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Location: The fort is located in the heart of Vellore City, TamilNadu. About: The fort is built by the Vijayanagara Kings.  One of the monuments of Vellore is the fort and its exact date of construction could not be established, in the absence of proper records. A very close...

Location: It is located in the city of Tiruchirapalli, which is in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. History: Trichy continued to be in their possession until the decline of the empire, after which it became a Vijayanagara stronghold. In the mid 14th century, the region was under...

Located at Mahabalipuram, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal in Kancheepuram district, the temple ‘Varaha Cave Temple’ is a rock-cut temple. Like other historical monuments in the Mahabalipuram, this monument dates back to its seventh century, situated on...

As it lies on the shore of the Bay of Bengal, it’s called as the Shore Temple. It dates to the 8th century AD built with many block of granite. It is one of the most memorable temple and based on the architectural style the temple is called as a structural temple. The Shore...

Let me narrate you two stories, Arjuna, one of the Pandava brothers, in the great epic Mahabaratha performs severe austerities so that he could get his hands on Lord Shiva’s weapon. This gets more interesting as the lore says, one could obtain enough power to overcome even...

What shall i talk proudly about? Whether the architecture style (Indian rock-cut) ? Or about the Pallavas who were the brains for this kind of sculpture without any precedent in Indian architecture ? Let me help you with name ‘Pancha Rathas’; Ratha in Oriya means...