Vedic Sciences

22/03/2024

Trimurti Narayana Temple :- Bandalike in its time would have been a splendid city being the capital of the Nagarakhanda Seventy region of the Kadambas. This ancient city has a rich history and is dotted with stunning temples though a sizeable number of them are in ruins.

A marvellous edifice of the former royal city built by the Western Chalukyas in what is known as the later Chalukyan period is the Trimurti Temple (also known as Trimurti Narayana Temple). Built around 1160 CE as per inscriptions found, this temple is a fine example of the artistic and architectural mastery of the Kalyani Chalukyas.

The temple is designed as a trikutachala (three – celled structure) and is a perfect illustration of elegance, grandeur and symmetry of the 12th century. The temple originally had stone gopuras over the three shrines.

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• Ancient India : The past in the future of time.

09/07/2023

Sri Vishnu, 14th Century,
Sukhotai Kingdom - Thailand

This colossal (8' high), chaturvuja Sri Vishnu holds chakra and conch and wears a sawtooth-pleated lower garment. This statue is made of bronze with gilt overlay.

National Museum of Bangkok.

Almost the whole of SEAsia was Hindu from almost the start of civilisation, until later when Buddhism slowly took roots post 11th century CE.

03/06/2023

Alampur Navabrahma Temples are a group of nine 7th-century early Chalukyan Hindu temples located at Alampur in Telangana. Though called Nava-Brahma temples, they are dedicated to Shiva. They exemplify early North Indian Nagara style architecture with cut rock as the building block. They are in ruins from post-14th century Sultanate raids, with an Islamic Dargah built from and inserted into temple compound near the Taraka Brahma temple. A village museum near the group shows the collection of ruined artwork and statues.

The temples themselves have remains of artwork related to Shaivism, Vaishnavism and Shaktism. Some surviving reliefs depicts legend from Hindu texts such as the Epics and the Panchatantra fables. The temples are notable for some of the earliest surviving records of different Nagara-style Hindu temple architecture.