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unusual facts about Hindu temples



Baglamukhi temple

Baglamukhi Temple (Nepali: बगलामुखी मन्दिर) is one of the most important Hindu temples in Nepal, located at the center of Gulariya, city in mid-western development region.


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Baliga

During the Goa Inquisition in 1567, soon after the temples in Salcete had been destroyed, a meeting of its inhabitants was convened by the invading Portuguese and they were asked to disclose under oath the information regarding the properties held by the destroyed Hindu Temples.

BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Nairobi

Most traditional Hindu temples have stone interiors but this BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir uses indigenous timber from East Africa, such as camphor, mahogany, mvuli, Mt. Elgon teak and meru oak.

Gordon Hall

He evangelized the souls of Bombay Presidency and provided medical services, especially in Hindu temples and in bazaars.

Hindu milk miracle

By noon the news had spread beyond India, and Hindu temples in the United Kingdom, Canada, UAE, and Nepal among other countries had successfully replicated the phenomenon, and the Vishva Hindu Parishad (an Indian Hindu organisation) had announced that a miracle was occurring.

Kedar

Panch Kedar, five Hindu temples or holy places of the Shaivite sect dedicated to god Shiva

Mathematics and architecture

For example, in Hindu temples such as the Virupaksha temple at Hampi, the parts and the whole have the same character.

Saraca asoca

One of the recurring elements in Indian art, often found at gates of Buddhist and Hindu temples, is the sculpture of a yakshini with her foot on the trunk and her hands holding the branch of a flowering ashoka tree.

Thantri

Thantri or Tantri is the Vedic head priest of Hindu temples in Kerala and a very few temples of coastal Karnataka in southern India.

Tipu Sultan Mosque

Gopal Krishna Gandhi who offered glass of juice to the fasters and later condemned attacks on Hindu temples in Pakistan and the attacks on Christian missionaries in Orissa and other parts of India.

Vaddukoddai

An Amman temple at Sangarathai, a Murugan temples at Adaikalam Thottam and Panguru are three of the main Hindu temples found here.

Veetrirundha Perumal Temple

The remains constitute one of the two surviving Hindu temples of the pre-Pallava period, the other being the Subrahmanya temple at Saluvankuppam, and one of the oldest ones in Tamil Nadu.

Yankin Township

The township has a large Tamil community, and a rich collection of Hindu temples, (most of which are dedicated to Kali and Ganesh) as well as a large Chinese temple called Fushan Si Temple, believed to be the largest in Yangon.

Zatra

Zatra is the Konkani language term for the pilgrimage festivals celebrated at Hindu temples in Goa; the Hindi and Marathi language equivalents are Yatra and Jatra.