Facts about Indian temples:
1. The Meenakshi Temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, has 33,000 sculptures, making it one of the largest sculpture galleries in the world.
2. The Brihadeeswarar Temple in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, has a shadow that never falls on the ground at noon.
3. The Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, has a thousand lingas (phallic symbols of Lord Shiva) carved on its walls.
4. The Akshardham Temple in Delhi, built-in 2005, is one of the largest Hindu temples in the world and has been recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world's largest comprehensive Hindu temple.
5. The Konark Sun Temple in Odisha was designed in the shape of a chariot and has 12 pairs of wheels, each measuring 3 meters in diameter.
6. The Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Gujarat, also known as the Akshardham Temple, was built entirely without steel or cement and is held together by interlocking stones.
7. The Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerala is known for its hidden treasures, including a vault that contains gold and jewels worth billions of dollars.
8. The Kailash Temple in Ellora, Maharashtra, is carved out of a single rock and is considered one of the most remarkable cave temples in the world.
9. The Badami Cave Temples in Karnataka, built-in 6th and 7th century, are a series of four cave temples carved out of sandstone cliffs.
10. The Lepakshi Temple in Andhra Pradesh is known for its hanging pillar, which is suspended in the air and does not touch the ground.
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