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Gorakhnath Temple

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The Gorakhnath temple is a temple of the Nath monastic order crew of the Nath tradition. The identify Gorakhnath derives from the medieval saint, Gorakshanath (c. eleventh century), a yogi who travelled broadly throughout India and authored a range of texts that shape a section of the canon of Nath Sampradaya. The Nath subculture was once established by means of guru Matsyendranath. This math is located in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh inside massive premises. The temple performs a variety of cultural and social things to do and serves as the cultural hub of the city. Gorakhpur takes its identify from Gorakhnath, who used to be a saint of the 'Nath Sampradaya'. A shrine known as Gorakhnath Mandir used to be constructed in his honour at the area the place he practised his day by day rituals. The Gorakhpur area includes the districts of Maharajganj, Kushinagar, Deoria, Azamgarh, Mau, Ballia and components of Nepal Terai. These areas, which may additionally be known as th...

Gomateshwar Mahadev Temple

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The Gomateshwar Mahadeva Temple Kerakat (Devanagari)Gomateshwar Mahādeva Mandir), which means "the Great God of the Gomati River", is the biggest and most ornate Hindu temple in the medieval temple crew determined at Kerakat in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is viewed one of the first-rate examples of temples preserved from the medieval duration in India. It is located at the financial institution of Gomati River in Sihauli village. This temple is constructed in harshvardhan era.but Shivlinga buried by way of Muslim attackers. Rebuilt in 1990 through some villagers when they discovered the shivlinga

Dashavatara Temple

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The  Dashavatara Temple  is an early 6th century Vishnu Hindu temple located at Deogarh, Uttar Pradesh which is 125 kilometers from Jhansi ,in the Betwa River valley in northern-central India. It has a simple, one cell square plan and is one of the earliest Hindu stone temples still surviving today. Built in the Gupta Period, the Dashavatara Temple at Deogarh shows the ornate Gupta style architecture. The temple at Deogarh is dedicated to Vishnu, but includes in its small footprint images of various gods and goddesses such as Shiva, Parvati, Kartikeya, Brahma, Indra, River goddesses Ganga and Yamuna, as well as a panel showing the five Pandavas of the Hindu epic  Mahabharata . The Temple was built out of stone and masonry brick. Legends associated with Vishnu are sculpted in the interior and exterior walls of the temple. Also carved are secular scenes and amorous couples in...

Chandikan Devi Temple

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Chandikan Devi Temple  is a Hindu temple of goddess Kali located Sandwa village at a distance of about 24 km from Pratapgarh on Pratapgarh-Raipur Road, about 40 km from Sultanpur & 101 from Ayodhya in Pratapgarh District, Uttar Pradesh. A religious fair is held on every Tuesday and considerable trade is carried out in the fair. On 8th-9th day of Chaitra and Ashwin a great fair is also held here. The biggest annual fair is held on 'Budhwa Mangal' day and Chandika Mahotsava is celebrated on 8th-9th day of Navratri month.

Brahma Kuti Temple

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BrahmaKuti's temple is a temple near Kanpur, India dedicated to Brahma. It is the only Brahma temple in the area other than the small temple of Brahmeswar Mahadeva on the Brahmavarta ghat . It is located on the bank of the River Ganga.

Aundha Nagnath Temple

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Aundha Nagnath (Nageshwaram) is supposed to be the eighth of the twelve jyotirlingas in India, an important place of pilgrimage. The present temple is said to have been built by the Seuna (Yadava) dynasty and dates to 13th century. The first temple is said to be from time of the Mahabharata and is believed to have been constructed by Yudhishthira, eldest of the Pandavas, when they were expelled for 14 years from Hastinapur. It has been stated that this temple building was of seven-storyed before it was sacked by Aurangzeb. Today, however, the Sanctum Sanctorum, which is located below the ground level accessed by two deep steps is with The narrow chamber offers little space for the devotees to worship, added to which constant prayers (Abhisheka) by Chants of Pandits allow peace of mind for offering ones personal prayers.

Ashtavinayaka Temple

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Ashtavinayak (Marathi: अष्टविनायक) literally means "eight Ganeshas" in Sanskrit. Ganesh is the Hinduism/Hindu deity of unity, prosperity & learning and removing obstacles. The term refers to eight Ganeshas. Ashtavinayaka yatra trip refers to a pilgrimage to the eight Hindu temples in Maharashtra state of India that house eight distinct idols of Ganesh, in a pre-ascertained sequence. The Ashtavinayak yatra or pilgrimage covers the eight ancient holy temples of Ganesh which are situated around Pune. Each of these temples has its own individual legend and history, as distinct from each other as the murtis in each temple. The form of each murti of Ganesh and His trunk are distinct from one another. However, there are other temples of eight Ganesh in various other parts of Maharashtra; the ones around Pune are more well known than the former.

Allamprabhu Temple

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The Allamprabhu is a unique temple. Situated on a beautiful hill near a magnificent lake, the uniqueness of this temple is that "both Hindus and Muslims pray in this temple". This place is located at 1.5 kilometers (0.93 mi) from Bhoom, a small town in Osmanabad district, Maharashtra. Historically, Bhoom was under Nizam of Hyderabad. On September 17, 1948, the forces of Nizam of Hyderabad surrendered to the Indian forces. This temple is a nice example of how "Hindu and Muslim population lived peacefully in India in the pre-British era"