[#TeamIndia] || A Temple Made In a Single Stone ||by @raghava01

[raghava01]

[#TeamIndia] A temple made in a single stone

Mahadev Temple , Tambdisurla , Goa

Hello everyone,

This post is about a temple, which is carved in a single stone in 13th century A.D. This is one of the famous temples for tourism in India. This temple is located in the deep forest with eco-friendly environment, which is full of trees and plants with good breeze. During the rainy season, if you visit here, you can also see different types of: plants, birds, sounds of birds, new verity of insects etc. in the forest. Even elephants will come here, during the summer season in search of water. This temple is very near to a natural water stream, amidst many tourist attractions like waterfall, historic temples, etc.

DETAILS:

This temple is facing towards east, and stands on a strong base. Inside it has a stone sculpture of Nandi – The Vahana of Lord Shiva (The vehicle of Lord Shiva).The temple has three entrances in the north, south and east. The raw material used to make this temple is a soft stone known as “chloritic schist”. Minute and Detailed carvings are easily possible in this soft stone.

HISTORICAL DETAILS FROM SAINTS:

We had a long chat with the senior saint in this Temple. He explained to us that this Temple is built in the style of “Kadamba” (ancient royal family of Karnataka) They ruled Karnataka and some nearby region between 345 to 525 CE .This Temple is dedicated to Lord Siva by “Kadamba” dynasty in 13th century A.D. This is the only Temple built in “Kadamba” Architectural designs and preserved till now. He spoke a lot about this Temple because this Temple is built out of a single stone.

CARVINGS:

The temple has four pillars; these pillars have beautiful carvings like rosettes and others designs. The ceiling is decorated with carved lotus flowers. In the eastern pillar you can see an elephant crushing a horse. As I have already said this temple has three entrances all these entrance are very beautifully decorated on all sides with many designs.The wall of the inner temple is carved with sculptures like Gods (Lord Siva, Ganesh, Narayanan, Vishnu, Brahma, Bhairava), Goddesses (Parvathi, Saraswati, Gajalakshmi), etc…

SIMILAR TO:

This temple has remarkable resemblances with Kalleshwar Temple at Balambid and Jain Temple at Belgaum in Karnataka. All these temples have plain walls without a special statue with two tiered ‘Shikhara’.

OTHER HISTORICAL DETAILS:

This temple reflects the later Chalukyan and Hoysala Architectural features and represents faith through the presence of deities. This temple is dedicated to Lord Siva. This is a unique place in Goa. All these Architectural designs and sculptures is to 13th century A.D.

LOCATION:

Near Bhagwan Mahaveer Wildlife sanctuary Sanguem, Surla, Goa .

Latitude and Longitude: 15.4390873, 74.2526852

TRANSPORT:

BUS: from bolkarne to Tambdisurla it takes 17 minutes . Bolkarne is the nearest place which is having bus transport facilities to reach this temple

BIKE OR CAR: the total distance from bolkarne to Tambdisurla is 7.7 km it take around 20 minutes to travel from Bolkarne.

WALK: from Bolkarne it take 1:30 minutes to reach this temple

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[Selvamani_R]

**Hi @raghava01 **

Really Amazing post. Hat’s off’ to you .

In the cover photo, #Team India Logo, concepts by @ermest and collobrated by our Mentor @TravellerG names correctly used by you.

It’s new that at Goa there’s a Temple made upon a single stone during 13 century AD is a news for me, because Goa is meant for only Beach and resorts.

Your content, narration and Photo’s are awesome @raghava01 .

Definitely it has to be visited by all. The photos in all directions you have shared is a beautiful one.

I thought why you have used captions for narrating for photo 3, since at the entrance there is a display board written the history in cap’s only. It’s cool.

Thanks for sharing your valuable post @raghava01 .

[NareshDarji]

Wow… Such a wonderful place to go @raghava01 I’ve never heard about this place before the reading your post. Thanks for sharing this historic place with us.

Thanks for writing great post for #TeamIndia.

[C_T]

Outstanding information @raghava01

[TravellerG]

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[raghava01]

@TravellerG sir, thankyou your valuable comments.

[955HIRO]

@raghava01

good evening. Thank you for posting beautiful photos. Every photo feels beautifully resonating. I felt relaxed when I looked at your photos. Thank you very much. Regard

[TravellerG]

hello dear & loving @Selvamani_R

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Somehow, I liked the Photos No4, 9 & 10…

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[AbdullahAM]

Thank you for tagging me @TravellerG

I thing it’s a very rare temple made by a single stone, It’s a wonderful design. Thank you for sharing with us @raghava01 @

[sonnyNg]

Hi @raghava01 ,

Thanks for sharing with us!

This is a really valuable site, that from the post, I understood that it is really being well preserved. I would like to visit it, hopefully one day!

Kudos for the extra attention to many details, as the post is really pleasant to read through, as well as to keep being informative, for this I would like to mention @TravellerG , for providing us really helpful examples. : ]

I will give a little input on the category of the post, however, as it would be changed to Travel, as the regarded section is much closer to the main subject.

[BorrisS]

Hello @raghava01 ,

Thank you for sharing all these details and great photos with us. It’s the first time that I hear about this particular temple.

It’s fascinating how a temple is built of a single stone! However, I remember reading a long time ago that there are several such temples, built out of a single stone. Am I right?

[Cecilita]

Nice post @raghava01 !

I have some questions for you… This temple is used nowadays? What you can find inside it?

Regards!

Cecilia

[raghava01]

@Cecilita thankyou for your comments .

1. This temple is used nowadays as tourist attraction and a place of worship.

2. Inside this temple there will be a “Nandi” (Vahana of Lord Siva) . Inside this temple where “Nandi” is kept, we visitors are not supposed to take photography . So, i was unable take photography and upload here.

[Gurukrishnapriya]

Hi @raghava01

Thanks for posting about this Temple. It is great to know that this structure is built from a single stone. The carvings are beautiful. Your pictures are simply superb. In the 3rd picture is the tree emerging from between the mandapam or is it back of the mandap.

TeamIndia is doing great.

[raghava01]

@Gurukrishnapriya . thankyou ma’am for comment . The tree is out side the temple but in photo it looks like it is inside the temple.

[TravellerG]

Thanks for inspiring new comers, dear @sonnyNg

A part of my time, I am trying to dedicate couple of hours a week to promote our LG community; I basically feel happy with the results, although I am feeling the pinch of the time.

Thank you very much for your sincere supports,

regards

[TravellerG]

Thank you dear @AbdullahAM , for supporting our @raghava01 , who is a talented LG.

Regards

[ErmesT]

Thank you for your tag @raghava01

this post is simply amazing. One building made by a single stone? This is really surprising, the human capacity can reach great peaks indeed,

Thank you #TeamIndia for participating to the #TeamChallenge

[TravellerG]

You are extremely right dear @BorrisS …

There are many Single Stone Temples, in different parts of South India; but, most of them do have Daily Rituals / Pooja.

To my surprise, in this temple there is Daily Pooja & Annual festival & all…

Hope you got the point,

Thanks for your involvement

Regards

[HiroyukiTakisawa]

Hello, @raghava01

Thank you for introducing this!
I have never seen that. But it looks very historical and having a good story. Interesting!

I’m looking forward to reading your next post from now on.