14TH CENTURY NARASINGH TEMPLE FOUND
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14th century Narasimha temple found
Special Correspondent
The Hindu
Feb. 8, 2010
This is one of the many such temples (about 15 of them) in and around
the cantonment
it has Jaya-Vijaya statues buried about 10 feet below ground
Photo: T. vijaya kumar.
http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/08/images/2010020853140501.jpg
Heritage monument: Fourteenth century Narasimha Swamy temple found at
the foothill of Kondaveedu Fort in Guntur district on Sunday. --
GUNTUR: A Vaishnavaite temple of Narasimhaswamy was found on Sunday
by Puttakota villagers in the valley close to Mahadwaram of
cantonment of erstwhile Reddi kings of Kondaveedu.
While the main deity is missing, the architecture of the temple
suggests it was one of those from the early days of Reddi kings (1325
AD) establishing their capital at Kondaveedu and lived at the
foothill and built some Vaishnavaite and Shaivaite temples for their
religious purposes. This is one of the many such temples (about 15 of
them) in and around the cantonment built by the kings, who ruled from
this place and stayed there for more than 100 years.
The village president K. Anka Rao who visited the spot along with
Kondaveedu Development Committee convener K. Siva Reddy said that
this temple was not visible all these days due to the thick growth of
trees. A roofed temple, like some on the hill-top, it has Jaya,
Vijaya statues buried about 10 feet below ground.
Variety of rocks
Statues of the Dwarapalaks found at the place have been kept securely
at that place and the Department of State Archeology Assistant
Director E. Sivanagi Reddy has been informed of the new found
treasure and they would take further action to protect it. Built with
red stone, it is believed to be red granite as written in the history
books on Kondaveedu, while these range of hills forming part of
Eastern Ghats, constitute Charnockites variety of rocks.
Charnockite suite or series are a group of igneous rocks, variably
metamorphosed of wide distribution and great importance in India, Sri
Lanka, Madagascar and Africa. The name was given by Dr T. H. Holland
from the fact that the tombstone of Job Charnock, the founder of
Calcutta, is made of a block of this rock, said Professor of Geology
in Hindu College A. Subrahmanyam.
A museum displaying the history and archeology of Reddi kings needs
to be set up on top of the hill said, Mr. Subhrahmanyam and to
attract academicians and researchers on geological aspects of the
rock formations and earth in this region, a geological museum
integrated into the proposed one would serve a good purpose, he
added.
http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/08/stories/2010020853140500.htm
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this:
"On a tiny island of Micronesia lies one of archaeology great
mysteries -- the ruins of the ancient canal city of Nan Madol (500
CE), home of 1,000 royal and elite islanders. It is built of uncut
stones weighing up to 50 tons on artificial islets bearing
residences, meeting houses, a palace, tombs, temples, baths and
artificial ponds. Basalt columns laid end-to-end extend half a mile
into the lagoon. Twelve vertical columns found planted 2,100 feet
below the ocean's surface may be man-made. Nan Madol disappeared in
the 17th century. According to archaeologist Prof. Ayres (University
of Oregon) the intricacy of the design suggests external cultural
influence, probably from Asia. This may give weight to the theory
that Hinduism once flourished deep into the Pacific, as far as
Hawaii." - Hinduism Today, December, 1992.
I first posted the above in 1993; it brought protest from those who
still believe that Hawaii was "found" by Polynesians.
About 5,000 Bharatiya folks currently live in Hawaii, the 50th state of the US.
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
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In article <4b777b00$0$12427$bbae...@news.suddenlink.net>,
"harmony" <a...@hotmail.com> posted:
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> nice, very nice.
> Dr. Jai Maharaj posted: