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Inscription. 1984 (8th Session) Konark Sun Temple is a 13th-century CE Hindu Sun temple at Konark about 35 kilometres (22 mi) northeast from Puri city on the coastline in Puri district, Odisha, India. [1][2] The temple is attributed to king Narasingha Deva I of the Eastern Ganga dynasty about 1250 CE. [3][4] Dedicated to the Hindu Sun-god Surya ...
The Temple of the Sun in Beijing, China, was built in 1530 during the Ming dynasty by the Jiajing Emperor, [3] together with new temples dedicated to the Earth and the Moon, and an expansion of the Temple of Heaven. [3][4] The Temple of the Sun was used by the imperial court for elaborate acts of worship involving fasting, prayers, dancing and ...
All figures are mutilated and the images on the door-lintel are completely destroyed. [D] [1] The sanctum sanctorum is designed in a way that the first rays of rising sun lit up the image of Surya during solar equinox days [14] [3] [16] [10] and on summer solstice day, the sun shines directly above the temple at noon casting no shadow. [8]
Deo Surya Mandir. Deo Sun Temple is a Hindu temple in Bihar, India. The temple is a solar shrine, dedicated to Surya, the sun god, for Chhath Puja. The temple is located in Deo Town, Aurangabad. The Temple is unique as it faces west, the setting sun, not the usual rising sun. [2] It is considered to be one of the most sacred places for sun ...
Egyptian sun temple. Egyptian sun temples were ancient Egyptian temples to the sun god Ra. The term has come to mostly designate the temples built by six or seven pharaohs of the Fifth Dynasty during the Old Kingdom period. [1] However, sun temples would make a reappearance a thousand years later under Akhenaten in the New Kingdom with his ...
Description Sun Temple Main Structure, Konark, Orissa.jpg. English: Konark Sun Temple is a 13th century Sun Temple (also known as the Black Pagoda), at Konark, in Orissa. It was constructed from oxidized and weathered ferruginous sandstone by King Narasimhadeva I (1238-1250 CE) of the Eastern Ganga Dynasty.
The Sun Temple of Multan was a temple dedicated to Surya, the Hindu Sun God, in the city of Multan in modern Pakistan. The location of the temple remains unknown; it is distinct from the Prahladpuri Temple. The temple commanded significant fame in the subcontinent — as a place of pilgrimage and wealth — under Hindu as well as Islamic rule ...
Arasavalli Sun Temple is a temple for Lord Surya, the solar deity, at Arasavalli in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Arasavalli Village 1 km east of Srikakulam . It is believed that the temple was built in 7th century CE by King Devendra Varma, a great ruler of Eastern Ganga Dynasty of Kalinga . [ 1 ]