Magnificent Temples of India

, Tiruvananthapuram, Kerala
 
The best part of the temple is the the huge idol of Lord Vishnu sleeping over the snake is turning into gold(it weighs almost 700 kg)! It is believed that when Mahmud of Ghazni invaded India in the middle ages, the people of the then kingdom invented a black coating which would not wear out even by the strongest chemicals. They coated the large idol with this so that the plunderers wont come to know that its made up of gold. they were unable to remove the coating after the invaders left. But recently, in the past 10 yrs or so the coating is finally wearing out little by little.
 
 
 
 

Sri Virupaksha Temple, Hampi, Karnataka
 
 
 

 
Sri Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh
 
 
 
 

Sri Gokarnanatheshwara Temple, Mangalore, Karnataka 
 
 
 
 

Sri Ramanathaswamy Temple Corridor, Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu
   

 
 

Sri Ranganathaswamy Kovil ( Temple ), Srirangam (Near Trichy), Tamil Nadu
 
 
 
 

 
Arulmigu Meenakshi Sundareswarar ThiruKovil, Madurai , Tamil Nadu
 
 
 
 

Shore Temple, Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu
 

 
 

Arulmigu Arunachaleswarar Temple , Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu
 
 
 
 

Brihadeeshwar temple, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.
 
The Gopuram of this Temple does not cast any Shadow. Also the Vimaanam( top of the gopuram) of this temple is made of one Single Stone.
 
 
 
 

Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu 
 
 
 
 

Sree Seetha Ramachandra Swamivari Temple, Bhadrachalam, Andhra Pradesh
 
 
 
 

Sri Kalahastheshwara Temple, Kalahasti, Andhra Pradesh
 
The Only Hindu Temple in the world which is opened even during Lunar and Solar Eclipses as the Graha Doshas do not effect this Temple .
   
 

Kanchi Kamakshi Amman Temple, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu
 
 
 
 

Arulmigu Sarangapani Temple - Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu
 
 
 
 

Tiruchendur Sri Subrahmanya Swami Devasthanam, Tiruchendur, Tamil Nadu
 

  
    

  
 
Sri Sharadamba Temple, Sringeri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri (101 kms from Mangalore), Karnataka
 

 
 

Sri Hoysaleshvara Temple, Halebidu (Near Hassan), Karnataka
 

 
 
 

Sri Chennakesava Temple , Belur (Near Hassan), Karnataka
 
  
  
  

  
  
 
  
  
 
Chamundeswari Temple , Chamundi Hills, Mysore , Karnataka
 
 
 
 

Sri Krishna Mutt/Temple, Udupi (60 kms from Mangalore), Karnataka.