Indian Ancient Temples

Chintpurni Temple  (One of the 51 shaktipeeth) Mata Chintpurni temple is an ancient Indian temple located in the Una district of Himachal Pradesh. It has its own importance. Chintpurni means the Goddess who removes anxiety, which is also called Chinnamastika. It means- A Goddess who is without the head. It is said that the holy feet of Devi Sati fell here. Chintpurni Mata is one of the among 51 others Shaktipeeth. According to the legend of 51 Shaktipeeth, Maa Durga was born as Sati and she was married to Lord Shiva as the daughter of king Prajapati Daksha. Prajapati Daksha didn’t like Lord Shiva. So, to revenge this insult, Sati’s father Raja Daksha organized a yajna. Where Lord Shiva was not invited. Seeing all this in front of all others, Sati felt very bad and she got burnt in Yajna. Then Lord Shiva took Devi Sati and start Tandav by seeing to stop all this, Lord Vishnu served the burning body of Sati into 51 pieces, So that Lord Shiva would calm and stop his Tandav. According ...

On a hill near Srinagar’s Dal Lake is a shrine dedicated to the Lord Shiva:  Shankaracharya Temple, one of the oldest temples in the region.  The temple as it is now is said to have been constructed around the year 800 AD, although its origins, strictly speaking, go back further than that.  In fact, various estimates have it that the first temple on this precise location was erected around 2000 BC. Shalimar Bagh of Srinagar The Shankaracharya Temple as it is now is very likely quite different from what it was back then, of course, and not just because of recent renovations done on it.  For something this literally ancient, dozens of repairs, renovations, and modifications would have  altered the original form into something else over the years, especially as rulers changed in the Kashmir and fresh architectural influences entered the region.  Several kings of the region have in fact been recorded as ordering repairs on the shrine, including Emperor Gopadity...