Monday 26 June 2017

Sri Chandikeswarar Temple in Hampi Ruins, Hampi, Karnataka.

..... a continuation post to Sri Udanna Virabhadrarar temple 
 19th June 2017.
This temple and is very near to Sri Uadanna Veerabhadra temple dedicated to Chandikeswarar facing east. Originally this was dedicated Vishnu called Thiruvengalanatha. The sanctum sanctorum consists of sanctum, antarala, maha mandapa and mukha mandapa.  We could see lot of vaishnava related reliefs on the pillars like Hanuman, Garuda, Balakrishna, Kamadhenu, Srinivasa, Vamana, Yashoda churning milk etc,. There is a petam with Garuda's relief in the sanctum. The super structure of the sanctum was built with brick and stucco images of Vaishnava. Thayar sannidhi is on the north west corner. A Pillared cloister runs round the two sannadhis.  Then how this temple was called as Chandikeswarar Temple, do not know.


A Rishabam is sitting in the mandapam and a Shiva Lingam also installed in one of the sannadhi. There is an Ambal sannidhi built at a latter stage is on the left side of the moolavar sannadhi.


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 Sanctum View from bottom 



 Sanctum


Muka mandapam
...... to be continued Zannana Enclosure
---OM SHIVAYA NAMA---

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