HINDU TEMPLE: memorial shrines, samadhi
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Village guardian (memorial to a hero), TN. LAE09
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Sanctum of a saint of the Jogi Mutt, Mangalore, KA. 6AA25



Snake-stones after worship, Kacchabesvara temple, Kanchipuram, TN. LL48.
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Sanctum of a saint of the Jogimutt, above the caves of the Pandavas, Mangalore, KA. 6AA19


Snake-stones after worship. LAD45.
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Snake-stone shrine near the Nandi temple, Basavangudi, Bangalore, KA. 12AA18.
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Snakes guarding the entrance of a memorial temple, Vijayanagar, KA. LAD35


Women worshipping snake-stones, Kacchabesvara temple. LM03.



Sanctums of the saints of the Jogi Mutt, Mangalore, KA. LAB29



Snake-stone shrine near the Nandi temple, Basavangudi, Bangalore, KA. 12AA11.


Tevar woman praying at the shrine of a family saint, Sengottai, TN. LAX38.



Samadhis (Jain graves), next to the Gomateshvara temple, Karakala, KA. LY26.



Coiled snake around footprints in a memorial temple, Vijayanagar. LAD36


Shrine of a Tevar family saint, Sengottai, TN. LAE05.



Snake-stone shrine near the Nandi temple, Basavangudi, Bangalore, KA. 12AA09.
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Snake-stone shrine near the Nandi temple, Basavangudi, Bangalore, KA. 12AA16.

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