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Modhera Gujarat India

title: YOUNG INDIA MODHERA BRACE IN THE SABHAMANDAPA

subject date: 2007-11-20

state: Gujarat

caption: Young INDIA brace in the Sabhamandapa, pavilion of the assemblies of the Temple of the Sun. The splendid Sun Temple (Temple of the Sun), to Modhera in Gujarat, was constructed by king Bhimdev I in XI the century. It was planned so that during the equinoxes the sun to the dawn illuminated the image of Surya, the God of the sun. Currently religious ceremonies are not carried out you. Internal there is a porch with colonnato that ago to approach the main room and the sanctuary; externally complex and refined to sculptures of demons and Cinquantadue columns carved in processed way represent scenes of the Ramayana and of the Mahabharata.In the main room is 12 niches to the walls that illustrate the 12 various manifestations of Surya in the several months of the year. In front of the temple the Surya Kund, extraordinary baoli is found (sink to steps) rectangular, that it contains beyond 100 sanctuaries. 8294 India To cite in the credit: Fototeca Gilardi/Raffaella Milandri

category: HIS

city: Modhera

copyright: © Fototeca Gilardi/Raffaella Milandri

copyright status: Copyrighted Work

country: India

credit: Fototeca Gilardi

instructions: Per utilizzi: Fototeca Gilardi - t. 02 3931 2652

place: Modhera

Creation date: 0000-00-00 00:00:00

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continent: Asia

image century : XXI

image epoch: Contemporaneo

licence: RF

subject century: XXI

subject epoch: Contemporaneo

technique: Fotografia

id: 21668

file name: FSNgilardi_59846.jpg

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IndiaGujaratModheraSun TempleSurya Kundbaolisinktemple of the sunbracecustomapparelfashioncouplearchitecturedecorationcolumnstemplesuntraditionwomanmandressweddingsposalizioweddingspousespousesContemporary