Guest guest Posted November 20, 1995 Report Share Posted November 20, 1995 thiruvaaay paadi (Mathura U.P) ayOdhya (UP) are hard to get good descriptions of, since the actual deity and temple described by the aazhvaars in 4000 are missing. Interestingly, in the early days of the British taking on power from the moghuls, south indian pligrims were shocked to find these temples missing. There was no VHP then. So they brought skilled artists and sculptors from Tamil hadu and built temples in the south indian style with a gopuram and everything, with the support of British (I suppose). That was about 200 years ago. I visited the one in Mathura 35 years ago. It felt like being in Tamil Nadu. A small agraharam and everything. The locals call it as "kOyil". saaligraamam (Nepal) is also hard to reach. One needs to go in groups. If anybody can write from first hand experience, it will be great. K. Srinivasan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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