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Photo by कु.जयंतकुमार लक्ष्मी जिंदम | 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫📸 on August 29, 2026. May be an image of sculpture, temple, statue and text.
Photo by कु.जयंतकुमार लक्ष्मी जिंदम | 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫📸 on August 29, 2026. May be an image of text.
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Posted On: August 30th 2026, 04:28 am
This photograph captures a finely detailed, monolithic stone statue of 𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢—𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐥 and mount (vahana) of the Hindu deity Lord Shiva—seated inside a traditional stone temple mandapa (hall) of Virupaksha Temple at 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐤𝐤𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬.

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Comments (12)
onwaytocapture a month ago

onwaytocapture

Beautiful

doronmornoga a month ago

doronmornoga

❤️❤️❤️

aayushbahri a month ago

aayushbahri

all Earth was Sanatan even millions years before birth of Islam and Christianity, All temples of Sanatan are Wonders of Universe,, made with such nakashi that no technology in comming 1000 years can replicate it

lalroopak 2 months ago

lalroopak

Om namah shivaya 🔱☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️

kshe_thrangal 2 months ago
thecontemporarykabbalist 2 months ago
__kjayantjindam__ 2 months ago

__kjayantjindam__

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐞: Sculpted from smooth, dark stone (likely black granite or chlorite schist), the bull is depicted in a reclining, watchful posture with its head turned slightly to the right. It features sacred Tripundra (three horizontal white ash lines) marked across its body, head, and hump, emphasizing its Shaivite devotion. It wears decorative beaded garlands (rudraksha beads) around its neck. 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭: The sculpture is housed within a classical ancient/medieval Indian stone temple. Prominent features include intricately carved lathe-turned pillars, detailed stone beams, and ornamental ceiling friezes characteristic of Chalukyan or Hoysala temple architecture.

_vikrantshinde 2 months ago

_vikrantshinde

🙏😍

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