GOLDEN TEMPLE

 The golden temple of Sripuram  is a spiritual park situated at the foot of a small range of green hills in a place known as Malaikodi in the city of Vellore in Tamil Nadu, India. The temple is at the southern end of the city of Vellore, at Tirumalaikodi. This was inaugurated on August 2007.The salient feature of Sripuram is the Lakshmi Narayani temple or Mahalakshmi temple whose Vimanam and Ardha Mandapam The temple is located on 100 acres of land and has been constructed by Vellore-based Sri Narayani Peedam, headed by spiritual leader Sri Sakthi Amma also known as Narayani Amma. The temple with gold covering, has intricate work done by artisans specializing in temple art using gold. Every single detail was manually created, including converting the gold chunks into gold foils and then mounting the foils on copper. Gold foil from 9 layers to 0 layers has been mounted on the etched copper plates. Every single detail in the temple art has significance from the vedas

PARTHASARATHY TEMPLE

The Parthasarathy Temple is an 8th-century Hindu Vaishnavite temple dedicated to the godKrishna, located at Triplicane, Chennai, India. The temple is glorified in the Divya Prabandha, the early medieval Tamil literaturecanon of the Alvar saints from the 6th–9th centuries CE and is classified as among the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to Vishnu.The name 'Parthasarathy', in Sanskrit, means the 'charioteer of Arjuna', referring to Krishna's role as a charioteer to Arjuna in the epicMahabaratha.

It was originally built by the Pallavas in the 8th century by king Narasimhavarman I. The temple has five of the incarnation’s oravatars of Vishnu: Narasimhar, Ramar, Varadaraja, Ranganathar and Krishna.

The temple is one of the oldest structures in Chennai.There are shrines for VedavalliThayar, Ranganatha, Rama, Gajendra Varadharaja Swamy, Narasimha, Andal, Anjaneya, Alvars, Ramanuja, Swami Manavala Mamunigal and Vedanthachariar. The temple subscribes to Vaikhanasa agama and follows Thenkalai tradition. There are separate entrances for the Krishna and Narasimha temples. The gopuram towers and mandapas pillars are decorated with elaborate carvings, a standard feature ofSouth Indian Temple Architecture.

BRIHADEE SHWARI TEMPLE

The Peruvudaiyar Kovil is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva, at Thanjavur in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is an important example of Tamil architecture achieved during the Chola dynasty. It is also known as Periya Kovil,Brihadeshwara Temple, RajaRajeswara Temple and Rajarajeswaram, The temple is part of the World Heritage Site known as the "Great Living Chola Temples".It is one of the largest temples in India and one of India's most prized architectural sites. Built by emperor Raja Raja Chola I and completed in 1010 AD, Peruvudaiyaar Temple, also popularly known as the 'Big Temple', turned 1000 years old in 2010.Thanjavur Periya Kovil stands amidst fortified walls that were probably added in the 16th century. The vimanam or temple tower is 216 ft 66  high and is among the tallest of its kind in the world. The Kumbam Kalasha or Chikharam, the apex or the bulbous structure on the top of the temple is carved out of a single rock and it weighs around 80 tons. There is a big statue of Nandi sacred bull, carved out of a single rock, at the entrance measuring about 16 feet long and 13 feet high.The entire temple structure is made out of granite, the nearest sources of which are close to Tiruchirappalli, about 60 km to the west of Thanjavur.