The Vijaya Stambha is an imposing victory monument located within Chittor Fort in Chittorgarh, Rajasthan, India. The tower was constructed by the Mewar king, Rana Kumbha, in 1448 to commemorate his victory over the combined armies of Malwa and Gujarat led by Mahmud Khilji.

The inscribed slabs in the uppermost storey containing a detailed genealogy of the rulers of Chittaur and their deeds is ascribed to Ran Kumbha court scholar, Atri and his son Mahesh. The names of the architect, Sutradhar Jaita and his three sons who assisted him, Napa, Puja, and Poma, are carved on the fifth floor of the tower.

The Vijaya Stambha is a remarkable example of religious pluralism practised by the Rajputs. The topmost storey features an image of the Jain Goddess, Padmavati Devi.

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Ghantakarna Mahavira is one of the fifty-two viras (protector deities) of Jainism. He was a deity of the Jain tantrik tradition. There is a shrine dedicated to him at the Mahudi Jain Temple established by Buddhisagar Suri, a Jain saint, in nineteenth century. It is one of the popular Jain pilgrimage centres of India.

Ghantakarna is invoked for protection from variety of obstacles and difficulties such as epidemics diseases, fire, invasions, ghosts. He is also invoked for the protection from the opponents of Jainism.

Mahudi Jain temple is one of the popular Jain pilgrimage centres of India. Thousands of devotees visit it and offers Sukhdi (mixture of jaggery, wheat and ghee), a sweet there. After offering, it is consumed by devotees within the temple complex. His images are also found in other Jain temples in western India.

On Kali Chaudas, thousands of devotees visist the Mahudi temple to attend a religious ceremony, Havan.

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Bhagwan Nandi 🙏

Chamundi Hill, Mysuru, Karnataka, India

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#Nagadevatha, a relief on the wall, #Rameshwara Temple, #KELADI, #Shivamogga district. #Nayaka period. 16th CE. Photo credits #Thiru Srinivasachar Gopal.

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Taranga is a Jain pilgrimage center near Kheralu in Mehsana district, Gujarat, India, with two compounds of Jain temples that are important examples of the Māru-Gurjara style of architecture. The oldest Jain temple was constructed in 1161 by the Chaulukya king Kumarapala, under the advice of his teacher, Acharya Hemachandra. Both the main wings of Jainism are represented, with adjoining walled compounds: the Svetambara compound consists of 14 temples in all, and there are also five Digambara-affiliated temples at Taranga hill.

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Sahasralinga is located in Sirsi Karnataka.Sirsi Shalmala river is famous as thousand Shiv Lingas are carved on rocks in the river & river banks during the rule of Sadashivaraya of the Vijayanagar between1678-1718.

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Lord Mahavishnu standing unscathed even amongst the heap of destruction around Him, guarded by his Dwarapalakas.

There are powerful Deities who protected our society from the worst, for our ancestors who worshipped them.

(Ayinikkattu Mahavishnu temple in Palakkad district Kerala which is being restored)

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The Bayon is a richly decorated Khmer Buddhist temple at Angkor in Cambodia. Built in the late 12th or early 13th century as the state temple of the Mahayana Buddhist King Jayavarman VII, the Bayon stands at the centre of Jayavarman's capital, Angkor Thom. Following Jayavarman's death, it was modified and augmented by subsequent Hindu and Theravada Buddhist kings in accordance with their own religious preferences.

The Bayon was the last state temple to be built at Angkor, and the only Angkorian state temple to be built primarily to worship Brahma.

The similarity of the 216 gigantic faces on the temple's towers to other statues of the king has led many scholars to the conclusion that the faces are representations of Jayavarman VII, himself.

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