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“I am Shakti, as well as Shiva. I am everything male and female, light and dark, flesh and spirit": History of Shivalinga at Tongaji Temple, Nagoya, Japan, a Buddhist temple of the Sōtō Zen sect located in Nagoya, originally built in 1532 by Oda Nobuyuki
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Visvakarma, the Divine Architect of Hinduism is called Bishukatsuma as the God of Carpenters
"Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again": Athi Varadaraja, an incarnation of Vishnu is the original Vigraha of Varadaraja Perumal Temple preserved in an underground chamber of temple tank and is brought out once every 40yrs
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Anticipating trouble in 1688, the main idol of Perumal was secretly shifted to Udayarpalayam
"Restoration & hope is available each time you turn to Sanatan": Besakih Mandir on slopes of Mount Agung in Eastern Bali is largest, holiest & important temple of Hinduism in Indonesia for history of its culture, archeology, architecture, social & economy
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Because of its significant religious practice and the hundreds, if not thousands, of temples that dot the island, Bali has been dubbed the “island of the gods.”
"Whenever Sanatan restores something, it restores it to a place greater than it was before": India restoring-renovating Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia because our civilization is not limited to India but is spread across countries ~ MEA Jaishankar
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There is a very special connection between Ayodhya and Korea, whose people want to be associated with the developments in Ayodhya, he said
“A lifetime of glory is worth a moment of pain”: 17th-century Bansilalpet Stepwell at Secunderabad restored its glory after remaining dumping ground for decades, more than 2000 tonnes of garbage was removed to let fresh water gushing from deep below
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Around 2,000 tonnes of garbage & debris accumulated over past four decades removed; Sewerage and drinking water lines realigned
"There is no knife that cuts so sharply and with such poisoned blade as treachery": Vishnu temple of Malai Mandala Perumal in Tamil Nadu has been encroached by Muslims who have turned the place into an Islamic place of worship because of neglect of HRCE
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Recently locals noticed Muslims frequenting the temple property and cleared the vegetation to rediscover the mandapams
"Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye": Divine vegetarian Crocodile Babiya who guarded Sri Anantapuram Lake Temple in Kasaragod of Kerala for the last 70+ years passed away
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Legend says that in 1945, a British officer shot at a crocodile in the temple and within days Babiya appeared in the temple pond. She was completely vegetarian
"सत्यमेवेश्वरो लोके सत्यं पद्माश्रिता सदा, सत्यमूलानि सर्वाणि सत्यान्नास्ति परं पदम्": Indian archaeologists found a treasure — ancient and historic caves, temples, Buddhist structures, sculptures, coins and water bodies etc in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve
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During a major exploration of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, an ASI team found 26 temples, 26 caves, two monasteries, two votive stupas, 24 inscriptions, 46 sculptures, other scattered remains and 19 water structures
"To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter": Temple vandalizing is so common in Islamic countries that the construction of Hindu temples in a Muslim-dominated UAE has led Islamists and leftists into utter shock & liberal cabal crying like goats
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You see, these Islamists start running short of words whenever the demolition of temples in the neighbouring countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh is reported
"Vision looks upward and becomes faith": Pavagadh Shakti Peeth redeveloped and reclaimed after shifting dargah built atop it, 'shikhar dhwaj’ after 500 years symbolizes that centuries pass by, generations go by, but faith remains unshakeable
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This ‘shikhar dhwaj’ is not just a symbol of our faith, it is a symbol that centuries pass by, generations go by, but faith remains unshakeable