sandy437 Posted January 14, 2013 Author Report Posted January 14, 2013 [img]http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/78295_500874219937390_2010572691_o.jpg[/img] [color=#333333]Amazing Masroor Temple complex ornately carved out of single rock[/color] [color=#333333]According to locals, this temple was built by Bhima during Mahabharata times more than 5000 years ago.[/color] [color=#333333]The 15 temples form a single group with a larger temple - Thakurdwara shrine - in the centre. 14 temples are cut only from the outside, but Thakurdwara - also from the inside.[/color] [color=#333333]All temples ar[/color][color=#333333]e (or were) covered with intricate stone carvings of high quality but the most elaborate carvings adorn Thakurdwara. The entrance in this central temple is facing east. Entrance part has four massive columns. Further entrance in the main shrine - garb-griha - leads through especially ornate stone door. Inside the shrine are blackstone images of Lord Rama, Sitaand Laxmana. In the front of this group of pyramids was hewn almost 50 m long, rectangular water tank - gan . This is important part of this architectonic complex, almost always filled with water and mirroring the amazing temple complex.[/color]
sandy437 Posted January 14, 2013 Author Report Posted January 14, 2013 [img]http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/664352_500440563314089_1713662606_o.jpg[/img] [color=#333333]5th century Jain Tirthankar(s) carved out of rock in the Gwalior Fort near the Urwai Gate, Gwalior[/color]
sandy437 Posted January 14, 2013 Author Report Posted January 14, 2013 [img]http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/66237_497705486920930_1131006150_n.jpg[/img] [color=#333333]Vidyashankar Temple, Sringeri[/color] [color=#333333]Built: 1342CE[/color] [color=#333333]The temple can be regarded as the epitome of ancient astronomical engineering prevalent in Bharat. The main temple hall features 12 pillars designated for the 12 signs of the zodiac. Windows and doors along the temple walls are arranged such that equinoxes sunrise views reach the deity. The twelve pillars in the Vidyashankar temple are popularly known as[/color][color=#333333]Rashistambhas (zodiacal pillars). Symbols of the twelve divisions of the zodiac are engraved on these pillars. The temple is an architectural marvel. Among the many delicate carvings, lions that are engraved in biped positions on the pillars may be mentioned. There are stone balls inside the growling faces of the lions and they can be moved inside their mouths. It is said that the design of the pillars involved certain astronomical concepts. For example, the first rays of the rising sun fall on specific pillars with the zodiacal symbol on the pillar corresponding to the position of the sun[/color]
sandy437 Posted January 14, 2013 Author Report Posted January 14, 2013 [img]http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/176035_497305040294308_1078644780_o.jpg[/img] [color=#333333][size=3]Row of Makara in base of Chennakesava Temple at Belur , Karnataka makara (beasts) and finally a frieze with hansas (swans). No two animals are alike in a total frieze span of over 200m. In the epic frieze, the epics are not continuous as they are mixed with other depictions.[/size][/color]
sandy437 Posted January 14, 2013 Author Report Posted January 14, 2013 [img]http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/466395_496348137056665_618791693_o.jpg[/img] [color=#333333]Jasavant Thada, Rajasthan[/color] [color=#333333]The monument, in its entirety, is built out of intricately carved sheets of marble. These stones are extremely thin and polished so that they emit a warm glow when the sun's rays dance across their surface.[/color] [color=#333333]Within this cenotaph, there are also two more tombs. The Jaswant Thada is a traditional cremation ground of Jodhpur rulers. The grounds also include exquisitely carved gazebos , a beautiful multi-tiered garden, anda small lake[/color]
sandy437 Posted January 14, 2013 Author Report Posted January 14, 2013 [img]http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/563973_495168107174668_737412316_n.jpg[/img] [color=#333333]Coincidence?[/color] [color=#333333][LEFT] Goa Gajah hindu cave temple, Bali(9th century)[/color] [color=#333333][RIGHT] Fecade of Pyramid of Magician, Uxmal[/color] [color=#333333]One of the greatest archaeological riddles—and one of the grossest academic omissions—of our time is the untold story of the parallel ruins left by two seemingly unrelated ancient civilizations: the ancient Mayans on one side of the Pacific Ocean and the ancient Balinese on the other. T[/color][color=#333333]he mysterious and unexplained similarities in their architecture, iconography, and religion are so striking and profound that the Mayans and Balinese seem to have been twin civilizations—as if children of the same parent. Yet, incredibly, this mystery is not only being ignored by American scholars, it’s being suppressed. Link: [url="http://www.richardcassaro.com/suppressed-by-scholars-twin-ancient-cultures-on-opposite-sides-of-the-pacific"]http://www.richardcassaro.com/suppressed-by-scholars-twin-ancient-cultures-on-opposite-sides-of-the-pacific[/url][/color]
sandy437 Posted January 14, 2013 Author Report Posted January 14, 2013 [img]http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/78003_495075127183966_1989186539_o.jpg[/img] [color=#333333]Neelkantheshwar Temple, Udaypur(MP)[/color] [color=#333333]Built in the 11th cent from red sandstone by the Parmara King Udayaditya. The temple seems blessed to the common eye because of its alignment. It is so aligned that the first rays of the sun shine on the Shiva lingam in the sanctum.[/color]
sandy437 Posted January 14, 2013 Author Report Posted January 14, 2013 [img]http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/219154_493478214010324_315035833_o.jpg[/img] [color=#333333][size=3]Amazing Stone-rings attached to coiled Naga(serpent) carved out of single stone at Chennakeshava Temple Somanathapura is famous for the Chennakesava Temple built by Soma, a dandanayaka (commander) in 1268 CE under Hoysala king Narasimha III, when the Hoysalas were the major power in South India.[/size][/color]
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