A visit to Sourthen India.....Nandi bull,Mahabalipurami........

The “Bull Temple” is found in Bangalore the resources of Karnataka. The nandi is gratefull as Shiva’s grow in this temple on the similar stage as the Vishvanath Temple. It is also called “Nandi temple”.The temple has a huge bull (4.6 metres tall), fixed out of a single boulder. It is a Sculptural masterpiece. In Kannada, Basava means bull, which gives the name Basayanagudi to the area. The temple has a giant bull (4.6 metres tall), impressed out of a single stone. It is a sculptural masterpiece.It faces the shiva temple. A statue of Nandi the bull of Shiva is inside flanked at the support with statues of God Surya and diety Candra on their chariots drawn by horses. Non Hindus are not permitted in the holy placeThe temple is active always with some ceremony or additional going on. On weekends there are musicians who are performing at the temple.

MAHABALIPURAM

My son and daughter at temple

.Mahabalipuram - Mahabalipuram is a small, quiet seaside resort with a unique 7th century Shore Temple, a lovely beach and some of the most beautiful rock cut temples in the world. Situated on the shore of the Bay of Bengal, Mahabalipuram was already a famous seaport in the 1st century AD. This, town was a workshop for temple building. Visit the seven pagoda style shore temples, lashed by the waves of the sea and the seven rathas or temple chariots, a group of monolithic monuments & animal figures carved out of solid rock, the earliest known examples of

Dravidian architecture. They were constructed in a single century long burst of creative enthusiasm, starting in the reign of Narasimhavarman 1 (AD 63068). End the visit by photography of the beautiful Shore temples at sunset.