Lost Shiva Temple Buried in Sand Discovered by Local Villagers

HeritageDaily ^ | June 18, 2020 | unattributed

[SunkenCiv]

Villagers from the Perumallapadu village in the Pradesh's Nellore district of India have unearthed the 300-year-old Temple of Nageswara Swamy on the banks of the Penna River.

The temple became buried around 1850 when the village became submerged due to flooding. This caused the village to relocate and the resulting build-up of sand dunes in the vicinity swallowed the temple.

Due to Covid-19 lockdown, villagers who had heard tales from their elders about a lost temple decided to try and locate it themselves.

The temple is a brick-built temple dedicated to the Hindu deity, Lord Nageshwara (Shiva) and was built around 300 years ago along with the Kotiteertham temple and Sangam Sivalayam temple. Much of the temple complex remains buried, with only the Mukha Mantapam and some of the outlining buildings exposed.

The officials of the Archaeology and Endowments departments have announced that they plan to carry out works to further excavate and restore the temple, whilst respecting the sentiments of the villagers.

[SunkenCiv]

[2banana]

Now that is a Raiders of the Lost Ark kind of place

[TexasFreeper2009]

sweet! now the muslims can blow it up, or the BLM rioters can tear it down!

[cloudmountain]

Shiva, the Lord of the dance.

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[SunkenCiv]

I think this was in the second Indiana Jones picture.

[mowowie]

That’s really cool

[SunkenCiv]

Also cool that they did a lot of work by hand to uncover this part.

[EEGator]

I am become Shiva, destroyer of worlds...

[Revel]

A giant pressure washer should do the trick.

[Savage Beast]

It was in the New Temple of Shiva in Varanasi, India, seated on the stone floor in the lotus position in deep contemplation, that I saw before me, carved in English and Sanscrit on the beautiful stone walls, the following lines:

There is no fire like lust.
There is no trap like hate.
There is no web like illusion.
There is no river like desire.

[dp0622]

I lost my Shiva once for two months.

Girlfriend was in a bad mood the whole time.

So hold onto your Shivas so you don’t lose them!

[EEGator]

:)

[EEGator]

I like that.

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[SunkenCiv]

Wow, they’re kinda hard on lust and desire...

[SunkenCiv]

Thx.

[SunkenCiv]

Heh... I do wonder if the temples were buried with people inside.

[SunkenCiv]

That's weird, shiva only takes seven days...