Thursday, August 28, 2008

Birla Mandir (Hyderabad)


The Temple is built entirely with White marble on a hillock, over looking the Hussain Sagar. A rich blend of Khajaraho & Indian Bodh Gaya of North and Raja Gopuram & Garudalaya of South indian architecture ,Birla temple is sheer peotry in stone. The tower over the main shrine of Venkateswara called the Jagadananda vimanam is built in the Orissan style while the towers over the shrines of the consorts are built in the South indian style. The brassflagstaff rises to a height of 42 feet.

The granite image of the presiding deity is about 11 feet tall and a carved lotus forms an umbrella for this image. There are several carvings in marble,in the adjoining mukha mandapam - depicting scenes from Indian mythology.

The temple is floodlit at nights A few yards away from the temple are Birla Planetarium, India's most modern planetarium and the Birla Science Museum, a tribute to the advances made in science and Technology, since the dawn of civilization

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