Temples in India

I know I have received more India postcards than an average Postcrosser does ;) but don’t hate me yet, because Seetas is just too nice to me!! :D I have said before that Chat Noir was on rank #2 of my postcards contributors, and if you’re wondering who sent me the MOST postcards hence sit on #1 in the ranking… it’s SEETAS!!!!!!!! XD Well, that was from last count in end 2007.. I have received 29 postcards from Seetas all these years, and that’s not a small number, especially she has sent them all individually stamped… resulting from tags and swaps and lottery. I am so lucky!! Well, enough of my brags, here are some amazing historical temples in India…

Temple 1. Located in Ranakpuri, Rajashtan. This temple is dedicated to the Jainism, one of the oldest religions originated from India, and this temple dates back to early of 15th century. Today, it has 4 million followers in India, as well as Indian communities in other countries.

Temple 2. Located in Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh. Maheshwar is a picturesque town renowned for its temples and bathing ghats. Ghats are stairs/steps leading to a body of water like rivers or lakes, which can be regularly found in India… and one of them is here at this temple, of course :)

Temple 3. This Khajuraho temples are famous for its architecture and exotic sculptures. There used to be 80 temples but now only 22 remain preserved. This particular sculptures belong to Kandariya Mahadeva temple of Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh. It dates back to the 10th century and has been listed as one of UNESCO World Heritages sites.

Temple 4. This one reminds me to one Hindu temple gate in Kuala Lumpur, but only much bigger and taller! Plus, see in this picture, there’s ANOTHER tower(?) or structure at the back! Yes, these are towers, as said in the card, belong to Madurai’s Meenakshi Temple in Tamil Nadu. “Gopurams” is Tamil for the tower at the temple entrance.

Temple 5. This is rather a “new” tample compared to many other temples in India.. This is Birla Mandir in New Delhi, dedicated to the Hindu God Vishnu. It was built in 1933 – 1939.