Showing posts with label temple. Show all posts
Showing posts with label temple. Show all posts

Thursday, May 24, 2012

RAT TEMPLE


Transliteration      : Karni Mata ( Durga) Temple
Location                   : Bikaner , INDIA
Built in                      : 15th Century
Built by                     : Rajputs
USP                             :

        • The temple is famous for its rats, which are treated as sacred and given protection in the temple
        • If one of the rats is killed, it must be replaced with one made of solid gold.
        • Sighting a white rat amidst hordes of black rats is considered especially auspicious.

KAILASH TEMPLE

Concept          : Single Rock-Cut Temple
Location         : Ellora Caves , INDIA
Built in            : 8th Century
Built By           : Krishna I
USP                   : 
        • vertical excavation—carvers started at the top of the original rock, and excavated downward, exhuming the temple out of the existing rock.
        • UNESCO WOrld Heritage Site.
Dynasty           : Rashtrakutas

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

GOLDEN TEMPLE


Transliteration         : Harmandir Sahib -- The Abode of God
Concept                         : Holy Shrine of Sikhs
Location                       : Amritsar , INDIA
Built By                         : Guru Ram Das and Guru Arjan Dev
Built in                          : 1604
USP                                  

          • Exclusive gold work
          • Site of Operation Black Thunder