Nanjangud - Temple Photo

Photographer’s Note

Nanjangud, a holy place, described as Garalapuri, is famous because of the huge Nanjundeswara or Srikanteswara temple. It is believed that sage Gauthama stayed here for some times and installed a Linga, the idol form of Shiva. Nanjangud is also known as 'Dakshina Kashi' or Varanasi of the South.

The notable temple and place of pilgrimage at Nanjangud is the Nanjundeswara temple, one of the huge temples of Karnataka. It has grown in the course of 1,000 years, beginning from the Ganga times till the 19th century. There are many cells with Lingas enshrined in them. There are 122 images in the vast prakara or enclosure. There is a vast pillared mantapa inside. The temple has many bronzes Uthsava (procession) idols and a good number of vahanas (carriages) used on different festivals.

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sway (360) 2005-08-31 3:35

Wow a beautiful temple.
NIce shot.
Clear crisp focus.
:)

vijay76 (18) 2005-08-31 12:58

beautiful picture archana. The pic looks a bit slanted i'd straighten up using photoshop or you can use picasa (another photoshop like program from google, much simpler and can be downloaded for free).

Valentia (1522) 2005-09-05 18:38

I agree with Vijay and would straighten the lines. It is a beautiful picture though. The warm, golden colours are comforting and the architecture is unique. I'm not sure if I would go with the border.

Danny

rajhema (1865) 2005-09-10 11:57

Archana, What a fabulous capture. you have post processed wonderfully. One cannot redo such an architecture. Fantastic capture. It needs a little tilt. And I wonder why it got only 4 points before me. I would give all that I can. May I suggest 2 things,
a) critique others as much as possible and invite a person called "oochappan".
b) try to add this into a theme so others will have an opportunity to see this.

Such a beautiful scene should be left unseen

sun_web (667) 2006-05-20 20:27

Hi Archana,
Beautiful shot except for the tilt. Good clarity and excellent details. See the workshop where I tried to correct the tilt.
~ Sunil

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