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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.
The temple is located in Tiruvidaimaruthur, a village in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, 8 km (5.0 mi) away from Kumbakonam on the Kumbakonam - Mayiladuthurai highway. [16] The temple has a five-tiered Rajagopuram and three precincts, each enclosed inside huge walls and having gateway towers for each of them. [7]
The temple comes under the renovation and consecration of the 630 temples planned by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu. [36] Temple authorities had planned to renovate and widen the pathways to the 22 holy theerthams of the temple. [36] The consecration of the temple was planned during 2013 ...
The temple architecture is the Vijayanagara Empire style, and their Varaha, sword, sun and moon (boar-legend) motif is marked near the gopuras and elsewhere. Many sections have inscriptions. These and architectural style helps date this temple to the last quarter of the 15th-century. Above: two shrines (partly restored)
Bugga Ramalingeswara Swamy temple is a Siva shrine situated on the southern bank of the Penna river in Tadipatri, Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh, India. [1] It was built between 1490 and 1509 by Pemmasani Ramalinga Nayudu I , a chieftain of the Gutti - Gandikota region during the reign of the Vijayanagara Empire .
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.
Ramalingaswami Temple is a Hindu temple located at Papanasam in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India. The temple is dedicated to Shiva.
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.