Bhoga Nandeeshwara Temple at Nandi

The Bhoga Nandeeshwara temple in Nandi village is one of the oldest temples in Karnataka dating back to the ninth century. The temple hewn out of rock consists of two complexes. While the first complex houses three deities, the second complex consists of a huge and majestic kalyani pond. The foundation of the temple was constructed by the Banas of ninth century. The Chola rulers of the 11th century constructed the roof of the temple. The marriage hall was built by the Hoysalas in the thirteenth century and a wall of the second complex was built by the Vijayanagar kings. (Source)

Recently during a friend's wedding, I could click some photographs of this temple.

The wheels made of stones. In the past these were used for the chariots I guess.

It takes skill to create gods. Certainly!

And when they are created...

Wonder who was in need of these stone made umbrellas. Carvings are just wonderful.

The stone made umbrella inside the main temple.

The top of the umbrella.

Ugra Narasimha on one of the pillars.

Pillars and Colors.

Pillars inside the main temple of Bhoga Nandeeshwara.

A mantap at the north-west corner of the 1st complex.

Snake gods and the red hibiscus.

Pillars at the marriage hall complex

Entry to the huge Kalyani

Mantap inside the huge marriage hall.

The gorgeous kalyani

Pillars and the reflection

Illumination in sleep

from here to eternity

Angles and Shadows

 (C) Srikanth Parthasarathy, 2011

Thank you

Tweet

almost there

Tweet

...under construction

Ah! I could finally visit the site to check on the progress. All seem to be working fine as of today. But more of what is to be done is still a challenge.

Construction workers from Andhra Pradesh at the Site

Aerial view of the building under construction (South-west corner)

This particular visit was very helpful in getting a lot of clarity on several issues. Be it the community support, or  understanding medical facilities in the surrounding villages, availability of doctors and volunteers. We also visited the nearest PHC at Muddenahalli and interacted with the duty doctor. Perhaps! I think we are moving in the right side of the history. And may be we can hope for some good breakthrough. 

Read more about Chere here.

...more excitements to follow 

Tweet

chere

and it begins...
like an oasis amidst desert
like a rain in summer
like a new leaf on a old tree
like a new life on a new planet
like a flower blooming out of thorns
like completely new and unknown
like a road to heaven
like love

this year... for many more years!



Photographs by Manjunath Thimmapura.


for more details click here.


Srik

Tweet