CHENNAI – 26 January 2011
Golden Beach
Sculptures at an amusement park, Golden Beach: Chennai
MAHABALIPURAM – 26 January 2011
Sea-Shore Temple – A World Heritage Site
Sea - Shore Temple – Mahabalipuram
Structures and Engravings at Sea-Shore Temple – Mahabalipuram
Panch Pandava Ratha
Vishnu : Panch Pandava Ratha – Mahabalipuram
Narasimha: Panch Pandava Ratha – Mahabalipuram
Ganesh Temple: Mahabalipuram Vardaraja Temple: KanchiPuram
KANCHIPURAM – 26 January 2011
Vardaraja Temple
Engravings and Carvings at Vardaraja Temple – Kanchipuram
CHENNAI – 27 January 2011
Kapaleshwar Temple – Abode of lord Shiva. Kapal means skull and the essence of temple lies in renouncing worldly pleasures. Kapaleshwar literally translates into king of the ascetics, who holds bowl of a skull in his hand starts the creation again out of his grace. The temple is 2000 years old. It was rebuilt after being demolished under Portuguese rule.
Gopuram – The entry to Kapaleshwar Temple - Dravidian Architecture
Brahma – The creator
Vishnu – The Caretaker
Shiva – The destroyer
TIRUMALA– 28 January 2011
Tirupati Temple – Abode of lord Venkatshwara, is one of the most popular Hindu shrine in the country. The temple dedicated to Lord Venkateshwara at Tirumala is perched at height of 874 metres above mean sea level and 15 km. North-west of Tirupati, the temple town is located at the foot of the seven hills of the Eastern Ghats in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh.
Lord Venkatashwara: On any given day the lord wears 60-70kg of gold with the crown weighing 30kgs and costing USD 9m.
Hills surrounding Tirupati Temple
Tirupati Temple
Dad ( Center ) offering prayers.
