Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Mallikarjuna temple -Pankajannahally


Beautiful village Pankajannahally near to KB cross it’s about 14 km south of Chikkanayakanahalli and has a Mallikarjuna temple of large proportions. It is a structure of Dravidian style and has a Garbhagriha, a Shukanasi, a Pradakshina-patha, a Navaranga, a Porch, a Prakara, a Nandimantapa with a tower, a Mahadwara and Balistamba. The Linga in this temple is a conglomeration of pebbles and is said to represent 101 Lingas. The Mahadwara and its doorways are well-executed.

3 comments:

Ashok said...

Nice picks.. Vast Temple... Seems to be beautiful place...

prasad said...

Hi Rakesh Its my village temple. Thanks for posting it in your blog.This temple needs attention from the visitors . Temlple is actually a chola kings contribution and its very beautiful.Come once again.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for this post :)