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| Side Gopura |
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| Side view of the temple |
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| Main deity JadeJanardhana |
Quite a peaceful place, currently known as Palya, is a small village situated on the banks of two rivers chakra theertha and Shanka theertha( believed the river gets the name from the Shubaangas of Lord vishu's shanka and chakra), surrounded by a cover of thick green lands, paddy fields, arecanut and coconut farms, smaller traditional tiled village houses and dense forest. Temple to Lord Shree LakshmiJanadradhanaswamy is located on the plain high fields of these rivers.
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| Stone emboss of Bala Krishna |
History of the temple: It is said that, the temple has an history of 1200 years. It is also believed as "Padmavathipura" , which gets its name over goddess Padmavathi's penance and history says that Lord Indra worshiped Shree LakshmiJanardhana here,so the place was called "IndraPrastaPuri" to.
History of the place: Demon Vintanka penances to Lord Rameshwara and receives a boon of not getting killed by any creature or any living being or by any god or goddess, or even by the greats lords Thrimurthi's and wildly lived strongly, forbidding, people accessing out of the village and to the temple, torturing and troubling them. People helplessly pray to p Goddess Padmavathi. Looking at the situation Goddess Padmavathi's penance to Lord Bramha, Lord Vishnu and Lord Maheshwara, requesting them to incarnate in one form to kill the demon Vitanka. The lord incarantes and slays the demon Vitanka in one form of Bramha, vishnu and Maheshwara, with the Chakra. The Mula Murthi(Main Deity) or Pooja Murthi bares all characteristic features of threemurthi's, which consists of Threat( janivara) and Kopina to say Bramha, Shanka and Chakra of Vishnu and Jade or plated hair of Lord Maheswara.
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| Temple Campus |
Temple is built using hard stone in an area of 2 acres. Wall and pedestals are kept simple, a couple of embossed sculptures can be seen in few corners. Temple and deities have stronger influence of Ramanujachara from the 11th and the 12th century. The temple is dedicated to the Vaishnavas. Other deities of Lord Hanumantha, Vigneshawara, Krishna from the 15th century can be seen in the temples campus.
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| Temple Campus |
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| Designs are made using a propositional mixture of jaggery and limestone. |
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| Lord Vishnu with Lakshmi on his Lap. Right(guru Ramanujacharya) left (Shankaracharya) |
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| Disciples of Ramanujacharaya |
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| Disciples of Ramanujacharaya |
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| Emboss on the temple wall. Dancing BalaKrishna |
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| VenuGopala |
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| Temple Campus |
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| Embossed image of a lady |
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| Embossed image of Lord Krishna |
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| Embossed image of Sri Rama slaying Demon Maricha |
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| Ravan as Saint(stonewall Emboss) |
Currently the temple is under renovation.
