Indian Temples & Iconography

View location map of this temple! Kshetragyam Kshetrapalancha Parartyaika prayojanam| vyomakesam Jyothir-swaroopam Beemasankaram Namamyaham|...

Click on the photo to enlarge it. Trithalam trigunadhaaram trinetram chatriyayudham | Trijanma-papasamharam Yega-vilvam Sivarpanam || Though...

Omkara Mantra Nilayam Mandhara Kusumapriyam | Prutharaga priyadharam Jyothir mayam sivam Namami || An island was once cut out by the sacred ...

Mahakalam Lavanyam Madhura Karunarasa varithim | Mahalingam Mangalaroopam Jyothir swaroopam sirasa namami|| Ujjain, a land of mystery and se...

Mahonnadham Mahakasam Mahodharam Mahabujam | Mahavaktram Mallika arjunam Jyothi-swaroopam Namosthuthe || Andhra Pradesh, a state baking in t...

The Shiva Purana goes: Somanadham Someswaram Samastha Gunaparagam | Gora-Padhaka thavagnim Jyothir-Swaroopam Namamyaham || Along the sandy c...

Jyotir Lingas, is a common household term, spoken by few with reverence and remembered by many in terms of geographical locations and associ...

Click on photo to enlarge Thiruvanaikkaval, Srirangam: We walked into the temple, the thick stone walls beat out the heat. The cool dark int...

An untouched world So far away In silent watery peace Does the Lord reside In constant meditation The only sound heard – OM The peace unreac...

The night sets in The clouds clear The ocean of stars Display their grandeur. The moon shies away Hides within her dark veil Leaving silence...

Shrimad akalanka paripurna shashikoti | shridhara manohara satapatakanta || palaya kupalaya bhavambudhi nimagnam | daityavarakala narasimha ...

Click the photo to see larger view Nature has its ways of bringing the Lord to us. Simple forms that bloom into flowers and seem to depict o...

The goddess who brings out Lord Shiva's more subdued quiet side is Kamakshi Amman, residing within her kumkum-smeared chamber seems to h...

Through the dance of Kali: Another Goddess who draws my attention to the wild fury of Lord Shiva is the Goddess Kali. This play is different...

Lord Shiva is known to be a silent deity, potent and distant and fairly unattainable. It’s through the various forms of the Goddess that the...

Kailashnatha temple, Kanchipuram Kailashnatha temple, a creation out of love to Lord Shiva lies in the scorching heat of Tamil landscape. B...

(Click the picture to enlarge) An ancient city Floating in deep waters The land of light The warmth penetrates Into an over whelmed heart De...

A child I was, sitting alone "Who am I", did I ask A little girl so young so true I am my parent's child A girl I was, walking...

The dust had finally settled and all turmoil in the mind seemed to subside. Srinivasan, raced back from work to get to the showroom. Sriniva...

(Click picture to enlarge) The drum is the soul that wakes the rhythm in the mind the sound hits my senses and calls for the dance the essen...