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Sri Nimishamba Temple - Srirangapatna, Karnataka

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Srirangapatna is a town of Mandya district in the Indian State of Karnataka. Shrirangapattana loated around 15 Kms from Mysore and 120 Kms from Bangalore is of religious, cultural and historic importance.   Sri Nimishambha Temple is on the bank of Cauvery river located around 2 km from Srirangapattana bus stand in the eastern direction beyond Tippu's summer palace on the road leading to Sangam. Goddess Nimishamba is considered as the incarnation of Goddess Parvathi, the consort of Lord Shiva. Kaveri River along with Sri Nimishamba Temple Click to Play Video "A Day in Srirangapatna" Sri NimishambaTemple Entrance - Srirangapattana Sri NimishambaTemple - Srirangapattana Sri NimishambaTemple on Google ...

Vivekananda Rock Memorial: Ferry Ride - Kanyakumari

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Vivekananda Rock Memorial was built in 1970 in honour of Swami Vivekananda who is said to have attained enlightenment on the rock. Swami Vivekananda meditated on this small rock surface for 3 days. There is a beautifully built stone temple with a meditation hall and a Goddess Kanyakumari temple as well. Vivekananda Rock Memorial and Devi Kanyakumari Temple

Walkthrough of Temples of Talakadu

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Talakadu is a desert-like place on the bank of Kaveri river in the Mysore district of Indian state Karnataka. Talakadu is 45 km from Mysore and approximately 130 km from the city Bengaluru. Talakadu is known for the Temples and once it had over 30 temples, most of which now hidden beneath the layers of sand. In this post, I'll take you through some of the temples excavated in the year 1911 and Kaveri River Basin Picnic spot also known as Cauvery beach. Cauvery Basin Picnic Spot, Talakadu

Devarayanadurga Hills: Amazing Riding Experience

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Devarayana Durga or DD Hills located in the Tumkur district of Karnataka and is famous for its temples, rocky hills surrounded by forest. The road up to the hills gives scenic views of nature and ever the wonderful climate and charming beauty. People also visit here for adventurous, pleasantly and lovely riding experience. Temple on top of the DD Hills

SRS Hills: Short Trek Near Bangalore

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Revanasiddeshwara Betta is a small hill in the Rananagara district of the Indian state of Karnataka. This place is commonly called as SRS Betta or SRS Hills. The distance of the SRS Hills is around 60 km from Bangalore through the Kanakapura road and great for a day trip. There are many temples on the site: on the top, there are two temples of Revanasiddeshwara (Lord Shiva), midway is Bheemeshwari (named after the Pandava Bheema) and at the base is Renukamba temple. SRS Hills is surrounded by many other hills and a huge lake at the base that creates a beautiful landscape view from the top. Beautiful Landscape View while Trekking to SRS Hills

Lepakshi Temple: An Architectural Wonder

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Veerabhadra Temple, Lepakshi is located in the Anantpur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. This is the place where the bird Jatayu fell, wounded after a battle against Ravana who had abducted Sita and going to Sri Lanka with her. When Sri Rama reached the spot while looking for Mata Sita, he saw the Jatayu who told him about Mata Sita and his battle with Ravana. Rama got overwhelmed by grief as by a surging sense of affection and gratitude and embraces Jatayu, gave him moksha and said compassionately, “Le Pakshi” (rise bird) in Telugu. And hence the place got its name. The distance of the temple is around 130 km from Bangalore through the NH7 (Bangalore-Hyderabad highway) and great for a day trip. After crossing the Karnataka-Andhra boarder keep looking for signboard directing towards Lepakshi. You can find it around at a distance of 3-4 Km from the border. Here you need to take a left turn on a road that goes to Lepakshi. From here the temple is around 18 KM. Built-i...

Bhoga Nandeeshwara Temple, Chikkaballapur

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Bhoga Nandiswara Temple is located at the base of Nandi Hills in Chikkaballapur district of Karnataka state, India. The distance of the temple is around 60 km from Bangalore and the great idea for a day trip. Bhoga Nandishwara is an ancient temple dedicated to the Hindu Lord Shiva, his consort Parvati and Nandi. It is one of the oldest temples of Karnataka, built early 9th century. The Bhoga Nandishvara Temple is protected as a monument of national importance by the Archaeological Survey of India. Kalyani or Pushkarni: a Water Tank in Temple Complex Entrance of the Bhoga Nandeeshwara Temple
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