Temple architecture

Ganjam: Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday inaugurated the revamped and renovated outskirts of Maa Taratarini’s famous Shakti Peetha in Ganjam district. Hundreds of devotees thronged the Shakti Peetha on the last day of the five-day Pratistha Mahostav, which was held amid Vedic chanting, the sound of conches, bells and gongs. The Odisha […]

The final construction of the super structure of the Temple of Ram in Ayodhya would begin shortly after the plinth was completed in August, a senior official at the temple trust said. Construction of the granite stone plinth began in February. “With the gradual completion of the plinth, the construction of the final super structure […]

Optical illusions are the talk of the season, and we’ve all spent hours watching these mind tricks to learn more about our personalities, or as they claim. However, despite being so viral all of a sudden, they are nothing new. It turns out that optical illusions have been around for decades, and artists and psychologists […]

Allahabad High Court, Thursday May 12 rejected a petition filed by BJP leader Rajneesh Singh calling for an investigative committee to establish ‘the true story of the Taj Mahal’, and for over 20 sealed ‘halls’ to be opened to search for the possible presence of idols of Hindu gods at the premises of the monument. […]

Already declared the most important discovery of the year, the excavations that took place in Sohag, on the banks of the Nile, in central Egypt, revealed a veritable archaeological treasure. 85 tombs from the Old Kingdom of Egypt During the search, the archaeologists were first surprised to find burials dating from the Ancient Kingdom of […]

SAN DIEGO — When Virgil Ward was named the new pastor of Logan Temple AME Zion Church in September 2018, he made it his mission to ensure the historic church found new ways to serve its local community. Now Pastor Ward is fulfilling his charge to God and his denomination by building homes for the […]

The temple-like structure sparked a frenzy with villagers from near localities coming to catch a glimpse May 11, 2022, 9:08 a.m. HST People bracing for the impact of Cyclone Asani along the Sunnapalli coast in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh were surprised when a golden structure resembling part of a temple washed up on the […]

the Sun Martand temple in Jammu and Kashmirit is Anantnag saw a flurry of activity on Saturday May 7 as over a hundred devotees thronged the premises to observe Shankara Jayanti (Adi Shankaracharya’s birth anniversary). This was celebrated for the first time since the temple was declared a “site of national significance” by the Archaeological […]

Trichy: The Gangaikonda Cholapuram Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage-listed Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) protected monument, languishes in utter neglect and keeps visitors away. The 1,000-year-old monument near Jayankondam in Ariyalur district, considered one of the three “great living Chola temples”, remained virtually black. The lights are inadequate and there are no information boards, making […]

Posted: Posted Date – 3:55 PM, Fri – 6 May 22 Hyderabad: A temple dating back to the Kakatiya period has been discovered amid thick jungle at Kusumanchi in Khammam district. The temple was hidden in dense vegetation consisting of thorny bushes and well-preached wild vines. Based on information provided by Katta Srinivas, President of […]

Every nook and cranny of Lepakshi Temple, which is on UNESCO’s tentative heritage list, celebrates Vijayanagara architecture Every nook and cranny of the temple, which is on UNESCO’s tentative heritage list, celebrates Vijayanagara architecture It is a land dotted with as many stories and myths as beautiful sculptures and engravings. At each step a new […]

Fri. Jeong Kwan Seunim browsed seasonal produce from the O’Donohue Family Stanford Educational Farm on Monday when she visited Stanford to give community members a cooking demonstration of Korean temple cuisine. In line with the green and forward-thinking future of the Stanford Food Institute (SFI), Buddhist nun Seon and recipient of Asia’s 50 Best Icon […]

Professor Upendra Kaul Shankaracharya hill and temple is a feature of Srinagar city. It is a very historic hill. The top of it has been adorned with a structure in the architecture of ancient Kashmir. The temple is also considered an icon of Buddhist architecture. The hill, which has had several names over the centuries, […]

Hyderabad: The Anantha Padmanabha Swamy Temple Trust, located at the historic rock site of Khajaguda, is set to rebuild a temple after demolishing the existing small one a few days ago due to “bad Vaastu”. However, if done, it will be in clear violation of Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) laws, which protect the historic […]

After decades, renovation works of the Anganaadeeswarar temple in Madavalam village near the city of Tirupattur started on Saturday. Officials said the ancient Shiva temple is around 600 years old, dating from the Vijayanagara period. Adorned with paintings, the temple, maintained by the Department of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE), bears its imprint of […]

South Florida’s first Reform Synagogue celebrates its 100th anniversary the weekend of May 6-7. Temple Israel of Greater Miami, which was founded in 1922, will kick off its centennial weekend celebration with a Legacy Shabbat at 6 p.m. on May 6. On May 7, it will host a gala and a concert. The May 7 […]

Malayalam actor Mythili got married to architect Sambath at Guruvayur Sree Krishna Temple on April 28. The actor will host a wedding reception for his family and friends later in Kochi. Mythili’s original name is Brighty Balachandran. She is from Konni, Pathanamthitta in Kerala. The actor’s makeup artist shared beautiful photos and videos from his […]

By Samy Magdy | Associated press CAIRO — Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed the ruins of a temple dedicated to the ancient Greek god Zeus in the Sinai Peninsula, antiquities authorities said Monday. The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said in a statement that the ruins of the temple were discovered at the archaeological site of […]

New Delhi, April 23 (PTI) The third phase of restoration work on the Ta Prohm temple in Cambodia is expected to be completed by 2025, Archaeological Survey of India officials involved in the project, Om Birla, informed on Saturday. chairman of the Lok Sabha. Birla, who heads an Indian parliamentary delegation to Cambodia, visited the […]

BL SarafVivek Tankha, a member of the Rajya Sabha and a Kashmiri Pandit now installed in MP, introduced a Private Member’s Bill No. XV111 of 2022 in the Rajya Sabha titled Kashmiri Pandits (Recourse, Restitution, Rehabilitation And Resettlement) Bill, 2022. The bill is intended to do justice to the cause of internally displaced Pandits who […]

Image source: AP Gandhinagar: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, center, poses with Sadhus. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited Akshardham Temple in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on Thursday during his two-day visit to India. The British Prime Minister was accompanied by Chief Minister of Gujarat, Bhupendrabhai Patel, UK High Commissioner to India, HE Alex Ellis. Next, Brahmaviharidas […]

The peth neighborhoods of Pune hide within themselves rare and fascinating gems in the form of heritage monuments. Any avid explorer of the city who stumbles across an ornately carved temple, known as the Trishundya Ganapati Temple, is amazed to find the ornately carved, cave-like facade surviving amidst the crowded and towering modern buildings. The […]

KOLHAPUR: Experts from IIT-Bombay will soon visit the ancient temple of Kopeshwar at Khidrapur, located about 60 km from the city of Kolhapur, to conduct a structural audit and suggest conservation measures for the historic temple. Around Rs. 100 crore has been set aside by the state government to undertake conservation works at eight ancient […]

Sai Pariwar flyer announcing the fundraiser. Photo: courtesy of the organizers Sai Pariwar, Inc. & Sai Mandir in North Brunswick, New Jersey, a 22-year-old non-profit organization, are hosting a fundraising event featuring Bollywood songs and music on Sunday 8 May 2022, at the Balaji Temple Auditorium in Bridgewater, New Jersey, to raise funds for the […]

Kensington, MD. • The Washington DC Temple, the tallest among The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temples and one of its most prestigious, opened Monday to nonmembers for the first time in nearly half a century. Senior church officials greeted the media to highlight a renovation that began four years ago. Private tours […]

April 16, 2022 | 05:15 IST Rebuilding the Temple: A Gift that Keeps Giving Amita Kanekar Twenty million rupees of public money was earmarked in Pramod Sawant’s state budget to “rebuild and restore temples and heritage sites destroyed by the Portuguese”. The words “and heritage sites” seem almost inclusive, as the government is actually thinking […]

YSR KADAPA: The annual Brahmotsavams at Sri Kodanda Rama Swamy Temple at Vontimitta in YSR Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh, also known as Andhra Bhadradri, started on April 10 and will end on the 18th of this year. The 16th century temple is built in the Vijayanagara architectural style and the famous Sri Kodanda Rama […]

The heritage buildings of Purmandal are waiting to be explored Nishikant Khajuria JAMMU, 13th April: Centuries old temple like structures and monuments in one of the most revered pilgrimage sites in Jammu and Kashmir – Purmandal, have been found abandoned to perish as neither the government authorities nor the inhabitants do not seem sensitive to […]

A unique opportunity for the media to tour the interior and grounds of the temple with world church leadership WASHINGTON, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Summary: The world leaders of the Church of jesus christ of Latter-day Saints will be among the keynote speakers and guides at a special press conference and media day at […]

Marryam Moma, is working on a piece at GlassBox, her art studio in Alpharetta, Georgia in 2021. | CAROL ROSE PHOTOGRAPHY/COURTESY As an architecture student, Marryam Moma found it easier to understand concepts and brainstorm designs and ideas for class projects and homework through art collages. The more time she spent tearing up bits of […]

Leeds Temple Works – famous for its Egyptian architecture – has received £1million in financial aid from the government’s Culture Recovery Fund and Historic England Temple Works will undergo major repairs as part of a wider regeneration of the building and surrounding area. Money from the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund is intended to open up […]

“I think it will make everything else more beautiful,” he said, as a modest concession to what will now join the ranks of LA’s most significant buildings. Indeed, the singularity of the pavilion is not restricted to its exterior. Its interior is not built in the traditional sense. Rather, it is a series of openings […]

Express press service KARIMNAGAR: As the government signals its intention to go ahead with the development of the Vemulawada temple, land prices in the temple town have seen a sharp rise in recent days, especially in areas such as the road Jagtial, the Korutla road and the Nampalli mound. Significantly, land on the outskirts of […]

Once we enter the site what we see are brick structures that have aged for over a thousand years as the structure of the temple was built in the 7th century Jakarta (ANTARA) – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) paid a visit to Kedaton Temple at the National Cultural Preservation Site of Muaro Jambi Temple Complex […]

Washington, April 6 (PTI): A large temple dedicated to Sai Balaji with a cultural center and a gigantic 30-foot statue of Hanuman is being built in a New Jersey town at an estimated cost of over $30 million of dollars. Hanuman’s statue inside his sprawling 12-acre Om Sri Balaji Temple campus would be visible from […]

ALLYSON THARP / TEMPLE NEWS On February 27, the Umoja Community Refrigerator opened on Jefferson Street near 22nd to provide 24/7 access to necessities like food, water, baby food, hygiene products and menstrual products. There are nearly 30 community refrigerators around Philadelphia where donations are needed. Community refrigerators provide healthy resources to meet people’s basic […]

BHUBANESWAR: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has asked the government of Odisha to modify its much-vaunted Shree Mandira Parikrama Project (SMPP) – a massive beautification project around the 12 andJagannath temple of the last century in Puri – which has already been the subject of controversy. Last week, members of the Bharatiya Janata Party […]

Thiruvananthapuram: Three Hindu dancers have pulled out of a concert at the Koodalmanikayam temple in Thrissur, Kerala, in solidarity with classical dancers VP Mansiya and Soumya Sukumaran, who were dropped from the list of performers because they are not Hindus. {{^userSubrated}} {{/userSubrated}} About 800 performers are scheduled to perform at the temple’s annual 10-day festival […]

A few days after the Koodalmanikyam temple in Thrissur refused permission to participate to two dancers because they were not Hindu, three Hindu dancers withdrew from their dance concert at the temple in protest, saying that the art transcends all barriers. Last Monday, classical dancers VP Mansiya and Soumya Sukumaran said they had been barred […]

Bhubaneshwar: A day after State Assembly lawmakers raised concerns about ongoing construction works near the Sri Jagannatha Temple in Puri, President Surjya Narayan Patro formed an internal committee to review the proposed corridor of heritage. The eight-member parliamentary committee will be headed by the president. Its members are Narasingha Mishra, Debi Prasad Mishra, Jayant Sarangi, […]

The famous Veerabhadra Swamy Temple in Lepakshi, about 100 km north of Bangalore, along with the iconic statue of Nandi are added to UNESCO’s tentative list of World Heritage Sites in India for 2022. Inclusion on the list is a further step towards declaring the monument of cultural, historical and architectural significance as part of […]

The Odisha assembly witnessed a ruckus on Tuesday as opposition BJP and Congress MPs raised questions over the safety of the Jagannath temple structure in Puri where the state government is building a heritage corridor. Raising the issue during zero hour, BJP MP for Puri Jayant Sarangi alleged that construction works were underway for the […]

After more than five years of renovation and reconstruction, the Yadadri Temple in Telangana has transformed from a small hilltop shrine into a beautiful and sprawling center of pilgrimage and an architectural marvel. Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, popularly known as Yadadri Temple and located about 60 km from Hyderabad in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district, has undergone […]

By Express press service HYDERABAD: Some might see winning several awards for creating breathtaking sets in the Telugu film industry as a major achievement, but for those who are driven by passion, finding their true purpose brings them happiness and fulfillment . Such is the story of Anand Sai, the chief architect behind the redesign […]

RAWALPIDI: In the middle of Rawalpindi’s Kohati Bazaar, one can see the dome of a temple which is almost hidden by the high walls of a school for visually impaired children. Here stands one of the city’s most breathtaking and historic landmarks: the Kalyan Das Temple. The 150 year old temple is in a state […]

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HYDERABAD: The new gold-plated Yadadri temple complex that can withstand earthquakes and lightning strikes will not have a plaque bearing the name of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, but a pylon will be placed with the names architects and officials who were involved in the massive project, sources said. Weeks after the controversial decision […]

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Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot visited the Kudroli Gokarnanatha temple in Mangaluru on Monday. The governor is visiting Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts and as part of his visit, he offered puja at the temple and had darshan from the presiding deity at the temple. Earlier, the Governor was greeted by Zilla Panchayat CEO, Dr. Kumar, […]

Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR and CE) Minister PK Sekarbabu said on Sunday that measures would be taken to ensure the safety of temple cars. Speaking to reporters after congratulating two couples married under the Free Marriage Scheme for Persons with Disabilities (PwD), at the Vadapalani Murugan Temple, he said the condition of the […]

Temple of Aphaea, Aegina. Photo source: Ministry of Culture A new lighting system will soon be installed in the ancient temple of Aphaea on the island of Aegina, after the Central Archaeological Council of Greece approved the study of the project. The temple’s lighting project will follow the example of other important monuments such as […]

Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar along with members of his family visited Shaivite temples in Nalgonda on the occasion of Maha Sivaratri on Tuesday and participated in special prayers. At the Chervugattu Sri Parvathi Jadala Ramalingeswara Swamy Temple on the Narketpally-Addanki National Road, he was offered a purnakumbh welcome amid Vedic chanting. The temple priests presented […]

Over the next month, we’ll be bringing you more coverage than usual on the North Temple Corridor on the west side of Salt Lake City. Formerly a six-lane highway, in 2010 the city redesigned and rebuilt the street with UTA, creating the Airport Green Line branch of the TRAX tram. Significant infrastructure improvements were made […]

Subtle isn’t a word that comes to mind for Keeley Jones, the good-hearted model has turned the power of PR into Ted Lasso. Thank goodness for that. Played by an effervescent Temple of Juno– who earned a SAG nomination for her performance and joined the cast to celebrate their win for Outstanding Ensemble in a […]

LUFKIN, Texas (PRESS RELEASE) – On Thursday, Lufkin ISD shared the following information about a new educational partnership for high school students in Angelina County. From Lufkin ISD: The vision of Early College High School became a reality four years ago when TLL Temple Foundation, Lufkin ISD and Angelina College came together to help students […]

Ujjain: Shiva temple emerged in excavations 35 km from Ujjain town of MP. In fact, due to the excavations at Kalmoda on Badnagar Road in Ujjain, the Shila Lekh architectural block of the 1000 year old temple of Parmar and Shiva, Vishnu, Nandi Jalhari came out in a fragmented state. Due to excavations that started […]

(Left to right) Sara Potts, alumnus of the 2021 Master of Arts in Art Temple, Emily Neumeier, assistant professor of Islamic art and architecture at Tyler School of Art and Architecture, and congregation member Susan Weiler St. Francis de Sales and Landscape Architect during a field trip to St. Francis de Sales Church in West […]

Temple University’s Ambler campus reopened on September 15, after repairing four buildings for student use. | AMBER RITSON / FILE As repairs from last fall’s tornado continue, Temple University’s Ambler Campus created the Disturbance Ecology course this spring to turn the natural disaster into a learning experience for students as they finish fixing up the […]

THUNDER BAY – The process of demolishing and cleaning up the Temple of Finnish Labor is underway after a Christmas fire left the structure unsalvageable. “It’s obviously a very sad day. You know, the fire was very tragic and it was a very, very sad event. And, the purpose of it all for the building […]