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CURIOSITIES ABOUT KONAK TEMPLE - ÍNDIA

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Updated: Jan 28, 2019


This video say some incredibles and unbelievables curiosities about Konark Temple in India. And for who is appreciate of art, design, architecture and ancient history, this is a great moment to discovery a lot of somthings news!









Sun Temple, Konark, Odisha


The Konark Sun Temple, situated in Odisha, India. Is a a UNESCO World Heritage Site.


Built in the middle of 13th century, with the help of 1200 artisans within a period of 12 years (1243-1255 A.D.).


Konark Temple was designed in the form of a gorgeously decorated chariot mounted for the Sun God, represented by 24 wheels ,each about 10 feet in diameter, and drawn by 7 mighty horses.


When sun raises, the first ray of the day in india that temple gates inside. Great poet Rabindranath Tagore wrote of Konark: "here the language of stone surpasses the language of man."


A heavy magnet was placed at the temple top and every two stones of the temple is sandwiched by iron plates. The idol was said to have been floating in air due to the arrangement of magnets. The magnet at the top is said to have disturbed compasses for coastal voyagers and later on removed.


The higher layer (above the basement and middle layers) of Konark Sun Temple contains a number of bigger sculptures, mostly erotic.


Theorists of the Ancient Aliens assume that such a precise and sculptural construction could not have been performed by humans with materials and technologies of the time.


The legend



The Legend behind the creation of the temple is extremely interesting.


According to legend, Prince Samba – son of Krishna and Jambavati – had ridiculed the flying sage Nārada, a rather ugly saint.


The latter took his revenge by telling Samba of a place in the river where numerous women bathed, having stripped of their saris (Hindu robes).


While the young man enjoyed the spectacle, Krishna, warned by Nārada, arrived and discovered how his son looked at his mothers (16,108 Krishna’s wives) while they bathed.


Furious, the god punished his son by inoculating him with leprosy.


Later, Samba showed him that Narada had manipulated him, but Krishna could no longer remove his curse.


Then, the young man traveled to see Suria, the God who heals all diseases, particularly those of the skin – and discovered to the north of Puri an image of the sun god sitting on a lotus flower.


He settled in the place and did a penance of twelve years, at the end of which he was cured.

In gratitude, he erected a temple, the first that was built on the site of Konark.











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