Temples of Magnficient INDIA

Dakshineswar Kali Temple, Dakshineswar (near Kolkata), West Bengal Kedarnath temple, Kedarnath, Uttarakhand  Lord Kalabhairaveshwara Temple , Adichunchanagiri Math (95 Km from Bangalore ), Karnataka  Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Temple , Dharmasthala (75 kms from Mangalore), Karnataka  Sri Krishna Temple , Guruvayur, Kerala  Sri Shantadurga temple, Ponda, Goa  Suchindram Temple , Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu..  Sri Madhuru Madananteshwara Siddivinayaka Temple , Madhur (50 kms from Mangalore), Kerala  Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Thiruvananthapuram, 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 km 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.  Murudeshwara Temple , Murudeshwar (165 km from Mangalore), Karnataka.  Lepakshi Temple Hindupur AP