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A temple is a place and structure reserved for religious or spiritual activities, such as prayer, worship and sacrifice, or analogous rites.

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What is Chidambara Rahasyam?

Similarly, there is one temple present for each of them. You can get the mapping of the Ashtamurthi - Form of Nature - Temple from the Sanathan Dharma Project website. … In the Chidambaram temple of Lord Nataraja, Chidambara Ragasiyam is hidden by a curtain (Maya). …
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Why is Sri Krishna idol turned towards a window in Udupi temple?

Saddened by this, Kanakadasa camped behind the temple and started composing songs praising Krishna. … He was not allowed inside the temple since he was from a lower caste. …
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What is the story of Kameshwar Temple (Karon), Ballia?

Some additional footnotes that I want to mention: While searching about the temple itself, I found this other Dainik Bhaskar Hindi News article, which mentions about a certain king Kavaleshwar constructing … the temple at Ballia. …
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Is Varaha worshiped mostly in South India?

Lakhmi Varaha Temple, Odisha This is another temple dedicated to Varaha at Kendrapara. You can read more about this temple in this blog post. … be a very old temple of Varaha at Varaha Temple, Chandpur Jahajpur. …
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Is it allowed to hug/touch the main idol at a temple?

Mahakal Temple, Ujjain Almost every Shiva temple in North India allow the deities to touch the main shiva linga. … (In fact everyone who visits the temple are made to touch the main shiva linga). …
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Where are the temples for Lord Ganesha along with his wives?

wives, one is Siddhi-Vinayak temple in Mumbai, India. … Photo from http://www.templeadvisor.com/temples-in-india/hindu-temples/mayureshwar-temple Arulmigu Siddhi Buddhi Vinayagar Temple, Royahpettah, Chennai Another very old temple with ages of history. …
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What are some of major Shiva temples in Karnataka?

Purana takes place at the Gokarna temple In the holy teertha of Gokarna there was a temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. … Narada once decided to visit this temple. …
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Are there temples where the deity is simply called "Vishnu"?

However, the presiding deity of the Thirunelli Vishnu Temple can be clearly mentioned as Lord Vishnu. … Thirunelli temple is also referred to as Amalaka temple and Sidha temple. …
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What is the location of Vaidyanath Jyotirlinga?

Swift's beautiful answer enumerates them as: 1) Vaidyanath Jyotirlinga - Deogarh: -Baidyanath Dham , Deogarh district of Jharkhand. 2) Vaidyanath Jyotirlinga - Parli Village , Parli Vaidyanath temple
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Is Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, Mangalagiri one of the eight sacred places of Lord Vishnu in In...

Vanamamalai Perumal Totadrinathan temple in Nanguneri and 2. Lakshmi Narasimha Temple in Mangalagiri. The Vanamamalai temple is better documented to be the location of the 4th Swayamvyakta temple. … The reason why Managalagiri temple is also attributed to be one of the eight sacred places is due to its etymology. …
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What is the difference between a Shiva temple and a Jyotirlinga?

What is a Shiva Temple? Shiva Temples are specially designed places of worship where the presiding deity is Lord Shiva in the form of a Linga. What is a Linga? …
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What is the meaning behind Shiva with 26 heads and 52 hands?

He is known as: Maha Sadashiva Maha sadashiva is an extended form of Sadashiva. From Wikipedia: Sadasiva (Sanskrit: चताशिव, Catāśiva, Tamil: சதாசிவம் ), is the Supreme Being Lord Parashivam …
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Shankaracharya installed sri chakra in which temples?

It has been installed in various temples, including the Kamakshi Temple in Kanchipuram and the Mookambika Temple in Kollur (by Sri Adi Shankaracharya). … in Guwahati, and Durga Parmeshwari temple in Kateel as well, but I did not find much information about it. …
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Lord Shiva as Hatkeshwara in Hinduism scriptures?

Is there any temple of Lord Hatkeshwara in India ? There are a few. … Hatakeswaram Temple near Srisailam is another temple. Another famous Hatakeswar temple is present in Bubaneshwar, Orissa. A smaller temple of Hatakeshvar is present in Pusad, Maharashtra. …
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Is there any temple where deities are Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara?

Temples where worship is still being carried out today The Thripaya Trimurti Temple at Thrissur, India is another temple dedicated to trimurti. … Thripaya Trimurti Temple is a Hindu temple in Irinjalakuda, Thrissur in Kerala, India. It is the only temple in the world where the Trimurti sit in one pedestal in one sanctum sanctorum. …
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