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MONUMENTS OF INDIA

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PLACES Andhra Pradesh Alampur

Somanathpur

Prasanna Chenna Kesava Temple (1268 A.D.). Vishnu as Narasimha (lion) Avtar (1528 A.D.), Stone Chariot (1521 A.D.), Sculpture on outer wall of Simhasan Hall in Palace (16th C A.D.)

MONUMENTS

HINDU

Vijayanagar

The Garuda Bramha temple (early 8th C A.D.) Bhadrakali temple The Mukhalingeswara temple (8th C A.D.) Ramappa temple Rameswaraswami temple (1528 A.D.) Venkateswara temple Thousand pillared temple

Hanamkonda Mukhalingam

Palampet Tadapatri Tirupati Warangal

Kerala Trivandrum

Padmanabha Temple (17th C A.D.)

Madhya Pradesh Dhar Gwalior Khajuraho

Assam Gauhati Tezpur

Lakshmi temple Teli-Ka-temple (C 750 A.D) Khandarya Mahadeva temple (C 1025-50 A.D.) Lakshminarayan temple

Umananda temple Shiva & Vishnu temples

Bihar Besnagar Deogarh

Orcchal

Maharashtra

Yakshi — in Indian Musuem (1st C B.C.) Vishnu reclining on the serpent Ananta (6th C), liberation of the elephant by Vishnu (6th C), Shiva as the great ascetic (Maha Yogi) (6th C). Vishnupad temple Yakshi (1st C A.D.) Surya (Sun) (12th C A.D.) Janaki temple

Kolhapur

Bronze group of elephants with riders (2nd C A.D.) Gondeswara Temple (11th C. A.D:)

Sinnar

Orissa Konarak

Gaya ' Patna Rajmahal Hills Sitamarhi Gujarat Dwarka Gimar (Juragarh) Himachal Pradesh Chamba (HP) Kangra (HP) Masrur Jammu & Kashmir Avantipur Jammu Marthand Modhera Sidhapur

Colossal horse Sun Temple, Colossal Ele- phant. (13th C) Markandeya Temple (11th C A.D.). Durga slaying the Demon Mahesha Vaital-Deul Temple, (about 800 A.D.) Temples (11th-19th C A. D.) Kali temple, Sita Devi temple Karaniji (Durga temple) Kirthi Stamba (12th C A.D.), temple (1450 A.D.) Indrani (9th C A.D.) Sun temple Brahma temple Palace (17th to 18th C A.D), Temple (17th C A.D.)

Bhuvaneshwar

Temple (18th C A.D.) Temple of Amba Mata Sun Temple (1026 A.D.) Rudrammal Temple (12th C. A.D.)

Puri (Orissa)

Rajasthan Amber Bikaner Chitor

Shiva and Vishnu temple Temple of Bajreshwari Devi Rock-cut Cave temples

Jaipur Osian

Pushkar Udaipur

The Avantiswami Temple (9th C A.D.) Raghunath temple

Sun Temple (8th C A.D.) Shankaracharya Temple Cave temple of goddess

Tamil Nadu Chidambaram Gangaikonda -cholapuram Kalugumalai Kanchipuram Kumbakonam Mahabalipuram Srirangam Tanjore

Srinagar Vaishno Devi

Nataraj temple (from 500 to 1700 A.D.)

Chola temples

Karnataka Aihole

Monolithic temple (9th C A.D.) Temple of Varadaraja Swamy (16th C A.D.) Vishnu temple (16th C A.D.)

Vishnu on Ananta — ceiling slab in temple (early 8th C A.D.) Vishnu Cave 111 (578 A.D.) Chenna Kesava temple (1117 A.D.); Danc- ing figure in Chenna Kesava Temple (1117 A.D.) Hoysaleswara temple (12th C A.D.) Pillar in Kashi Visveswara temple (1112 A.D.) Ratha (17th-18th C A.D.), Nandi (16th C A.D.) Virupaksha temple (8th C A.D.)

Badami Belur

Shiva temple Temple Car.

Dancing Shiva (13th C A. D.), Bronze mar- riage group of Siva and Parvati (early 11th C A.D.) Meenakshi temple (17th C A.D.) Dancing Shiva in the Great Temple (17th C A.D.) Bronze Parvathi (11th C A.D.) Bronze Par- vathi (17th C A.D.) Bronze Krishna (17th C A.D.)

Halebid

Madurai

Lakhundi

Madras

Mysore

Pattadakal