Place: Orissa - India

This temple is built by King Narasimha Deva-I of the Ganga Dynasty. Legends say that the temple was built by 1200 peoples in 12 years. And this temple was built in sea. Now the sea has moved away from this temple. When king demanded to finish the temple, they had one missing piece to be completed on the top of the temple. But none of the 1200 people could climb the temple in order to finish it. Then Dharmapada the 12 year old son of the chief architect Bisu Maharana arrived there as a visiting onlooker. He observed the architecture of temple. Eventhough he did not had any practical experience on the architecture he studied it very soon. Then he climbed the temple and finished the last missing piece on the top. When the king found out that 12 Year kid could do what 1200 people failed he ordered to execute 1200 people. But Dharmapada felt very guilty, so he sacrificed his life to save his community. His body was found on the sea beach at the foot of the temple.

The temple was built in the form of huge chariot of the Sun god fitted with 24 wheels i.e. 12 wheels in both the sides and 7 horses in front of the temple. The alignment of the Sun Temple is on the east-west direction.

This 24 wheels signify 24 hours of the day and the 7 horses stand for 7 days of a week. Some also say that this 24 wheels stand for 24 fortnights of the year and 7 horses represent 7 colors of the Sun ray. The 8 spokes in the wheel symbolize 8 Praharas of the day and the entire wheel has been worked out as a Sun-clock to know time according to the position of the Sun during the day time.

Temple Views

Sculptures

Sun God & SunSet

Place: Bhubaneshwar - Orissa [India]

Full View of the Temple

The entire temple is maintained by Japanese. You can see lots of Japanese Writings / Sayings inside the temple.

Lions Guarding the Temple

The temple is surrounded by Lions in each direction facing outwards.

Close Up’s Of Buddha

People say that you can never lie in front of this buddha. You can feel the power if you stand in front of him.
He smiles so gently, you can’t think wrong about anyone in front of him.

Blood River

When Kalinga war happened, this river was full of blood. After seeing the blooddy river, king Ashoka gave up WAR.