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Temples in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh has some of the most beautiful temples of South India. The language of the state, Telugu, considered to be one of the classical languages, is the one in which most devotional songs exist. A recent study by the Anthropological Survey of India has revealed that many Indians follow more than one religion. In most parts of India, Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism flourished at the same time (from the last few centuries of the pre-Christian era to the 10th-11th century AD). Thereafter, Islam also joined the three religions and the interactive culture, architecture and traditions became all the richer for it. Andhra Pradesh presents a wonderful opportunity to observe the sharing of religious spaces. The rise of both Buddhism and Jainism in Andhra desa, as in other parts of India, was marked by the many prayer houses they left behind, called differently as stupas and basadis. Muslim rulers built many new mosques and converted some temple complexes into mosques. Andhra has been able to preserve a wonderful form of Hinduism too. Many ancient Hindu texts have been translated into Telugu from Sanskrit since ancient times.


The Chalukyan, the Dravidian, the Nagara, and the Orissan styles of temple architecture can be seen in Andhra Pradesh. The Tirupati is the most visited pilgrim center and the richest temple. It is an ancient temple, which has the idol of the Lord Balaji or Venkatachalapati. The Sree Sailam temple is famous because it is one of the 12 jyotirlingas of Shiva. Sree Sailam is near Kurnool and has the idol of the Mallikarjun in an ancient style. It is believed that Adi Shankaracharya composed the Sivandalahiri in this temple. The Alampur Nava Brahma temple has 9 ancient temples were constructed from 7th century onwards. It is the gateway to Sree Sailam. They are dedicated to the Lord Shiva. The Drakashrama is famous for one of the Pancharama temples. According to the legends, the Shivalingam held by demon Tarak broke into 5 pieces and fell at 5 Pancharama kshetram. Simhachalan means 'hill of lion'. The southern Chola kings and Gangas of Orissa patronized this temple. The Sree Kalahasti temple is one of the Panchabhoota temples of Shiva. The idol in the temple is the Vayu Lingam. It represents wind out of the five essential elements Agni, Vayu, Aakash, Jalam and Prithvi.

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About Hinduism

Hinduism is a broad label and is difficult to define with any exactness, but it is used by scholars today to refer to the traditional religious beliefs of the people in India, both past and present. The term "hindu" itself means the inhabitants of the "land beyond the indus river," and was used by the invaliding Muslim armies of the 8th and 9th centuries who entered India from the northwest.

Hindi has no actual word for "religion" - Hinduism is not a compartmentalized belief system so much as it is a way of life. As a result, some argue that Hinduism isn't really a religion afterall. It is, however, more like a religion than anything else, but it is important to keep in mind that it isn't a "religion" just like Christianity or Judaism are religions.

It is because Hinduism has developed over the course of 3000 years that it is difficult to define, but scholars are able to distinguish several forms and stages. Among some of the categories are: Vedic Hinduism, Brahmanic Hinduism, Philosophical Hinduism, Devotional Hinduism, and Reformed Hinduism.

Most people regard Hinduism as polytheistic - an idea which is both true and false. It is true that Hinduism has polytheitic elements, but it also as monotheistic and atheistic elements as well. It is diffiicult to describe, but polytheism is simply one way for a person to look at Hinduism. The variety of deities provides people with a variety of ways to fulfill their spiritual needs. Some go further and regard all of the deities as merely aspects of a few, or perhaps of just one deity. Some fo further yet and regard it all as manifestations of a single, impersonal ground of being - not theistic at all. In the end, Hinduism is what one makes of it.

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