Temples of Hampi Virupaksha Temple Virupaksha Temple is located in Hampi 350 km from Bangalore‚ in the state of Karnataka in southern India. It is part of the Group of Monuments at Hampi‚ designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Virupaksha is a form of Shiva and has other temples dedicated to him‚ notably at the Group of Monuments at Pattadakal‚ another World Heritage Site. Hampi sits on the banks of the Tungabhadra River in the ruins of the ancient city of Vijayanagar‚ capital of the Vijayanagara
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Word Count: 727 Saving the New Jerusalem According to Eric O. Jacobsen’s article “Waiting for Jerusalem”‚ “claiming our cities for Christ” means: “spreading God’s word in certain geographical areas through preaching the gospel and spiritual warfare” (1). This idea of “claiming our cities for Christ” is meant to help spread the good news of the lord and keep certain cities God like. There are however three different problems to this. The first problem with this approach is that it doesn’t seem
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Written Analysis and Communication-I Assignment – I Case Analysis “Bhavnath Temple” Submitted On: Submitted By: 16-07-2010 Arpit Dangayach Section-A Roll No. 101114 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The problem is government’s dilemma to go with lower or higher reservoir capacity. Government’s objective is to provide economic development. It wants to increase agricultural production and generate higher revenues. Option 1
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Kedarnath Temple in Himalayas One of the holiest pilgrimages for the Hindus‚ Kedarnath Temple Jyotirlinga is located in the picturesque surroundings of Rudra Himalaya Range at a height of 12000 feet on a mountain named Kedar. Near Kedarnath is the source of the river Mandakini that joins Alakananda at Rudraprayag. This place is approximately 150 miles away from Hardwar and 132 miles north of Hrishikesh and is accessible by foot. The temple at Kedarnath enshrining the Jyotirlingam of Shiva
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THE TEMPLE OF VESTA The round temple is called Temple of Vesta. It was built in the I century B.C. In the Middle Ages the Temple of Vesta became a church dedicated to Santa Maria della Rotonda. The Vestal Virgins were priestesses who had to guard the sacre “fire of the family” because it always had to remain on. THE TEMPLE OF SYBIL The rectangular temple is called Temple of Sybil. It was built in the II century B.C. In the Middle Ages the Temple of Sybil became a church dedicated to St
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Hatshepsut’s Temple Hatshepsut’s temple is located beneath the cliffs of the Deir el Bahari on the west bank of the Nile River near the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. It is known as one of the most beautiful of the royal mortuary temples in the world due to its design and artwork. Designed by Senemut‚ in 15th century b.c. ‚ the temple was constructed for Queen Hatshepsut. She was the first female pharaoh. The temple was built to honor her achievements during her rule and also to serve as her
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The layout and architecture of the Temple of Heaven is filled with symbolism. According to symbolic tradition‚ Heaven is round and the earth is square. Therefore‚ all of the buildings in the temple complex are round in shape‚ while their retaining walls and the axis are square. The surrounding walls of the complex also reflect these traditions. The southern side of the wall is square and the northern is round. The emperor would enter the temple complex from the south and this would symbolize his
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General overview: The temple of Anemospilia is a rather unique find‚ not only for its size but for its location and the way it is built. Most agree that it was most definitely destroyed by an earthquake and resulting fire; some say the earthquake was a result of an eruption by the nearby volcano Thera. When J. Sakellarakis excavated the site in 1979‚ he found three bodies‚ along with many pots‚ pans‚ food items and jars. Most temples of that time in Crete were built with labyrinthine-like walls
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By‚ Pankaj Kumar Nanda History of Art‚ 1st SEM INTRODUCTION The three centuries that followed the advent of stone as the fabric of construction of temples of vimana type in south and prasada type of north in India‚ witnessed remarkable strides in architecture and sculpture with the almost simultaneous collation and codification of the Vastu‚ Silpa and Agama canons‚ as developed and systematised by different guilds and schools of ‘Silpacharyas’ or Perum-tachchhars and the religions creeds that
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Emergence: Labeled Autistic By: Temple Grandin and Margaret M. Scariano Temple Grandin is one of the world’s leading experts in the design and construction of livestock handling facilities. Temple is also a recovered autistic. Throughout her life‚ Temple experienced much physical‚ emotional‚ and psychological pain because of her condition. An individual with autism is looked upon as helpless‚ but‚ with much determination‚ Temple Grandin proved to be all but helpless. Temple Grandin was born in 1947 to
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