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Lost Shiva Temple Buried in Sand Discovered by Local Villagers
HeritageDaily ^
| June 18, 2020
| unattributed
Posted on 06/20/2020 9:32:27 AM PDT by 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at heritagedaily.com ...
TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; hindu; india; kotiteertham; mukhamantapam; nageshwara; nageswaraswamy; nelloredistrict; pennariver; sangamsivalayam; shiva
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posted on
06/20/2020 9:32:27 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
Now that is a Raiders of the Lost Ark kind of place
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posted on
06/20/2020 9:35:45 AM PDT
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2banana
(Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
To: SunkenCiv
sweet! now the muslims can blow it up, or the BLM rioters can tear it down!
To: 2banana
Shiva, the Lord of the dance.
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posted on
06/20/2020 9:40:04 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
06/20/2020 9:40:26 AM PDT
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\/\/ayne
(I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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I think this was in the second Indiana Jones picture.
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posted on
06/20/2020 9:40:43 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
06/20/2020 9:42:47 AM PDT
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mowowie
To: mowowie
Also cool that they did a lot of work by hand to uncover this part.
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posted on
06/20/2020 9:43:38 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
I am become Shiva, destroyer of worlds...
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posted on
06/20/2020 9:46:36 AM PDT
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EEGator
To: SunkenCiv
A giant pressure washer should do the trick.
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posted on
06/20/2020 9:47:19 AM PDT
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Revel
To: SunkenCiv
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.
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posted on
06/20/2020 9:48:41 AM PDT
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Savage Beast
(President Trump, praying for guidance, giving his salary to charity, is on the Side of the Angels.)
To: SunkenCiv
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!
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06/20/2020 9:49:18 AM PDT
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dp0622
(The very future of tihe Republic is at stake. We now know dems will do ANYTHING to win.)
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06/20/2020 9:52:14 AM PDT
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EEGator
To: Savage Beast
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06/20/2020 9:52:58 AM PDT
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EEGator
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
06/20/2020 9:55:25 AM PDT
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\/\/ayne
(I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
To: Savage Beast
Wow, they’re kinda hard on lust and desire...
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06/20/2020 9:57:36 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: \/\/ayne
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posted on
06/20/2020 9:59:15 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Revel
Heh... I do wonder if the temples were buried with people inside.
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06/20/2020 10:00:03 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: dp0622
That's weird, shiva only takes seven days...
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06/20/2020 10:02:18 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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