Come to the land of South India and get enchanted by the great Indian temple tour. This is the place where you will find the best of temple architecture and the most fascinating sights that could ever dominate your memories. Visit the Meenakshi temple and go to the state of Tamil Nadu where you would have a great masterpiece of architectural elegance and beautiful monuments. This was constructed by the Pandyan King Kulasekara and the temple is testimony to many historical events of the past. The presiding deity is Lord Siva and this is the place where every devotee wishes to be there on a pilgrimage tour in India. The Nayaks renovated the entire place and the temple with its high enclosures is a great living legend of the past mythology of Indian origin. Meenakshi the Goddess and Shiva are seen seated in the sanctum sanctorum of the temple  [...] 

Come to the land of Dakor which was earlier a small area called Dankapur. Today it has changed into a major religious centre and a hub of commercial activity. There is a small temple here which is ensconced in a temple complex. This has grown around it. Today this is one of the Indian temples with a complex in a square format. There are four gates which come through the walls at basic points of cardinal directions. There are many storerooms and offices which are found around the temple area. The main temple is on a platform which is built in the style of medieval temples. Lord Ranchodraiji is another form of Lord Vishnu. The deity is found to have four arms. He is shown to have a lotus, conch, discus and also the mace in all hands. The Lord here is a famous and most worshipped lord. He is more worshipped than the Dwarkadhish deity – Krishna.  [...] 

Yes if you are a true Lord Ganesha devotee then surely you wouldn’t miss to visit the DagduSheth Ganpati temple in Pune. The oldest of such temples that exists since the year 1893. It is situated very near the Shaniwarwada which is in the centre of the city of Pune. It was a sweet maker or a halwai in Hindi called DagduSheth who got this temple constructed. He lost his son in the outbreak of plague and he became very depressed and so was his wife. His spiritual Guru advised h him to makes small Ganesha idols and Shree Datta Maharaj idols and take care of them like they were his children. This sweet maker made his first Ganesha idol. His good friend was Lokmanya Balgangadhar Tilak who was then involved with the Indian independence movement. This was sometime in the late 18th century. He decided to make this festival of Ganesha Chaturthi a  [...] 

Whenever you think of Mumbai, you think of Goddess Lakshmi. Kolhapur in Maharasthra is famous for one such Mahalaxmi temple. This Mahalaxmi temple Kolhapur is famous as one of the Shakti peethas that are situated across the county. According to the Indian puranas there are around 108 Shakti peethas that are found across India. This is where Shakti or the Goddess of power is felt. Amongst all these temples, the Mahalaxmi temple Kolhapur is a great temple and belongs to the Karveer area. This Karveer is the present day Kolhapur and is of great significance. It is a place where you can get both fulfilled and also enlightened. This is an ultimate area for salvation and also is an extremely revered spot for Hindus. The place is more important for Hindus than even Uttar Kashi which is held as the place where one prays to Goddess Mahalaxmi. It is  [...] 

Do come to Udipi in the state of Karnataka in India and get to see the best of the seven pilgrim spots. Many pious devotes here are seen to crowd the entire place and throng in large numbers. All of them come here to catch a glimpse of Lord Krishna. This temple has the unique feature and that is that the Lord is worshipped only through a window. This window has nine holes and they are called the Navagraha Kitiki. There is lot of carving work on the window and these are also plated with silver. There is a tradition in this temple of worshipping the Lord only thought a window, so the temple is very famous and intriguing. The Udipi Shri Krishna Mutt is a popular place of pilgrimage for many Hindus. It is a temple that is dedicated to the Indian god Krishna. The entire math area almost calms frayed nerves and senses. This temple is believed to  [...] 

Come to the land of Shegaon and see the Shri Gajanan Maharaj who is a saint of the Hindus. Shegaon is a town in the district of Buldhana in the state of Maharashtra. He is believed to be the three incarnations of the Lord Datta Guru. The other two incarnations are the Shri Sai Baba shirdi and the other guru Shri Swami Samarth, Akalkot. In the year 1878, Shri Gajanan Maharaj was noticed in the region of Shegaon. People have apparently benefited a lot because of his simplicity, spiritual strength and knowledge. He had the cause of mankind in mind and attained Mahasamadhi in the year 1910 at this land of Shegaon. Today Shri Gajanan Maharaj has more than 30 million followers who come here to worship him. Thus this small town in the tehsil of Khamgaon is very popular an famous for the Samadhi of this great saint Shri Gajanan Maharaj who is a mystical  [...] 

If you are fascinated abut visiting temples and want to visit a Jain temple then do visit the Jain temple at Pawapuri. Located in state of Bihar, this place is around 87kilometres from the city of Patna. Located on the railway line of Bakhtiarpur Ranger, this is a place which is visited by many who want to feel the ambience of a Jain temple. Some 2600 years back, this was the main portion of the kingdom of Magadha. It was then called the Madyama Pawa or the Pawapuri. There was a King called Ajatshatru who was the son of a king called Shrenik. King Shrenik was a great disciple of Lord Mahavira who was the Magadha king then. When Ajatshatru started ruling the kingdom, then the king of Pawapuri was King Hastipal. Then Lord Mahavira came to this place of Pawapuri and stayed in the Rajikshala of King Hastipal. Thus the land of Pawapuri is very  [...] 

Come to the temples in Tamil Nadu and enjoy the beauty that it exudes as you walk through this place. Here you would find the best temple made of granite and has the best kind of Chola architecture around. This is a great example of the grandeur exuded during the time of Raja Raja Chola I. Today a UNESCO world Heritage site this is a living example of the temples that have come alive from the Chola era. Also known as Peruvudaiyar temple this is the most prized structure in Tamil Nadu. Today located amongst a lot of walls that are fortified has a beautiful tower and the vimana is around 216 feet high. This is tallest tower in the whole world. There is a lovely structure on top and the tip of the temple is a pot which is called the Kumbham. An idol of Nandi is there as we enter the Brihadeeswara temple and this is around 16 feet in length and  [...] 

India, the land of temples is India the land of pilgrimage in the eastern part of the country too. Visit the Jagannath Puri temple at Puri in the Orissa state on the coastal side of eastern India. This is a huge temple and can be reached from Kolkata and Bhubaneswar. In fact, the temple is one of the Golden Triangle of Orissa, with Bhubaneswar and Konark forming the other two temple destinations of the triangle. Many come here in large numbers to have a glimpse of their favourite Lord. The state of Orissa is famous for its cult of Jagannath. This led to the increase of Jagannath temples in the state. Puri is a very old temple which has the Lord Krishna as the presiding deity. Jagannath here is in wooden form and the images of Balabhadra his brother and Subhadra, Lord Krishna’s sister are also found. Rig Veda of Indian scriptures in fact  [...] 

Situated in the small town of Kancheepuram in the state of Tamil Nadu lies a beautiful place called Mahabalipuram. This is the place which was earlier a port during the reign of the Pallavas. It lies around 60 km from the city of Chennai. Mammalapuram was the name it had earlier and today it is known as Mahabalipuram. It is said that it was king Narasimhavarman I who gave it the name of Mahabalipuram after the epithet Maha Malla meaning the great wrestler. Wrestling was the favourite Pallavas sport. Today it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. There are many burial urns, jars and cairn circles that have been found near this place. There are Chinese coins and coins from Rome that have been found here revealing a past trade activity here. There are two Pallava coins reading Srihari and Srinidhi.  Mahabalipuram actually signifies the city of Bali.  [...]