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Lepakshi
The
Lord Veerabhadra Temple in Lepakshi is renowned the world over as one
of the 1O8 Shaiva temples of India. It is a typical example of exquisite
Vijayanagara architecture.
The dance hall or the Natyamandapa is supported by 100 pillars finely
sculpted with figurines of dancing gods. From the middle of the
hall emerges a dome, twenty- one feet in height reminiscent of a
giant lotus reaching out to heaven.
The temple also houses a life-size figure of Veerabhadra, sculpted
in granite along with carvings of the giant Naga linga, the great
bull, the flying Gandharvas, Ganesha etc.
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