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7. PURANAS, TEMPLES AND THEIR DATES
16C AD
1278 AD
Gavi Gangadeshwara Temple - Bangalore Karnataka siva Deogarh Temple - Gwalior Madhya Pradesh
Ananta Vasudeva Temple - Bhubaneshwar Orissa 1278 AD Visnu
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The Oldest Temple that we have today do not go beyond the 6th Century AD. In many cases there is no dating possible and history will be replaced with myths which makes it impossible to date the construction of the temple. These are therefore omitted. I suppose these samples are enough to give an insight.
World's First Granite Temple The Brihadeswara temple at Tanjavur in Tamil Nadu is the first temple in the world to be built with granite. The shikhara is made from a single ' 80-tonne piece of granite. Also, this magnificient temple was built in just five years, (between 1004 AD and 1009 AD) during the reign of Rajaraja Chola
Oldest known Indian Temple Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). Newspaper reports suggested that Mundeshwari Temple was built in 108 A D. (Hindu Blog)
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100 feet Statue of Siva of Mundeshwari Temple
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