Important Shiva tempels of India | 25 Temples important for SSC, UPSC and BANKING examination's

Hallo friends welcome to all of you in today's blog we are going to discuss some important temples of India which are helpful for your competitive examination's ,I have made a quick revision blue print for saving your precious time like Style of the temple, Architecture of the temple, Chief diety, Festival related to that particular temple and geographical location of the temple wherever I think necessary .Please make a note of it if you want detail discussion visit to our you tube channel 

1 Konark Sun Temple ( Odisha) 

*Black Pagoda 

*Black granite 

*Narsimdev 1st 

*World heritage site 

2 Jagannath Temple ( Odisha)  

*Kalinga architecture 

*Puri district 

*Rath yatra 

*Chandan yatra 

3 Lingraj temple 

* 11th century 

*Lord Shiva 

*King Jajati keshri of Soma Vansh 

*Red Stone 

4 Ramnathaswamy Temple ( Tamil Nadu) 

*Shiva 

*Rameswaram island 

*One of 12 Jyotirling

*Dravidian architecture 

5 Meenakshi Temple ( Tamil Nadu) 

*Other name = Meenakshi Amma, Meenakshi Sundareshwar temple 

*Bank of Vagai river 

*Dedicated to Meenakshi a form of Parwati and Sundareshwar a form of Shiva 

6 Ranganathswamy tempel ( Tamil Nadu) 

*Location = Srirangam Tiruchirapalli 

* Dravidian architecture 

*Ranganath = Vishnu 

*Ranganayki = Lakshmi 

*Vaikunth ekadashi 

7 Brihadeshwara tempel ( Tamil Nadu) 

*Shiva 

*Kaveri river bank thanjaur 

*Raja Raj chola 1

*Completed in 1010AD

*Dravidian architecture 

*Mahashivratri

*UNESCO world heritage site 

*Also known as Meru of south 

8 Rajgopalaswamy temple ( Tamil Nadu) 

*Location = Tiruvarur district, Town = Mannargudi 

*Dravidian architecture 

*Rajgopalaswamy a form of lord Krishna 

9 Natraj temple ( Tamil Nadu) 

*Chidambaram Natraj temple 

*Thilai Natraj tempel

*Natraj = Shiva 

*Cuddalore District 

*Cholas 

*Dravidian architecture 

10 Viashno Devi temple ( Jammu and Kashmir) 

*Also known as Mata Rani 

*Trikuta 

*Vaishnavi 

*Navratri and Durga pooja 

*Cave temple 

11 Amarnath cave temple ( Jammu and Kashmir) 

*Anantnag district at Pahalgam 

*Shiva 

12 Khajuraho temple ( Madhya Pradesh) 

*Group of temples in Chhatarpur district 

*UNESCO world heritage site 

*Nagara style architecture 

13 Sanchi Stupa ( Madhya Pradesh) 

*Sanchi town of Raisen district 

*Buddhist architecture 

*Construction started 3rd Century BC

14 Lord Venkateshwara Temple ( Andhra Pradesh) 

*Tirumala town at Tirupati in Chittore district 

*Venkateshwara = Vishnu 

*Festival's = Brahmotsava, Vaikunth ekadashi, Ratha saptami.

*Dravidian architecture 

15 Vishwanath tempel ( Varansi) 

*Shiva 

*One of 12 Jyotirling 

*Vishweshwara means = Ruler of the universe 

*Creater = Maharani Ahilya bai Holkar 

*Completed in 1780

16 Somnath temple (Gujarat) 

*District = Gir Somnath 

*Somnath = Shiva 

*Festival = Mahashivratri 

*Present structure = 1951 

17 Dwarkadish temple (Gujarat) 

*Jagat mandir 

*Krishna 

*Janmastami

*72 pillers with 2000-2200 years old estimated by ASI 

* It is Pustimarg temple because it follow the guideline and rituals of Vallabhacharya and Vithlesnath

18 Padnabhaswamy temple ( Kerala) 

*Maha Vishnu

*Thiruvananthpuram

*Fusion of Kerala and Tamil architecture 

19 Virupaksha temple (Karnatka) 

*Located in Hampi in the Ballari district of Karnatka 

*Shiva tempel

*UNESCO world heritage site 

*Built by Lakkan Dandesha under the ruler Deva ray 2nd 

20 Gomteshwara temple (Karnatka) 

*17 m high monolithic statue 

*Located on Vindyagiri at shravanbelgola 

*Jainism 

*Bahubali 

*Location Hassan district Karnatka 

21 Ranakpur temple ( Rajasthan )

*Jain temple 

*Rishabnath

*Pali district 

*Creater = Darna Shah 

22 Siddhivinayak temple ( Mumbai Maharashtra) 

*Ganesha 

*Creater Laxman Vithu and Deubai Patil 

*Completed in 19th November 1801

23 Golden temple (Punjab) 

*Harmindar sahid 

*Sikhism 

24 Badrinath temple ( Uttarkhand) 

*Chamoli district 

*Badrinath = Vishnu 

*Creater = Adi Shankara 

* Open between End of April to beginning of November 

25 Yamunotri temple ( Uttarkhand) 

*Uttarkashi district 

*Goddess Yamuna 

*Creater = Maharani Gularia of Jaipur 

*Completed in 19th century 

One of char dham temple 

1 Badrinath 

2 Kedarnath

3 Gangotri 

4Yamunotri 

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