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ajuraho Temple in Madhya Pradesh

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Khajuraho Temple in Madhya Pradesh

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Kandariya mahadev temple, Madhya Pradesh

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Shore Temple, Mahaballipuram , Tamilnadu built at the end of the 8th century by the Pallava king Rajasimha Narasimhavarman II.

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Sun Temple, Konark. Konark is a combination of two words - Kona means corner and Arka means sun. Built in the 13th century AD by

King Narasimha Deva

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Sun Temple, Konark

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Virupaksha Temple, Pattadakal, Karnataka

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Lakshmi Temple, Doddagaddavalli, Hassan District,

Karnataka

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Keshava Temple, Somnathpur, Karnataka

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Durga Temple In Aihole, Karnataka

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Lord Jagganath Temple, Puri, Orissa

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Badami Cave Temples, Badami In Karnataka

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Lingaraj Temple, Bhubaneshwar

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Sri Ekambaranathar Temple, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu

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Bhoganandeeshwara temple, Nandi hills, Chikkaballpur, Karnataka

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Brihadeeswara Temple, Tamilnadu. The temple had its foundations laid out by the Tamil emperor Arulmozhivarman, popularly called Rajaraja Chola I,in 1002 CE , as the first of the great Tamil Chola building projects. The temple was built by Rajaraja Chola, one of the greatest Tamil emperors to grace the throne of the Chola empire

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Somanth Temple, Gujarath. Shree Somnath is first among the twelve Aadi Jyotirlings of India

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Brahma Temple, Rajasthan. The temple is believed to be 2000 years old. It has a distinct red pinnacle (shikhara) and a hamsa bird motif. The temple sanctum sanctorum holds the central images of Brahma and his second consort Gayatri.

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Baijnath Temple, Himachal Pradesh. It is famous for its 13th century temple dedicated to Siva as Vaidyanath, ‘the Lord of physicians’.

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Palitana Temples, Gujarath. The main temple on top of the hill, is dedicated to 1st tirthankar lord Adinath . On the top the Shatrunjai Hill is a cluster of Jain temples, built by generations of Jains over a period of 900 years, from the 11th century onwards.

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he Harihareshwara Temple at Harihar in Karnataka state was built in c. 1223–1224 CE by Polalva, a commander and minister of the Hoysala Empire King Vira Narasimha II.

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Omkareshwar is a Hindu temple in the Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh state in India. It is on an island called Mandhata or Shivapuri in the Narmada river. It is one of the 12 rivered Jyotirlinga shrines of Shiva.