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Peralassery Sree Subrahmanya Temple and the largest stepwell in Kerala
Centuries old ornamental stepwells are common in the semi-arid regions of Rajasthan and Gujarat states that are meant for the nearby communities to access the potable underground water in the hot...
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Fort Tellicherry, Kerala built by East India company, steeped in colonial...
Thalassery fort..omastrology.comAmong the attractions associated with the British in Kerala,Thalassery Fort, built by them in 1708 is an interesting one and you may say a legacy of early British rule...
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Srivilliputhur "Aadi Pooram Thiruvizha" (festival) begins on 14th July this year
Srivilliputhur Andal temple & ratha indianpanorama.inA large number of devotees participated in the Aadi Pooram chariot festival of Srivilliputhur Temple in Virudhunagar district on Aug 01. The...
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Colonial tombs of Elihu Yale's son and his friend in the Madras High court...
300 year old colonial toms, Madras High court complexthehindu.comThough separated by roughly more than three centuries, the link between Yale University of New Haven, CT and the Madras High Court,...
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La Pakshi temple, AP added to UNESCO's tentative list of world heritage sites...
Hanging-pillar-of-lepakshi nerdstravel.comThe famous Veerabhadra Swamy temple at Lepakshi, about 100 kms north of Bengaluru, built in 1530 (1540?) AD by Virupanna Nayaka and Viranna , both brothers...
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Adikesava Perumal temple of Thiruvattar,TN patronized by former rulers of...
The Adikesava Perumal of Thiruvattar, Kanyakumari district is one among the 108 Divya desams as well as one of the holy shrines of Malai Nadu. Surrounded by 3 rivers it was the Rajya Temple and...
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Thiruvattar Ammaveedu, Kanyakumari dist.,TN - the legacy of Travancore royal...
thiruvattar-ammaveedu,TN thehindu.comThiruvattar Ammaveedu google.com/When Monarchy was part of a large system of government and the supreme authority was vested with monarch in many parts of India,...
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Sri Jambukeswarar temple pillared mandapam in the 4th Prakara - an...
Pillared hall,Sri Jambukeswarar Thiruvanaikaval, TN.Pillars,Sri Jambukeswarar Thiruvanaikaval, TN.facebook.comAmong the 1000 pillar halls- mandapams in the Hindu temples of Tamil Nadu, the historical...
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Historical Shiva temples of Thiruvarur, TN and Nanjangud, KA known for...
Nanjangud temple and tall ratha. KA.kannada.oneindia.comNanjangud temple and tall ratha. KA.deccanherald.comAbove image: Daily annabhishekam is part of temple ritual at this historically old Shiva...
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Queen Victoria Pavilion, Visakhapatnam, a heritage site still being neglected...
Queen-Victoria-pavilion, Vizag. AP yovizag.comIn this fast changing political scenario that changes in a jiff like the colourful patterns emerging in a kaleidoscope given a good shake, political...
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Hindu temple pillars and mandapams (halls) - symbols of divinity.
MadapamAndal Renga Mannar Temple,Sri Villiputhur, TNtripadvisor.in/Pillars play a very an important role in various cultures across the globe. So are they in the traditions and cultures across India....
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1000 pillar mandapam of Madurai Meenakshi temple, Tamil Nadu! - mind-blowing...
1000 pillar hall Meenakshi temple, Madurai, TN.tourismtamilnadu.blogspot.com1000 pillar hall Meenakshi temple, Madurai, TN.tripadvisor.inMore than 1500 to 2000 years old, Meenakshi temple is a symbol...
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Airavatesvara temple Darasuram 12th century Chola temple, TN - a treasure...
Airavatesvara Temple,TN. upload.wikimedia.orgAbove image: 12th Century Airavatesvara temple Darasuram town near Kumbakonam, TN. The chariot-shaped agra-mandapam, with pillars and Nandi on...
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British-Era Patna DM office building and other heritage structures pulled...
Patna District Magistrate building. Bihar .thehindu.comPatna District Magistrate building. Bihar indianexpress.comAcross India many historical sites including temples (in Tamil Nadu) heritage...
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Colonial Patna Collectorate, Bihar demolished recently - What is historical...
That the demolition of the historical 12 acre Patna collectorate complex (listed in 2008 as a heritage site by the Art and Culture Department of Bihar government) on orders from the Supreme Court of...
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Pilikula, a theme park near Mangalore where conservation of biodiversity and...
In and around Mangalore city on the West coast of Karnataka there are many tourist attractions of interest to the people. One of the unique attractions is neither a colonial heritage site nor an old...
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Stone chariots that gave inspiration to wooden temple chariots
Chariot run or rath yatra, an essential part of festival tradition in many temples of India is more prominent in states like Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra and Odisha than other states.The annual...
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Bishnupur (West Bengal) - rare Terracotta temple chariot
stone chariot shaped temple, Bishnupur, WB. More often than not we have heard about rare Hindu temples with carved stone chariots made of hard rocks. The places that come to our mind are Hampi Vittala...
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Andal temple Therottam at Srivilliputhur, TN took place this year in grand...
Srivilliputhur Andal temple Ther, TN. .thehindu.comThe temple town of Srivilliputhur where goddess Andal was born was in an euphoric mood on 22 july when thousands of devotees pulled the huge Ratha...
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Fort Geldria , Pulicat, Tamil Nadu - a forgotten Dutch Fort that needs...
Fort Geldaria,in Pulicat,TN,upload.wikimedia.org The Dutch landed in India with a view to expanding their trading activities - export of Indian textiles primarily and import of spices from the East...
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