More than 125 temples are scattered around this village. It was a famous place for education along with Kanchipuram in South India during Chalukyas. It is said that every year 500 temple architects learned in this place.
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| The Sun God Temple also known as Durg (Fort Wall) Temple - 7th Century - Side View: Believed to be the inspiration for Indian Parliament House |
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| The Durg Temple - Back View: Resembles a Buddhist Stupa |
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| The Durg Temple: The Entrance Pillar - Shows a drunk woman, her man holding her, a dog eating her vomit and her two friends holding the alcohol pots - To remind ppl that alcohol is prohibited in temple premises |
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| The Durg Temple - The doorway - On left side Yamuna on Turtle and on right side Ganga on Crocodile are carved - To purify the ppl when they enter the temple - Above Garuda is carved since it was a symbol of Chalukyas |
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| The Adhisesha |
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| Lord Shiva |
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| Mahisasura mardini - It is said that she got all the powers of Shiva,Vishnu and Brahma to kill the demon - So on left side hands you can see Tirisul, Chakra and Lotus to represent it |
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| The Cottage Temple |
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| Left Side(far): The oldest temple in Aihole, built in 3rd century - Right side(near): built in 5th century |
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| Earlier this temple was used as a meeting place for traders and later modified into a shiva temple. The lookalikes of wooden logs on the roof are made in stone. |
