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High medieval · Hindu · India
Padmakshi Temple
Hanamkonda, Telangana · 17.9980°, 79.5670°
The goddess Padmakshi (Lakshmi), also called PadmavathiUndetermined—
Sacred since
1100 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
12th c.
Undetermined
History & significance
One of the oldest temples of Hanamkonda, standing on a rock whose earliest Shaivite cave shrine is older than the fifth century; a Jain shrine was cut here in 1117 and a Brahmanical shrine took its place after about 1156, leaving Jain sculpture in place around the present temple. Thousands of women gather at it each year for Bathukamma.