Most of the tall gopurams we see in South India today were built by Nayaka kings of Telugu origin. Most are three to four ...

To prevent flooding at the Sri Kalikambal Temple in Mannady, Chennai, the five-tier Rajagopuram is being lifted by three feet. Work to elevate the structure using jacks began on Sunday (December 7, ...

In a first, the Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple in Yadagirigutta, experienced a momentous event as Telangana's first gold-plated Vimana Gopuram was unveiled by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy. It ...

More than two years ago, leaders of the Sri Venkateswara Temple in Cary commenced construction of an ornate religious tower that, when completed, would serve as a “royal gateway” to God and welcome ...

The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department has begun construction of a seven-tier gopuram at the Somanathar Temple in Pazhayarai near Kumbakonam. The total cost of ₹7.95 crore ...

Closeup of the rituals at the temple tower or gopuram. THE Vinayagar kovil (Ganesha temple) in Waterfall Road, Penang, has long served as the first point of prayer for devotees before ascending to the ...

The Sri Rajaganapathi Temple, a Hindu temple in Swedesboro, is not the largest or most ornate as far as Hindu temples go. Until recently, it didn’t even have its own gopuram — the monumental, detailed ...