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Sri siddi vinayaka temple is at Rejinthal, Zaheerabad, Medak district, Telengana. It  is nearer to Hyderabad and is at a distance of 108 kilometers.  Zaheerabad was previously called Pedda Ekkheli. It was later named as Zaheerabad by the name of  the paigah nawab,  Zaheerabad Yar Jung. The idol in the temple is Vinayaka (Lord Ganesha) called as Siddhi Vinayaka. The temple though looks like recently built it has a history of 207 years. The H.H. Shiva Ram Bath  Jyoshi of Maharashtra prayed Lord Ganesh  in this place while he was on the way to Tirupathi. Pleased with his prayers Lord Ganesha came out of the earth in that place as Siddi Vinayaka. The name siddhi indicates success. People who visit this temple are granted success. The idol in this temple is a svayambhu (came itself from earth). The idol is beautiful which is of rock and decorated with sandalwood paste.  Lord  Siddhi Vinayaka faces south side and this is the o...

Crochet bottle cover is prepared with basic single crochet in just 30 minutes. It is easy to crochet than sew the bottle cover. Anyone with basic crochet skills or who knows to crochet a cap can do this easily.     Things needed: Wool 2 Colours Crochet needle (I used 5.5mm Hook) Procedure: 1st round: Do 3 chains and slip stitch to make a circle. 2nd round: Do 6 single crochet from the middle and join with slip stitch. 3rd round : From each string do 2 single crochet to form a total of 12 single crochets and complete with a slip stitch. 4th round: From each string do 2 single crochet to form a total of 24 single crochets.  You can check whether it fits properly by keeping near the bottle base. If you still need a big size  you can  increase in the same proportion. With this the increasing rounds are completed. Now do as many rounds as you need to cover the bottle. I have done 15 rounds as it is for a small...

Lord Jaganath temple is situated  at Puri, Orissa. Orissa is a state near Bay of Bengal, the eastren sea coast of India. There are 3 prominent temples in this state. The Lord Jaganath Temple at Puri, Sun Temple at Konark and Lingaraj Temple at Bhubaneswar. These are called the Golden Triangle of Orissa. The Jaganath Temple at Puri is one of the prominent Hindu temples of India. It is one of the temple of char dam Yatra. It is also called as Sri Mandira. The Lord Jaganath means God of Universe.  The temple premises is vast with four gates on four sides namely East Gate: Lions Gate. Western Gate: Tiger Gate. North Gate: Elephant Gate. South Gate: Horse Gate. The presiding deities in the temple are Lord Balabhadra, Godess Subhadra and Lord Jaganatha. The three deities are known as Trimurti. The trio are seated on a pedestal called Ratnadevi in the sanctum . The idols are made of neemwood. Along with these three Sudharshan is also worshi...

Alampuru temple is situated in Alampuru town mahabubnagar district Telangana State, South India. It is in the banks of river Tungabhadra. According to Puranas it is also called as Bhaskara Kshetram, Parasurama Kshetram, Dakshina Kasi. The name of the town Alampuru is transformed from the original name Hemalapuram or Halampura.   Among the famous temples of South India Srisailam is the prominent one. It has four gateways on four sides of east, west, north and south.   There are 4 prominent temples on each of the 4 sides. East of Srisailam: Tripuranthakam South of Srisailam: Sidhapatam West of Srisailam: Alampuram North of Srisailam: Umamaheswaram. Alampuram, West of Srisailam is one of the 18 Shakti Peetas (Ashtadasa Shaktipeetas).  The main idols here are Jogulamba and Brahmeswarudu. This temple was built in 7th  century and in 9th century Sri Adi Shankara established Sri  Chakra as he did in Kamak...

A crochet  scarf with an easy pattern. I have another blog post about simple crochet scarf . Nearest to that pattern but the gap between crotchets is wider to make it light weight. The pattern is in multiples of 5. Here I used 30 chains. So you can extend the width of the scarf in multiples of 5.  Procedure: For first row do 36 chains. Second row: Leave 6 chains and in the 7 th chain do 1 double crochet, do 4 chains in the 5th chain 1 double crochet and continue to the end. Third row: Do 6 chains and do 1 double crochet from the 5th chain of the previous row. Again 4 chains from the 5 the chain of the previous row do 1 double crochet. Continue to the end.  I have prepared 90 rows. You can do it as lengthy you need.  A thin crochet scarf to wear in light winter weather.

Kamakshi temple is one of the prominent Hindu temples and it is one of the fifity one shaktipeetas. It is situated at Kancheepuram, Tamilnadu. The diety in this temple is Kamakshi a form of Parvathi. This is the only temple of Parvathi in Kancheepuram. Ayodhya, Madhura, Gaya, Kaasi, Kanchi, Avanthika Puri, Dvaravathi Shaiva sapthaithe mokshadayini. Above poem is of the names of seven Moksha Nagarams out of which Kanchi is the only one situated in  South India. In the name Kamakshi , Ka represents Godess Saraswathi, Ma represents Godess Lakshmi and Akshi means Eyes.  Kamakshi is having  Lakhmi and Saraswathi as its eyes. The godess  done penace by sitting on the tip of the needle sorrounded by Pancha Agni's (Five holy fires) to be freed from livelihood. The Godess Kamakshi is in a sitting position in a lotus flower, the posture called padmasana.This place is called gayatri mandapa. She  holds sugar cane, bow on her left arm and 5 flowers a...

Varadaraja swamy Temple is one of the most popular Vishnu temples in Kancheepuram, Tamilnadu.  This temple is also called Vishnu Kanchi or Perumal Koil. It is on Hastagiri (elephant Hill) and it has dieties of Varadaraja swamy and Perundevi. Another importance of this temple is it has beautifully carved Gold and Silver plated lizards, sun and moon on the ceiling attached to the main temple which was installed by Indra the King of Gods. This temple is very famous for the lizard. When a lizard falls it has some evil effects to us and  it is believed that if we touch this golden lizard shrine any evil  effects are forbidded. The diety of Varadaraja Swamy is in standing position and this is second biggest idol of Tirumala Tirupathi Venkateswara Swamy temple. The three temples Eekambaranathar , Kamakshi and Varadaraja swamy are called as abode of trio (Mumurtivasam). The story behind this temple is once Lord Brahma was doing Ashvamedha Yaaga in Kancheepuram without Sara...