The divine Nagas, shown swimming in the river as Ganga descends, are depicted in an anthropomorphic form, combining the characteristics of serpents and humans

The temple is shaped like a star fish and there is another sanctum sanctorum under the temple pavilion

This Nandi has been in active worship possibly ever since its creation. This is an open shrine exposed to the elements.

One of the most popular attractions in the garden is the royal cenotaphs, which are beautiful structures that were built to honor the memory of the Marwar rulers

It is a culture that throughout its history has embraced the richness of sensory experience in its arts and sciences - exemplified in the precise and complex forms that developed in art, architecture, and music

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell

The Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LVM3), formerly identified as the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV Mk III), is ISRO's latest medium-heavy lift launch vehicle and the space agency's heaviest rocket

The DoT's amendment of the telecom licence agreement will make it difficult for Chinese telecom equipment suppliers like Huawei or ZTE — suspected of doing spy service for Xi Jinping — to procure supply orders from Indian telecom players such as Jio, Airtel or Vodafone Idea

The heritage tours of Tamil Nadu comprise the architectural galore of UNESCO World Heritage sites, the Great Living Chola Temples, magnificent sculptures, and colonial charms

The Court was hearing the plea filed by advocate Hari Shankar Jain on behalf of Jain deity Tirthankar Lord Rishabh Dev, which claimed that the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque inside the Qutub complex was built after the demolition of 27 temples

The report said that the NMA chairman wrote to ASI late last month saying that he believed that the "placement of the idols is disrespectful," and that it should be changed

PM Modi said, "Ramanujacharya was born in the South, but his influence is on the whole of India from South to North and East to West."

The inner sanctorum deity of Sri Ramanujacharya is made of 120 kilos of gold to commemorate the 120 years the saint spent on earth

Mahant Satyendra Das said that while no previous CM or PM visited the Ram Mandir site, PM Modi himself did the Shilanyas

Urban Development Special Chief Secretary Arvind Kumar meanwhile tweeted pictures of the stunning transformation of the structure on Saturday and said that the government was rediscovering Bansilalpet step well step by step. He also shared pictures from before and after the restoration on Social Media

The temple with its gold (1500 kg) covering, has intricate work done by artisans specialising in temple art using gold. Every single detail was manually created, including converting the gold bars into gold foils and then mounting the foils on copper. Gold foil from 9 layers to 10 layers has been mounted on the etched copper plates. Every single detail in the temple art has significance from the vedas

Suta, at the request of the sages, explained in detail about the sacred and splendid power of the Lord of Antarvedi, the affects of doing any harm to it and the remedy for it. He told them the story of Santhana as an illustration

The inner temple was constructed around the 5th century and the outer temple was constructed in the 11th century by the Rajendra Chola I, later expanded by Chola kings and the Vijayanagara kings

The complex has numerous sculpted pillared halls. It’s shrines are dedicated to Hindu deities and Shaivism scholars, with the vimanas above the garbhagrihas (sanctums) of Meenakshi and Sundaresvara gilded with gold

Because he worshipped Lord Shiva devoutly, the lord appeared in front of him and told Ravana that he was impressed by his devotion and would give Ravana any boon that he would ask