The Sun Temples, konark, Odhisa

-


THE SUN TEMPLE, KONARK, ORRISSA
I have read somewhere that the word “Konark” comes from the sandhi of two shabdas, which is a culmination of two words named - “Kona + Arka”. Arka refers to Sun god while Kona refers to direction or vision .In Sanskrit, Sun god has many names like mithra,arka,bhanu,Udaya,Surya,aditya,bhaskara etc


The temple was built exceptionally when I first visted the place, it was like I had only heard about it in books and seen it on Television, I was wander-struck when I saw how magnificent this place was. Each and every pillar of the walls were surrounded by iron plates studded with deities and Gods and every walls had its own story to tell.

There are 24 wheels and Believe it or not, people thought that all the 24 wheels were just carved for beauty and as Hindu symbols. It was about 100 years ago, it was known that this was a sundial when an old yogi was seen calculating time secretly. 
Apparently selected people were using these wheels for generations and for 650 years no one else knew about it.

The temple also has two huge lions on both side of the entry. Each lion is shown as a grave an elephant.As its know that Lion represents pride and elephant represents money.I had also observed that   beneath every elephant lies the human body. .



On returning I got to see the view of the beach, I stopped there for a while and enjoyed the beauty that this place holds. 
will you visit this place someday??

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

vishakapatnam, andhra pradesh

-
Image
Visakhapatnam truly offers something for every person who has been bitten by a travel bug, from the beach hopping to the sea food. With eight beaches as well as hilltop parks, a nature preserve, caverns, wildlife sanctuaries, temples, sacred Buddhist monuments and a fascinating submarine museum, talking about our journey we took a train from Bhubaneshwar, Odhisha it was one night journey.On the next day we reached Vizag the main city. The next morning when we reached there we though of sightseeing the whole city, our first destination was Maritime Museum, which provides a display space for marine models, it was all beautiful when we saw the remains of ancient and historic ships and boats , even the ceiling has  ship carved onto it. The entire entrance looked like this They had antique pieces preserved, varieties of ship and its parts were briefly explained.a few minutes walk from the museum was a submarine museum was INS Kasure(S20) which was preserved for the public disp
Read more

Bhutan: " land of the dragon"

-
Image
This picture was taken in Phuentsholing Bhutan.The border place of India i.e Jaigon a five minutes walk from there will lead you to this Tshoten when you talk about Bhutan it is a small and predominantly a Buddhist nation somewhere tucked between China and India, a beautiful place where the GDP of the country is measured by the peoples happiness. Amazing, isnt it? B hutan for sure is not an ordinary place, the culture that they have is really beautiful, this country is more about mountains, monastry theres magic to this. It is the last great Himalayan Kingdom,covered with mystery and magic , a place where a traditional Buddhist culture carefully embraces global developments. This picture was taken in Gumpa of Kharbandi, where a habitat of Bhutan is seen using a mala in her hand , moving the beads one by one.  These are few of the pictures I have captured on my way to Phuentsholing , Bhutan.
Read more

Puttaparthi, Andhrapradesh

-
Image
Puttaparthi  is a town in Anantapur district of Andhhrapradesh and is located on the banks of Chitravathi river and is surrounded by undulating hills.When I was small I had always wished for visiting  this place and take blessing from Sai Baba. It was quite amazing when we reached over there. Rather than a nostalgic trend, I'd say this place was providing us an escape from the stresses and strains and fulfilling our need to find downtime. It was such a beautiful and clean place with everyone greeting you a "sai ram" even if they had to say hello. We visited few of  the temples in anantapur, and also the main ashram in Puttaparthi which is known as Prasathi Nilayam. I learnt that Prasanthi Nilayam meant "the abode of highest peace". when we entered inside Prasanthi Nilayam , it was such a huge place consisting of splendid temples, public relations desk, post office, canteen, bakery, kitchens, dining halls, guest houses, dormitories etc. It also house
Read more