Monday, October 15, 2012

Navaneeta Krishna Temple, Dodda Malur.

The Navaneeta Krishna Temple which is part of Lord Aprameya Swamy Temple at Dodda Mallur is a very ancient temple and is known to be existing from 980 A.D.


This is on the North Western part of the main temple, where Lord Krishna is shown as a small kid. It is believed that Sage Vyasa did the Prathishta of this image. This is very unique temple where Lord Krishna is in crawling pose, holding his favorite butter in his right hand.


The tower of the temple is beautifully carved with various deities on it. The is a beautiful  sculpture of Krishna on a leaf. 


The temple is about 60 kms from Bangalore on the Bangalore - Mysore Highway. On the left side of the highway while driving from from Bangalore after Channapatna, there is a big arch leading to the temple.

28 comments:

  1. Classics! Absolutely!

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  2. Anonymous09:57

    Such beautiful ornaments on the temple.

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  3. Rajesh, your temple and the carvings are beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

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  4. Fantastic shots of the amazing temple.

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  5. So beautiful and such exquisite carvings!! Terrific captures for the day, Rajesh! Thanks for sharing! Have a great week!

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  6. Fantastic carvings!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  7. Charming and captivating !

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  8. It must have taken a lot of time and skill to make those carvings. Nice photos!

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  9. Hello Rajesh, I cannot even imagine something of this magnitude being built in such ancient times. Are those blossoming pink tres in the foreground?

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  10. Anonymous12:03

    How ornate and wonderful!

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  11. these are awesome architectures. thanks for sharing. mabuhay! :)

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  12. I heard about this temple, is it the one located in the Bangalore-Mysore highway?

    Beautiful captures!

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  13. Yes, beautiful temple, good catches.

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  14. The temple towers looks beautiful as well the sculptures!

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  15. another lovely structure

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  16. Beautiful shots, Rajesh.
    K

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  17. The age and artwork of your temples is just amazing.
    How they created them with such limited tools is hard to understand.

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  18. Stunning soaring temple

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  19. Kudos to those who designed those temples, they are beautiful!


    Rose, ABC Wednesday

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  20. Thank you all for appreciating the craftsmanship.

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  21. Amazing temple ~ excellent photography for ABC ~ (A Creative Harbor)

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  22. Beautiful! Such astonishing detail.

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  23. Beautiful statue of the Indian goddess :-) Dropping by from MYM

    http://travelercarmeldiana.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-yellow-private-plane-at-dahilayan.html

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  24. Thank you all for appreciating this temple.

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  25. You surely master the art of capturing!

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