Indian Temples & Iconography

Lost in a small village in Madhya Pradesh are a series of 20 temples profusely carved, gigantic and dominating the otherwise insignificant c...

From the clouds of the heavens descends the all-encompassing strength of the universe, of all the Gods. A fury within the mind, vigor in the...

In todays world it is difficult to get the levels of intensity in devotion that our ancients had. Devotion is something that is freely avail...

View geographical location of this temple Grishneswar, 11kms from Daulatabad and Aurangabad , is the last of the 12 Jyotir Lingas in t...

View location map of this temple. In the cold bleak regions of the Garhwal Himalayas lies one of India's holiest spots. The Jyotir Linga...

View geographical location of this temple. Brahmagiri hills are a part of a charming countryside, in the wilderness of Maharastra surrounded...

View location map of this temple! Kasi-kshetrancha Kalabairava darsanam| Prayaga madhavam Trushtva Yega Bilvam Sivarpanam|| Maha-Smsana Nila...

Nageswaram Naganatham Nagabrana booshidham | Nataka-pradham Navarasa Pradham Jyodhir-Swaroopam Vandhe Namami || The Jy...

I do not reply to many forwards, I scarcely react to most of them, but there was one series i felt strongly towards...The doubt in the minds...

Rameshwaram – Temple for a cosmic bath It was a moment, a moment recorded in faith, not written on a tablet or a wall but in the mind’s of t...

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...