HINDU TEMPLES: sacred pillars, dvaja stamba, sacrifice altar: bali pitha
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Dvaja stambha/ oil lamp of the Manjunatha temple, Mangalore, Karnataka. 6AA29


Dvaja stambha, Kacchabesvara temple, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu. LN30.


Entrance of the chaitya, with Hindu temple (right) and "lion pillar" (left). Karla, Maharashtra. LAQ22



Silver dvaja stambha inside the main hall of the temple, Vaitishvaran Koil, TN. LN29.


Dvaja stambha/ oil lamp of the Manjunatha temple, Mangalore, Karnataka. 6AA30



Sacrifice altar, bali pitha, Temple of the planets, Suryanarkoil, TN. LN31.


Pillar covered with oil lamps, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh. LBG04



Bali pitha (sacrificial altar), Jalagandishvara temple, Vellore, TN. LJ37


Dvaja stambha, Nandi and bali pitha,Vaidyeshwara temple, Talakkad, KA. LAP22.


Dvaja stambha of the Jogi Mutt, Mangalore, Karnataka. LAB28


Dvaja stambha/ oil lamp of the Manjunatha temple, Mangalore, Karnataka. LAB27


Pillar of the Karapuranathar temple, Uttaracholapuram, TN. LAP46


Dvaja stambha of the Jogi Mutt, Mangalore, Karnataka. 6AA21



Entrance, sacred pillar and dvaja stambha of the Jain temple in Mudabiri, KA . LAE31.


Gomateshvara statue in his Jain temple, Karakala, KA, with dvaja stambha . LY21.


Relief at the base of the Brahma Pillar, Jain Gomateshvara temple, Karakala, KA. LY23.


The dvaja stambha with cloth and darbha grass during the the annual brahmotsava. Ekambareshvara temple, Kanchipuram, TN. LM41


Brahma on top of the Brahma Pillar, Jain Gomateshvara temple, Karakala. LY22.


Top of the dvaja stambha with cloth during the the annual brahmotsava.Ekambareshvara temple, Kanchipuram, TN. LM38



Sacred pillar in the courtyard of a Vishnu temple. Penunkonda, Karnataka. LAE19


Courtyard of the Airvateshvara temple, with shrine to Nandi and bali pitha, Kanchipuram, TN. LN07.


Sacred pillar. Sanchi, MP. LBE11



Worship of a sacred pillar. Sanchi, MP. LBE12


Nandi shrine, with Nandi on top of a pillar, Nandi, Karnataka. LAD49


Sacred pillar in a Ganesha temple, Pullaiyar village, TN. LL30


Top of the dvaja stambha with cloth during the the annual brahmotsava.Ekambareshvara temple, Kanchipuram, TN. LM37


Sacred pillar in a Goddess temple, Kanchipuram, TN. LZ35

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