Saturday, 4 October 2008

Kolhapur Ambabai temple.







The Bhawani Mandap in Kolhapur holds the ancient and revered temple of Mahalakshmi, lovingly called as Ambabai.




Initially Built in the 7 th Century AD and then re built on several occasions especially by the Shilaharas of western India this temple of Black granite is trult beautiful. It has a wooden Mandap , perhaps built in the 18th century.




Pictures say it better than words and hence I put up some pictures of the Bhawani Mandap and the Ambabai temple.






2 comments:

Glennis said...

Very beautiful old temple, such intricate stone work. I have visited India, but not Goa.
Greetings from New Zealand.

R xennai said...

Thank you Glennis. There are many hidden treasures in India. We hope you will visit India again.