Payar Temple

The Shiva is dancing in western trefoil niche, Six armed Shiva carries trident and Khatanga and dances to the tune of male drummer and female flute player. The trefoil niche on the northern side contains an image of three headed Shiva and the central image of Shiva is having Aghora on its right. The small 11th CE Shiva

The shrine of jwalaji or jwala bhagwati (inset 156a),situated on the top of a small hillock at khrew, district pulwama, is an ancient Tirthasthan of kashmiri pandits. the shrine is the south-east of srinagar at a distance of 20kms.the nearby places are loduv in the east,wuyan in the west and balhom in the south.

The shire brarimeuuj(inset129),located at brarimeuujpur,murran,is just 2km from pulwama town there is a legend, wich talks about the creation of the shrine of brarimeuuj. he was also given the indication that a breuur(cat)would guide him to the new destination.

Avantipur is located 28 km south east of Srinagar in Anantnag district overlooking the Jhelum river. The foundation of the town is ascribed to Avantivarman (AD 855 – 883 AD), the first king of the Utpala dynasty.

At Avantipura itself Avantivarman erected two magnificent temples, one dedicated to Lord Vishnu.