Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Hiriyangadi

Hiriyangadi is a hamlet of Karkala town in the state of Karnataka. The place is associated with Jainism from the ancient times.



Two interesting structures of interest to people who love exploring India are Neminatha Basadi  and Manastambha.



Karkala as we all know important Jainism center.



Other important Jainism centre close by is Moodbidri.

19 comments:

betty-NZ said...

What an interesting looking place. I love all the identical columns.

Klara said...

Nice shots.

Jeevan said...

Beautiful capture on structures and interesting architectures! Liked the pillars in the first image

genie said...

These old structures o=look so much more open that so many of the ones you share with us. A very interesting contrast.

Light and Voices said...

I really like you taking photographs of these historical places. Thank you for this lovely post.
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rupam sarma said...

Awesome place, Great pics

Alok singhal said...

Quite a calm place...beautiful too!

Villrose said...

Nice columns!

Barb said...

Rajesh, I these are amazing stone structures. I like the carved elephants.

Photo Cache said...

I wonder if they let you just sit inside.

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Al said...

Nice - those have such a different architecture than most of what you post.

Rat said...

interesting.. nice clicks.
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Indrani said...

I have never been to this place. Great sights framed.

Anonymous said...

How gorgeous.

Anonymous said...

nice design :)

Easwar Arumugam said...

Amazing stone structures. Well build

Saumy Nagayach said...

Seems to be an amazing place to be!

Unknown said...

Beautiful symmetry!!

Yogi Saraswat said...

Beautiful Architect !!