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https://renghaholidays.com/packages/country/India The Khajuraho Group of Monuments is a group of Hindu temples and Jain temples in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, India, about 175 kilometres southeast of Jhansi. They are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The temples are famous for their nagara-style architectural symbolism and their erotic sculptures. www.renghaholidays.com

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Brihadishvara Temple, is a Shaivite Hindu temple built in a Chola architectural style located on the south bank of the Cauvery river in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the largest Hindu temples and an exemplar of Tamil architecture. Built by Chola emperor Rajaraja I between 1003 and 1010 CE, the temple is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the "Great Living Chola Temples".

Brihadishvara Temple, is a Shaivite Hindu temple built in a Chola architectural style located on the south bank of the Cauvery river in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the largest Hindu temples and an exemplar of Tamil architecture. Built by Chola emperor Rajaraja I between 1003 and 1010 CE, the temple is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the "Great Living Chola Temples".

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Modhera Sun Temple Check out the three main shrines positioned on the three sides of the kund , dedicated to Ganesh and Vishnu and an image of Lord Shiva dancing the ' tandav ' facing the temple of the sun which covers the fourth side .

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The Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangam, Tiruchirapalli is one of the most illustrious temples in the country dedicated to Lord Vishnu. #DidYouKnow - The inscriptions found from the temple throw significant light on the historical, cultural and economic detail of over a period of a thousand years.

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South Indian temples are famous for the Dravidian style and Vijayanagara style architecture that is grandeur, tall, and consists primarily of pyramids-like

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an intricately carved temple with people standing in the foreground and clouds in the background

is one of the earliest centres of art in Tamil lands credited to the Pallava dynasty, that later paves way for development of the Southern Indian style (Dravida) temple architecture. The shore temple, constructed around 700 C.E. at Mamallapuram, an UNESCO World Heritage Site is an example of the sheer precision of the stone cutters and the masons and is one of the earliest structural temple to be erected in the area.

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