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9 Interesting Facts About Ramappa Temple You Must Know!

1. Floating Bricks

The top of the Ramappa temple (also known as Ramalingeswara Temple) is made up of bricks that can float in water. Recent studies show that the weight of these bricks is about one-third or one-fourth of the normal bricks of the same size.

The top of the temple is made up of these types of bricks so that the load on the pillars and walls can be minimized. Thus, the chances of collapsing the temple during a natural disaster like an earthquake will be least.

2. Ramappa Temple is named after its architecture

Usually, the temples in India are named after the deity (God) of the temple. But this temple is named after the architecture of the building. His name was Ramappa.

3. Standing Nandi

There is a statue of Nandi that you can see if you visit this temple. The specialty of this Nandi is that it is not in the sitting position. It is in the position such that he is ready to stand up.

Here is the image.

One more specialty about the Nandi here is that the eyes of the statue are made up in this way that if you see it from any angle or direction you will realize that the Nandi is watching you only.

4. Earth Quake Proof Building (SandBox Technique)

Kakatiya Rulers who built this temple tried to make the temple earth quake proof. They did so by using a technique called Sandbox.

In this method, sand is placed on the land where a building is going to be made. The sand is placed so that the shock to the building during an earthquake can be minimized.

5. Small Temple Before Big Temple

Outside the main temple, there is a model of Ramappa Temple. This model was constructed before constructing the main building.

The main building was made by looking at the model.

This is a technique that is used to make big beautiful buildings.

6. Temple On 6 Feet Star Shaped Platform

This temple stands majestically on a 6 feet star shaped platform.

7. High Steps in Ramappa Temple

Steps built by the Kakatiya Dynasty is very high. Kakatiya Dynasty rulers were very tall and were about seven to eight feets tall.

Behind it there are steps built by the government of India for convenience.

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8. Carvings Telling About The Past Of India

There are detailed carvings on the temple wall as well as on its pillar. Moreover, there are certain figures and these are also with detailed carvings.

There are four figures on the three sides of the Ramappa temple. This means a total of twelve figures. These figures are of dancing women.

It can be easily observed that lady from one figure has big nails which are now considered as fashion but from the figure, it is clear that this fashion is around 800 years old.

Many other things can also be noted from these figures and carvings. Like one lady in the figure is wearing high heels, this is also a fashion now a days.

9. Music From Metal Carvings

Sweet musicals sound can be heard if you hit the metal carvings with your fingers or hands.

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FAQ’s

(Q) Who built Ramappa Temple?

(Ans) Ramappa Temple was built under the supervision of General Recheral Rudra in 1213 A.D. Architecture of Ramappa Temple Was Ramappa.

The Temple was built during the reign of Kakatiya Dynasty. King Ganapati Deva was the Ruler while this temple was building.

(Q) Who is the deity (God) in this temple?

(Ans) Lord Shiva is the main deity of this temple?

(Q) Where is this temple located?

(Ans) The temple is located in Telangana State of Southern India. It is 77 km from Warrangal, 15 km from Mulugu, and 209 km from Hyderabad.

It lies in a valley at Palampet Village of Venkatpur Mandal.

(Q) How to reach Ramappa Temple?

(Ans) There is no direct bus available from Warrangal to Ramappa. However, you can go to Mulug and from there you can take a bus to Ramappa Temple. After that, you can take an auto-rickshaw to reach the temple. The auto-rickshaw will cover 2 Km of distance.

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