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Xa kuziwa kuma-temples ase-India asezantsi, urhulumente waseTamil Nadu ulawulwa nemifanekiso yayo yamandulo, eninzi ye-Dravidian yobuciko, eninzi imifanekiso eqingqiweyo ebonakalayo kwi- gopuram (iindonga). Ezi tempile, ezibonisa ezinye zeeNkcubeko ezinkulu zeItempile, ziyi-backbone zesiCamil. Nanku apho ufumana khona iitempile zaseNdiya ezisemzantsi. Zininzi zale ndawo zingaphandle kwethempeli elilodwa, ngoko jonga ngeenxa zonke!

• 01 ngo-10

  Madurai, Tamil Nadu

  I-Madurai yakudala yaseTamil Nadu yindlu yeyona nto itempile kwaye ibaluleke kakhulu eNdiya-eNtabeni yaseMeenakshi. Ukuba ubona itempile enye yase-Indiya, le tempile kufuneka ibe yinto. Izakhiwo zetempile ziquka iihektare eziyi-15, kwaye zinemitambo engu-4 500 kunye neendonga ezili-12 - zikhulu! Into emangalisa ngayo yonke imifanekiso yayo. Usuku lwe- Chithirai lweentsuku ezili-12, olubonisa umtshato osezulwini oxoxwayo nonkulunkulukazi wetempile, ubanjelwe eMadurai ngo-Apreli ngamnye ngonyaka. Esi siKhokelo soTyelelo seTempile seMeenakshi sinolwazi olungakumbi.

• 02 ngo 10

  ITanjavur (Tanjore), Tamil Nadu

  I-Thanjavur yavela njengenqaba yenkcubeko yaseTamam ngekhulu leshumi elinanye, kunye neChola King Raja Raja I kwisikhululo. I-Cholas yakha iithempeli ezingaphezu kwe-70 eThandvvur, kunye neyona ndawo evelele yindlu ye-Brihadeswara (eyaziwayo njengeTempile Elikhulu). Ukubaluleka kwayo kuboniswa yi nyaniso yokuba ngoku i-UNESCO yeGugu leHlabathi. Ithempeli, eliguqula iminyaka eyi-1 ubudala ngonyaka ka-2010, liwuphawu lomandla ongafanelanga kunye namandla e-Cholas. Kwakhona enye yeetempileni ezindala kunazo zonke ezinikezelwe eNkosini Shiva eIndiya. Yakhiwe kuphela ngaphandle kwelitye, i-dome yayo iphakama ibe ngaphezu kweemitha ezingama-60, kwaye inqanaba ejikeleze i-sanctum ihlotshwe nge-flacoes ye-Chola.

• 03 ngo 10

  Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu

  I dolophu yaseKumbakonam, ephakathi kweyure langasentla-mpuma yeTanjore, ineetempile ezili-18! Yindawo enhle kakhulu yokwakha itempile. Ukuba unayo ixesha lokubona ezimbalwa, iThempeli laseSarangapani (elizinikele kwiNkosi Lord Vishnu) lona lincomekisayo kakhulu, elinomfanekiso wecala ehamba ngeenqwelo zehashe. Nangona kunjalo, ngasentshonalanga yeKumbakonam uza kufumana indlu ye-12 ye-Airatesvara yekhulu le-12. Ithempeli EliyiNtlaba EliyiKhola Liyaziwayo ngenxa yobugcisa balo beetempile, ngokukodwa imifanekiso eqingqiweyo yamatye. Incinci kunetempile enkulu yaseTanjore, kunye neGangaikonda Cholapuram Temple (enye itempile yaseChola Shiva ifanele ukutyelela kufuphi), kodwa inkcazelo ibaluleke ngakumbi.

• 04 we-10

  Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu

  Eyaziwa ngokuba yi "City of Thousand Temples", i-Kanchipuram ayidumi nje ngokuba yindumiso ye-silk yayo ehlukile. Efumaneka malunga neeyure ezingama-2 kumzantsi-ntshona weChennai , kwindlela ehamba phambili eya eBhanada , kwakuyakuba yinkunzi yendlu yobukhosi yasePallava. Namhlanje, i-100 kuphela okanye itempileni ihlala, ininzi yayo ibe nobuhle bobugcisa obuyingqayizivele. Ukuhlukahluka kweetempile kubaluleke kakhulu. Kukho zombini iThemnu kunye neTishnu, ezakhiwe ngabalawuli abahlukahlukeneyo (i-Cholas, i-Vijayanagar ookumkani, amaSulumane kunye nabaseBrithani bagweba le nxalenye yaseTamil Nadu) elowo lulungiselela ukuyila.

• 05 we-10

  Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu

  Isakhiwo esikhethekileyo kwiTempile yaseRamanathaswamy eRameshwaram yindlela yokumangalisa ehamba phambili, ebonwa njengowona omde kunayo yonke eIndiya, ibeka umgama wayo. Imigca ebonakalayo engapheliyo yeentsika eziqingqiweyo zinefestile engummiselo. Itempile ihlala kumamitha angama-100 ukusuka elwandle (uAgni Theertham) kunye nabahambiyo bahlamba apho kuqala, ngaphambi kokuba bangene ngaphakathi etempileni baze bahlambe emithonjeni yayo engama-22. Amanzi acingelwa ukuba angcwele kwaye ahlambuluke engqondweni nasemzimbeni. I-Rameshwaram, ehlala kwisiqithi esincinci kwisiqithi se-Peninsula yaseNdiya, inendawo ekhethekileyo kwiingoma zamaHindu njengokuba iNkosi uRama yakha ibhulorho elwandle ukuze ihlangule uSita kwiintambo zeedemon eRavana, eSri Lanka.

• 06 ngo 10

  Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu

  I-Chidambaram isuka kwindlela yokutyelela abantu kunye neentloko apho ziya kutyelela iNtaraj yayo, ezinikele eNkosini Shiva eyenza umdaniso we-cosmic. Ithempeli la mandulo liyinto engavamile kuba ilandela izithethe zeVedic, ezibekwa yi-sage Patanjali, ngokungafani nezinye iitempile zaseShiva eTamil Nadu ezinemigangatho ye-agamic esekelwe kwizibhalo zesiSanskrit. Iimveli zeVedic zisekelwe emlilweni, kwaye igna (umnikelo wokutshiswa komlilo) wenziwa njalo ekuseni njengenxalenye ye-puja kwi-Kanaka Sabha (iHolo yeHolide). Abangewona amaHindu bayayibona. Yiya khona malunga ne-8: 00. Abafundisi beetempile, ababizwa ngokuba yiPodu Dikshitars, bathiwa bathatyathwa kwindlu yokuhlala yeNkosi Shiva nguPatanjali ngokwakhe! Ama- mangrov e-Photosvaram asondeleyo enza uhambo oluthatha umdla.

• 07 ngo 10

  Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu

  Ithempeli laseArunachaleswar lihleli phantsi kweNtaba yaseArunachala engcwele eTiruvannamalai, malunga neeyure ezingama-4 kumzantsi-ntshona weChennai. Enye enye itempile enkulu, eneendonga ezilisithoba kunye neentendelezo ezintathu zangaphakathi, kwaye iNkosi uShiva inqulwa apho njengenxalenye yomlilo. Iifilimi zihlambelela kwidolophu nganye inyanga epheleleyo, ukuhamba ngeenxa zonke entabeni. Izikhumbuzo ezininzi kunye nama- sadhus (amadoda angamaHindu) kwaye anokufumaneka kwindlela. Kanye ngonyaka, ngethuba lomkhosi weKarthikai Deepam kwinyanga ephakathi kukaNovemba noDisemba, umlilo omkhulu uvutha phezulu kwentaba kwaye iyatshisa iintsuku. Loo dolophu ongcwele unamandla okomoya ngokomoya, ngokukodwa ezinye iingcamango zokucamngca ezinokufumaneka kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo entabeni. U-Ashok wee-Bougainvillea uhambo luyisikhokelo esihle.

• 08 ngo 10

  ITiruchirappalli (Trichy), Tamil Nadu

  ITiruchirappalli, okanye iTrchy njengoko ibizwa ngokusemthethweni, iyindlu kwiketrona enkulu kunazo zonke eIndiya - Ithempeli laseSri Rathathaswamy, elizinikezele kwindlela ehleliyo yeNkosi Vishnu. Le tempile ihlala kwindawo enkulu yee-156 iihektare kwaye ine-21 gopuram (iindonga). Inqaba enkulu, ephakamileyo ngamamitha angama-73, yintsika yesibini ende kunazo zonke itempile e-Asia. Kwakhona, ungaphuthelwa kwiTempile eLwandle i-Rock, eyakhiwa yiNayaks yaseMadurai kwisitayela esimangalisayo kwiimitha ezili-83 ukusuka kumzi. Njengoko kulindeleke, linika umbono wepanoramic. Ukuba ukhathala ukuhamba ngamanqanaba angama-437 aqingqiweyo enqatyisiweyo kwiTempile yaseThekwini, yima kwiThempeli likaThayumanaswamy elizinikele eNkosini Shiva endleleni. I-Vinayaka Ithempeli, eyinikele eNkosini uGanesh, ilungele ukutyelela phezulu kwakhona!

• 09 we-10

  Belur, Karnataka

  Enye yeendawo eziphezulu ukutyelela eKarnataka , iBelur iyindlu ekhayeni le-12 leChennakeshava Temple, eyakhiwe ngumbuso weHoysala olawulayo ukukhumbula ukunqoba kwabo kwiCholas kunye nokuzinikezelwa kweNkosi Vishnu. Kwathatha iminyaka engama-103 ukugqiba kwaye ihlotshiswe ezinye zeemifanekiso ezidumileyo zaseIndiya. Uza kufumana ezinye iithempelini ze-Hoysala Empire eBelur, njengoko i-capital capital yayikuyo ngaphambi kokuba ihlelwe ngu-Mughal ukuhlaselwa ngekhulu le-14.

• 10 kwi-10

  Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh

  Ngokugqithisileyo ngabahambi, abahlali beTemateshwar (iNkosi Vishnu) ehlala eTirupati kwinqanaba lase-Andhra Pradesh. Abo bakwazi ukuhamba ngamanyathelo angama-4 000 ukuya kwintaba ethempelini, ethatha iiyure ezimbini ukuya kwezine. Ngaphandle koko, kulula ukuhamba ngebhasi. Ithempeli yenye yezona zi tyelele kwaye zicebile kakhulu eIndiya, njengoko zinokubonwa ngumbumba wayo wegolide. Kuye yaxhaswa ngabo bonke abalawuli kunye nookumkani abahlukahlukeneyo kwiminyaka. Ngezihlandlo zamva nje, iinqwenkwezi ze-Bollywood Abhishek Bachchan kunye no-Aishwarya Rai bathandaza ethempelini emva komtshato wabo ngo-2007. Nangona kunjalo, kukho imingeni emininzi xa u tyelela iTempeli iTirupati, kubandakanywa izihlwele ezinkulu, okwenza ukuba zihambele phambili zihamba ngeendlela ezihamba phambili.