The Temple of the Sun In Kanark:India
- Temple of the Sun, Kanark
The Sun - Worldwide there are over 1.5 dozen temples dedicated to celestial bodies, without which it will be no life on earth. About 10 temples of the sun is in India, the rest - in China, Thailand, Pakistan, USA, South America. One of the temple stands on the shores of the Indian state of Orissa sun, in a small village Kanark.
This is not the biggest temple of the sun (the largest in South America), and not the oldest (the oldest temple of the sun is in the area of present-day Pakistan). But the temple is probably the most impressive of Kanark preserved - in fact, many old temples have been preserved in the ruins. It was built in the XIII century and is a great car of horses with 12 wheels, which represents the path of the sun drawn. In the church there are a lot of pictures and sculptures of figures, mostly on erotic themes.
The temple has the shape of a wagon pulled by seven horses. True, the horse sculptures damaged severely, it is difficult to see. Carved on the walls of the temple of stone of 12 pairs of large wheels (equal to the number of months per year), and the whole structure represents the course of the sun from dawn to dawn, and the movement of life.
This is not the biggest temple of the sun (the largest in South America), and not the oldest (the oldest temple of the sun is in the area of present-day Pakistan). But the temple is probably the most impressive of Kanark preserved - in fact, many old temples have been preserved in the ruins. It was built in the XIII century and is a great car of horses with 12 wheels, which represents the path of the sun drawn. In the church there are a lot of pictures and sculptures of figures, mostly on erotic themes.
The temple has the shape of a wagon pulled by seven horses. True, the horse sculptures damaged severely, it is difficult to see. Carved on the walls of the temple of stone of 12 pairs of large wheels (equal to the number of months per year), and the whole structure represents the course of the sun from dawn to dawn, and the movement of life.
Originally the church was much larger and grander, it was comprised of 3 buildings. It is our time Jagamohana Hall (or Hall for receptions) and received a dance hall. The main part of the church in worship was twice received Jagamohana, but in the early 19th Century it became hurricanes and tsunamis that often destroyed on the shores of the Gulf of Bengal. But those buildings that have survived in place of the temple of the sun, great courage and beauty of ideas and the extent of their implementation.
The walls of the temple are decorated with reliefs depicting animals, humans, geometric patterns. On the walls of the dance hall to dance figures sculpted men and women.
The walls of the temple are decorated with reliefs depicting animals, humans, geometric patterns. On the walls of the dance hall to dance figures sculpted men and women.
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