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famous temples of India

Dakshineswar Kali Temple, Dakshineswar (near Kolkata), West Bengal 

Kedarnath temple, Kedarnath, Uttarakhand 

 
Lord Kalabhairaveshwara Temple , Adichunchanagiri Math (95 Km from Bangalore ), Karnataka

 Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Temple , Dharmasthala (75 kms from Mangalore), Karnataka 

Sri Krishna Temple , Guruvayur, Kerala 


Sri Shantadurga temple, Ponda, Goa 


Suchindram Temple , Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu.. 


Sri Madhuru Madananteshwara Siddivinayaka Temple , Madhur (50 kms from Mangalore), Kerala 


Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
The best part of the temple is the the huge idol of Lord Vishnu sleeping over the snake is turning into gold(it weighs almost 700 kg)! It is believed that when Mahmud of Ghazni invaded India in the middle ages, the people of the then kingdom invented a black coating which would not wear out even by the strongest chemicals. They coated the large idol with this so that the plunderers wont come to know that its made up of gold. they were unable to remove the coating after the invaders left. But recently, in the past 10 yrs or so the coating is finally wearing out little by little. 


Sri Virupaksha Temple , Hampi, Karnataka 


Sri Venkateswara Temple , Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh 


Sri Gokarnanatheshwara Temple , Mangalore, Karnataka 


Sri Ramanathaswamy Temple Corridor, Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu 


Sri Ranganathaswamy Kovil ( Temple ), Srirangam (Near Trichy), Tamil Nadu 


Arulmigu Meenakshi Sundareswarar ThiruKovil, Madurai , Tamil Nadu 


Shore Temple , Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu 


Arulmigu Arunachaleswarar Temple , Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu 


Brihadeeshwar temple, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.
The Gopuram of this Temple does not cast any Shadow. Also the Vimaanam( top of the gopuram) of this temple is made of one Single Stone. 


Nataraja Temple , Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu 


Sree Seetha Ramachandra Swamivari Temple , Bhadrachalam, Andhra Pradesh 


Sri Kalahastheshwara Temple, Kalahasti, Andhra Pradesh

The Only Hindu Temple in the world which is opened even during Lunar and Solar Eclipses as the Graha Doshas do not effect this Temple . 


Kanchi Kamakshi Amman Temple , Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu 


Arulmigu Sarangapani Temple - Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu 


Tiruchendur Sri Subrahmanya Swami Devasthanam, Tiruchendur, Tamil Nadu 


Sri Sharadamba Temple , Sringeri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri (101 km from Mangalore), Karnataka 


Sri Hoysaleshvara Temple , Halebidu (Near Hassan), Karnataka 


Sri Chennakesava Temple , Belur (Near Hassan), Karnataka 


Chamundeswari Temple , Chamundi Hills, Mysore , Karnataka 


Sri Krishna Mutt/Temple, Udupi (60 kms from Mangalore), Karnataka. 


Murudeshwara Temple , Murudeshwar (165 km from Mangalore), Karnataka. 

With Prem & Om! Yrs in Lords Seva,Hari Om The(xit)
"Om Nomo Narayanaya!" "Jai Jagadeeshwara!""Om Sri Chinmaya Sadguruve namah!"