.
Jagannath temple is a pancharatha with well-developed pagas. 'Gajasimhas' (elephant lions) carved in recesses of the pagas, the 'Jhampasimhas' (Jumping lions) are also placed properly. The perfect pancharatha temple developed into a Nagara-rekha temple with unique Oriya style of subdivisions like the Pada, Kumbha, Pata, Kani and Vasanta.
The temple has a number of shrines, with those of Thenupuriswarar, his consort Somakamalambigai and Durga, being the most prominent. All the shrines of the temple are enclosed in large concentric rectangular granite walls. The temple has six daily rituals at various times from 6:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., and four yearly festivals on its calendar.
Patita is a 1980 Indian Hindi-language film directed by I. V. Sasi. It stars Shoma Anand in the title role, with Mithun Chakraborty , Raj Kiran , Vikram in pivotal roles. The film was a remake of director's own Malayalam film Avalude Ravukal .
Padmavati Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Padmavati (Alamelu Manga or Alarmel Mangai), the consort of Venkateshvara. [1] The temple is situated in Tiruchanur area of Tirupati city in Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh , India .
The Palitana temples, often known only as Palitana, are a large complex of Jain temples located on Shatrunjaya hills near Palitana in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, India.Also known as "Padliptapur of Kathiawad" in historic texts, the dense collection of almost 900 small shrines and large temples have led many to call Palitana the "city of temples". [1]
The temple is located in Padi, a neighbourhood in Chennai and the nearest railhead, Korattur is 2.2 km away from the temple. The temple covers an area of close to an 1 acre (0.40 ha). [6] The temple has three prakarams (closed precincts of a temple) and many mandapams (halls).