Statues
Kambada Narasimha of Kote Betta
Kambada Narasimha is an avatar of Lord Vishnu wherein he kills a Rakshas by name Hiranyakashipu. This statue is at the top of 'Kote Betta' (Kote Hill).
Tamil Nadu
Tamilnadu temple visits
Astrologer driven visits to some of the well known Tamilnadu temples on the banks of river Cauvery. Wondering whether temple visits are the national pastime of Indians!
Tamil Nadu
Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam, TN
This Srirangam temple is the largest functional Hindu temple in the world! The temple is composed of 7 concentric walled sections and 21 gopuram. The main gopuram of the temple is called the Rajagopuram and is 236 feet (72 m) tall, the tallest in Asia!
Hoysala
Shilabalikas of Belur
Shilabalika, a.k.a. 'salabhanjika', is a standard decorative element of Indian sculpture depicting in stone a young female under a stylized tree in various poses, such as dancing, grooming herself or playing a musical instrument.The salabhanjika concept stems from ancient symbolism linking a chaste maiden with the sala tree or the asoka tree through the ritual called dohada, or the fertilisation of plants through contact with a young woman. The symbolism changed over the course of time and the salabhanjika became figures used as ornamental carvings, usually located in the area where worshipers engage in circumambulation, near the garbhagriha of many Hindu temples.
Hoysala
Garuda statue of Belur temple
The Garuda statue is at the entrance of Chennakesava temple, Belur. Chennakesava literally means "handsome Kesava" and is a form of Hindu God Vishnu. This particular statue has been done by Javaracharya Mysore, as the inscription behind the statue depicts.
Coorg
Bhagandeshwara temple, Coorg
This temple is on the banks of Triveni Sangama (joining point of three rivers). At this place, the Kaveri is joined by two tributaries, the Kannike and the mythical Sujyoti river. Anyone who visit Talakaveri, the birth place of River Kaveri (a.k.a. Cauvery ), would have certainly visited Bhagandeshwara temple