Monday, March 14, 2011

Shiva Temple , Aihole

Shiva Temple
Shikara
Frontal View of Shikara
Entrance
Royal Seal
Royal Seal
Lintel
Pillars
Shiva Parvathi
Nandi
Ruins of the temples
The Shiva Linga
Gandharvas
Intricate Designs on the Ceiling
Window
Heavy Pillar Tops
Lord Ganesha
Door Frame
Carving
Kalyani

    We were unable to gather any information or details about this temple including its name. We named it the Shiva temple since the temple housed a Shiva Linga. The temple is situated right at the entrance of Aihole from Hungund side.

To read more about Aihole, click here...

12 comments:

  1. Wonderful post, beautiful pics... Loved the royal seal!
    There are so may temples which do not have a name as such but are very beautiful.

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  2. Marvelous post as always! I, too, love the royal seal. I find it really interesting/sad that there are so many beautiful temples that don't have a name! Hope you have a great week!

    Sylvia

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  3. Beautiful pictures TGS.. I love the setting of Kalyani!

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  4. wonderful! we didnt even go to this one! our driver insisted that there was nothing to see except in the main enclosure, and not being prepared, we didnt really want to argue!

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  5. Ah...a post with only pictures, unlike you man :)

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  6. The stone carving and old look of figurines make them interesting.enjoyable!

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  7. I hope you covered the galaganath temple complex, it takes nearly one full day to cover Aihole which is the school of indian architecture....good post

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  8. Beautiful pictures, the tank looks beautiful

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