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Recently Updated Articles in Indian Temples
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| • | Ek Minar ki Masjid
Ek Minar ki Masjid is a mosque built in Persian style and is located in Raichur, Karnataka. It is the oldest place of Muslim worship in the town.
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| • | Shree Samaleswari Temple
Shree Samaleswari, the presiding deity of Sambalpur, is a strong spiritual force in the western region of Orissa.
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| • | Rajarani Temple
Rajarani temple of Bhubaneswar is positioned in open paddy fields and was built in the 11th century.
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| • | Lingaraja Temple
The largest among all and a thousand years old,it is a stupendous specimen of the Orissan style of temple building
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| • | Gnana Saraswati Temple
Gnana Saraswati Temple in Basar is dedicated to the Goddess of Learning, Sarawasti, which is located in a village of Nizamabad District.
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Papanasam temple is located at Thirunelveli. A Pandyan king harassed and ill-treated subjects who did not convert to Buddhism as he decreed. Unfortunately the family got caught up in a civil war that was raging in that state. The children, a boy and a girl, got separated from each other. Many years later after wandering they arrived in Banares. By chance they met each other, fell in love and got married without realising that they were siblings. They found out their mistake afterwards and sought ways of absolving their sin. They were advised to wear black and to bathe in all the sacred waters in India and when their black clothe turned white it was an indication that they were absolved of their sin. Accordingly they clothed themselves in black and went from place to place in search of redemption. Finally they arrived at Papanasam and when they bathed in the river their clothes turned white thus indicating the absolution of their sin. Hence the deity in this temple is called 'Papavinaseswarar' (the redeamer of sins).
