Pranam
1 ELLORA CAVES
In the lap of Charnadari hills which extend over a mile and a half-lie the
world-famous cave temples of Ellora. The age-old portrayal of the
harmonious co-existence of the three different faiths justifies the
religious understanding of the kings and people of that period. The caves
of Ellora, are a group of rock-cut temples representing the final stage of
the cave-temple architecture of Western India. These magnificent rock-cut
temples represent three different different Dharmic cultures, namely :
- Buddha Dharma
- Hindu Dharma
- Jain Dharma
This Golden era in our history, as could be seen in the cave temples of
Ellora, religious hostility changed into hospitality and reaction into
reciprocity. The position of the Ellora range of caves lies at the focal
point of the ancient trade routes. The first trade route sprang from
Pratishthana (current day Paithan) and ended in Bhrugukachha (Bharuch). On
the other hand, lied the trade route through Ajanta-Mahishmati-Ujjain.
Politically, economically and Socially Ellora caves have been an important
station. The word Ellora comes from the erstwhile name of the place
*Ellapuram*. It is said that Ellora is the anglicised version of the above.
HINDU: *Kailasha Temple, Cave 16: *Carved out of a single rock, this
temple is one of its kind in the world. Dedicated to Shiva, the temple is
based on Shiva’s abode - Mt Kailash. It comprises the typical features of a
Hindu temple namely: the sanctum which houses the lingam-yoni, a space for
circumambulation, an assembly hall, a gateway, shrines based on the square
pattern. Other shrines in the temple carved out of the same rock are
dedicated to Vishnu, Saraswati, Ganga, Vedic and non-Vedic gods. The
mandapa is supported by a Dravidian shikhara and16 pillars with a Nandi
sitting in front of the temple. It is believed that the artists had to move
around 3 million cubic ft stone weighing 200,000 tonnes to excavate the
temple. It was built by the Rashtrkuta king, Krishna I.
Buddists: *Vishvakarma Cave, Cave 10:* Built around 650 CE the cave
is also known as the Carpenter’s Cave because of the finishing of the rock
which looks like the wooden beam. Inside the stupa hall, lies the 15 ft
statue of Buddha resting in a preaching pose. The cave is the dedicated
prayer house among all the caves here and has eight cells and also a
portico.
Jains: Chota Kailasha, Cave 30: Designed on the same lines
as that of the original Kailasha temple or Cave 16 the temple was built in
the 9th century along with the Indra Sabha, Cave 32. The temple contains
two gigantic statues of Indra, one an eight-armed and the other a 12-armed
and in dancing pose. The number of arms depicts Indra’s poses during the
dance. The cave also features other deities, and dancers.
Excavation (Carvings)
Ellora caves were chiefly patronised by the Chalukya-Rashtrakuta rulers
(from 7th to 10th century). This was the time when the regional art was in
full efflorescence. This period was the result of centuries of artistic
activities in the cave temples of Western India ( 1st century BC to 10th
century AD). This way of art could flourish due to the supportive
atmosphere of the Satavahanas, Vakatakas, Chalukyas and Rasthrakutas.
At Ellora, the major significant excavator activities were carried out from
the middle of the sixth century to the end of the tenth century. The dates
of the caves, surprisingly, representing the three religious faiths are
found to be overlapping. A tentative chronology of the caves may be
suggested thus: the Buddhist caves, 550-750 A.D., the Hindu Caves, 600-875
A.D., and the Jain Caves 800-1000 A.D.
The Queen's vow
While returning back from a successful campaign over the Gurjara kingdom of
Nandipur, the Rashtrakuta king Dantidurga and his uncle Krishna III
retreated for the day close to a beautiful hillside landscape. Like a
magnet, Dantidurga was attracted towards the hills and thinking of the
place to have some unknown significance , he expressed his desire to build
a Shiva temple there itself. The place that had captured his heart was
Ellora.
Unfortunately, an upcoming campaign restricted him to execute his plan.
Years later after Dantidurga's death, Krishna III succeeded the throne and
along with his wife revisited the very same hills to subdue his tire from
the affairs of the state. Experiencing nostalgia, he notified the queen of
Dantidurga's wish and as his uncle also the inability to fulfil it. The
Queen grew furious, and impulsively took a vow of not consuming even a
morsel of food until she caught a glimpse of the kalasha of the temple.
Though an impractical task , the king called upon Kokkas, the best sculptor
of Pratishthan. After having an insight of the vow ,Kokkas asked for a
week's time on a provision that the place of work be cordoned and none
should approach within a radius of a kosa (3.5km). The king agreed with
alacrity. A week later,on the top of a hillock was a beautifully
carvedKalasha, and on it a saffron flag fluttering in the cool breeze, thus
gratifying the queen who was having a vantage view of the construction from
the distance of a kosa. But the queen was honestly tricked , as there lay
only a Kalasha without the temple body , which yet had to be CARVED!
Yes absolutely, *it had to be carved and the only way possible was
chiselling the hill from top to bottom* - a herculean task befitting to the
glory of the Rashtrakutas. After years of hardship and backbreaking work by
about 7000 artisans, at Ellora stood the Kailashnath temple (Cave 16),
the* largest
monolithic excavation in the world.*
*2 HYMEN? *What is the word used in 10.129 Rig veda Nasadiya suktham?.
Hymen?. Ignorants always fail to understand due to confusion; bias and
misrep[resentations of truth is an act of ignominy. The lack of knowledge
is not a crime, but the pretension of the know-how, and trying to succour
others into their pool, unaware of the back-drop, is a greater crime. The
veda verses 1 to 5 opens up what was the status on the microsecond of that
creation or manifestation; and this is spoken as our scientists speak today
about the Big Bang, on that day 10000 years back at least, about an
happening, billions of years ago. Then the verses 1 to 5 is the "effect"
{if this punctuation is not provided, some may damage their body, as their
level of float is different} of an explosion , a sound emanating and about
an expansion of the multiverses , seen then and now. Then as the question
arose today, (which is understood by many but due to lack of reading
knowledge, cannot understand the THEN) ,question had arisen then also; if
there is an EFFECT, there ought to have been a CAUSE and what is it?.
There that verse 6 followed by 7 arose which is the mysterious phase of the
creation or the manifestation, BUT DEFINITELY NOT A HYMEN.
Was there a cause? or was it a natural phenomena? if a natural
phenomena, again, what is the cause?; so explanation of the cause which is
KNOWN BUT BEING MYSTERIOUS TO HAVE NOT SEEN THAT CAUSE, leads the poet to
say "though I knew it, how can I say Brahmam the cause and the effect is
there as I have not seen it; do we not describe a fabulous wedding
procession and the events with such AWE?; ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS SEEN OR KNOWN
TO US, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT; WE CANNOT AND CAN NEVER EVER TALK ABOUT
ANYTHING WHICH IS NOT UNDER OUR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL PERCEPTIONS AT ALL; lest
it becomes a gossip; hymen is a gossip; the aviveka thinks that way; yes it
had so many outcome at that second of the manifestation which is out of a
cause.
And that event was so fast out of the cause as effect, even the
cause might not have noticed or maybe how is it possible, that the cause is
not aware of it-so says the verse 6. It means the grandeur of the event and
the greatness of the event-manager. Instead of praising the Brahman as we
say when a batsman hit a six, "oh, what a shot", the poet felt, he is not
even worthy to praise HIM; so having acknowledged the event, the creator
who did an unparalleled event , impossible to repeat by the poet, uncanny
flash, is attributed to HIM only, but THIS SMALL MIND cannot apprehended it
so easily, so added with a caution, that it may not be a creation but ONLY
HIMSELF AS THAT MANIFESTED. And that is not HYMEN.
को अ॒द्धा वे॑द॒ क इ॒ह प्र वो॑च॒त्कुत॒ आजा॑ता॒ कुत॑ इ॒यं
विसृ॑ष्टिः। अ॒र्वाग्दे॒वा अ॒स्य वि॒सर्ज॑ने॒नाथा॒ को वे॑द॒ यत॑ आब॒भूव॑॥६॥
ko a̱ddhā ve̍da̱ ka i̱ha pra vo̍ca̱tkuta̱ āajā̍tā̱ kuta̍ i̱yaṁ
visṛ̍ṣṭiḥ | a̱rvāgde̱vā
a̱sya vi̱sarja̍ne̱nāthā̱ ko ve̍da̱ yata̍ āaba̱bhūva̍ ||6 ||
इ॒यं विसृ॑ष्टि॒र्यत॑ आब॒भूव॒ यदि॑ वा द॒धे यदि॑ वा॒ न। यो अ॒स्याध्य॑क्षः
पर॒मे व्यो॑म॒न्त्सो अ॒ङ्ग वे॑द॒ यदि॑ वा॒ न वेद॑॥ ७॥
i̱yaṁ visṛ̍ṣṭi̱ryata̍ āaba̱bhūva̱ yadi̍ vā da̱dhe yadi̍ vā̱ na | yo
a̱syādhya̍kṣaḥ para̱me vyo̍ma̱ntso a̱ṅga ve̍da̱ yadi̍ vā̱ na veda̍ || 7 ||RV
10.129
Here the word veda is used as a knowledge vid to know.
" Who really knows, who can declare When it started or where
from? And where will the creation end? Seekers and sought entered later –
And so who knows when all this manifested? That one, out of which the
creation came May hold the reins or not, Perceiving all from above, That
one alone Knows the beginning – may not know too."
Is that not today's justice of the court that unless there
is an eye witness even the truth is not truth?. Circumstantial evidence and
hearsays are not authentic than a mediocre level?. The advaidin knew it as
a manifestations of Prakrthi from Purusha as one and the same , hence the
manifestation, but unseen cannot be reported as ONLY THAT , since it is not
an eye witness but the perceptional with the third eye or as told to and
inferred, which is admitted as true, unlike the science adding and
subtracting the Big Bang and later trying to knit it through experiment. So
it is not a hymn of any woman.
3 Bragadeeswara is a simple physics but wonder is building a rock
temple, where near around there are no rocks at all; and the boulders were
pulled with the elephants and men distances through the slopes built days
together to make it stand as gopuram and other structures; the inclined
plane length required as calculated in physics baffles the present men. The
temple tower or the Gopuram or the Vimana is constructed in such a manner
that its shadow disappears at noon. This happens because *the base of the
Vimana is bigger than its pinnacle*. Hence at noon, the shadow of the
temple tower gets merged on itself and not on the ground.
4 What is meant by Dravidian style? KR IRS 141021
On Thu, 14 Oct 2021 at 06:57, 'gopala krishnan' via Thatha_Patty <
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> *QUES ANSW DIVINE 20 *
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> *Dear friends,*
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> *These are information posted by members compiled as QA by me in
> 1998’s-2000’s and stored in my computer. At this date I have no information
> of the members posted. *
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>
> *Being compilation there may be errors *
>
> *Posted by R Gopala krishnan,78 ,on 14-10-2021*
>
> *Q1 What is the speciality of dasavathara temple at Deograh near jhansi?*
>
> *A1 The Dashavatara temple at Deogarh, near Jhansi is dated to c. 425 A.D.
> and includes a sculpture of Vishnu as Anantasayana and many reliefs
> depicting events from the epic, Ramayana*
>
> *Q2 Every body know about Ellora caves. Question- Was it a pilgrimage
> centre?*
>
> *A2 yes Ellora had been a pilgrimage centre for the Buddhists, Jains and
> Hindus and had 33 rock-cut shrines, of which 17 are Hindu, 12 are Buddhist
> and 4 are Jain. *
>
> *Q3 Is there any hymen about the uncertainity in Rigveda about the
> creation?*
>
> *A3 Yes- Hymen meaning Whence this creation has come into being; whether
> it was made or not; he in the highest heaven is its surveyor. Surely he
> knows, or perhaps he knows not – is there. *
>
> *Q4 Why do the jain saints wear gauze masks over their mouths?Which are
> the two sets of jains?*
>
> *A4 The jain saints wear gauze masks over their mouths to safeguard the
> unseen living organisms in the environment. They carry brooms to sweep
> minute creatures from their paths as they walk. *
>
> *The svetambaras (white-garmented) and digambaras (space-garmented) are
> two main sects among the jain monks. *
>
> *Alexander encountered the digambaras (326 B.C.) and called them
> gymnosophist (naked philosphers). *
>
> *Q5 Do Ramanattam might be the ancestor of Kathakali ?*
>
> *A5 There is a school of thought that Ramanattam might be the ancestor of
> Kathakali for very many similarities in the presentations, costumes, acting
> and background music could be cited in both.*
>
> *Q6 Did Zamourin of Kozhikode owned the Sree Krishna Temple of Guruvayoor?*
>
> *A6 The Sree Krishna Temple of Guruvayoor was absolutely owned and
> maintained by the Zamourin of Kozhikode till the end of their empire
> conquered by the British. *
>
> *Q7 What is the king manava devan story?*
>
>
> *A7 One of the Zamourins, King Manavedan, contemporary of Saint
> Vilwamangalam, a scholar and poet, was an ardent devotee of Guruvayoor
> deity. He used to find time, even amidst the tight schedules of governance,
> to spend few days in devotion within the precincts of the temple. *
>
>
> *Saint Vilwamangalam was very much in the temple and, it was known to all
> that he was frequented by the sight of Sree Krishna alive. *
>
>
> *Zamourin pestered the Saint with a queer request to show him also the
> lord live during one of His secretive appearance to him. *
>
>
> * Once, while walking out of the temple towards the ‘Manjulal’, the Banyan
> tree named after a virgin devotee unified with the Lord, both of them came
> across few children playing in the shade of it. *
>
> *Vilwamangalam looked delighted and told “Lord, quick, look at these
> children touching my body”. Lo! It was a blissful sight of lifetime for the
> King. *
>
> *He saw Krishna as a lad squatting on the floor frolicking and playing
> with other children. *
>
> *The King could not believe his eyes for a second. He lost control of
> himself, in a sudden leap, jumped to the midst of the children and in a
> whiff, embraced Krishna.*
>
>
> *The Lord Himself taken aback, chastised him saying, “tut, tut,
> Vilwamangalam did not seek permission from me for this” and wriggled
> Himself out of his caged arms. *
>
> * Q8 What is the origin of Krishnanattam?*
>
> *A8 In the melee, the King could pick a peacock quill the Lord adorned his
> tuft. The King regarded this as a rare divine gift and made a crown in gold
> to tuck quill on. By the frenzy caused of divine touch, the King wrote a
> drama on Krishna and premiered it in Guruvayoor Temple. The actor who
> played the role of Krishna was adored with peacock quill crown. *
>
> *The legend is that the actor, the moment he wore the crown, slipped into
> a godly mood and acted in a superhuman manner making the play unexpectedly
> successful. *
>
> * Lord Krishna Himself invested in him. Story of Sree Krishna, from
> incarnation to ascension, as narrated from the tenth chapter of
> Mahabharatham, is the theme of this drama staged in the Koothambalam
> (Temple dance stage) of Guruvayoor temple for eight nights till dawn.*
>
> *Q9 What is the origin of Ramanattam?*
>
>
> *A9 Once the King Kerala Varma of Kottarakkara requested Manavedan,
> Zamourin of Kozhikode to send the Krishnanattam troupe to his palace for a
> performance. *
>
>
> *Manavedan curtly rejected the request expressing that it is meant to be
> staged only in the Guruvayoor temple and also that the people of Southern
> Kerala have not yet grown intellectually to understand and enjoy such an
> art form, citing the incident at Tripunithura. *
>
>
> * Belittled and humiliated King vowed to retort and immediately wrote
> Ramayanam in the Attakkadha fashion with verses set to music and prose
> dialogues. *
>
>
> *He named it “Ramanattam”, opposing Krishnanattam, and wished to bring in
> all the pomp and grandeur of Krishnanattam to it. *
>
>
> *He composed the entire Ramayanam in eight volumes in Manipravalam style
> (form of poetic composition in which words of Malayalam and Snaskrit are
> blended indistinguishably like pearls and gems studded in a golden
> necklace).*
>
> * It was a dance drama and the actors were given special and tough
> training and rehearsals with rich costumes and jewellery and premiered in
> the Kottarakkara palace.*
>
> *It could be the ancestor of Kathakali for very many similarities in the
> presentations, costumes, acting and background music could be cited*
>
> * Q10 What is Theyyam?*
>
> *A10 Theyyam is the corrupted form of the word Daivam meaning the God. *
>
> *A ritual dance performed in temples by appointed people in fulfillment of
> vows of devotees. . It is purported to be the dance by the Goddess Herself.*
>
> *The dancers are men in feminine attire wearing colourful costumes made
> usually of palm leaves, cloth and brass jewellery, ferocious masks and big
> head*
>
> *Q11 Which temple is called the Benaras of the south?*
>
> *A11 The temple at Thirunelli near Mananthavady, built within the confines
> of thick forests, is widely considered as the Benaras of the South and
> visited by thousands.*
>
> *Q12 What is the speciality with the Aranmula temple?*
>
> *A12 The Aranmula It is believed that Lord Krishna and Balarama visited
> this place after the battle of Kurukshetra. *
>
> *Legend has it that since Balarama found a high ground to escape the
> floodwaters and rested there, Lord Krishna in a fit of jealousy created a
> more elevated spot and rested there. *
>
> *Hence this temple has two sanctum sanctorums -one for Lord Krishna and
> one for Balarama at a lower level.*
>
> *Q13 How many temples are there in Brindavan?*
>
> *A13There are as many as 4,000 temples in Vrindavan, most of them
> dedicated to Lord Krishna. *
>
> *Most of the temples now present in Vrindavan were constructed after AD
> 1000, while some of them are of very recent origin. *
>
> *Most of the temples of Vrindavan are dedicated to Lord Krishna, a
> principal Hindu deity. According to Hindu mythology, Krishna spent his
> childhood in Vrindavan, though he was born in a nearby place called
> Mathura. It is in Vrindavan that he is said to have spent a great deal of
> his time in play and mischief. *
>
> *One of the most impressive of temples is another new construction, the
> ISKCON Temple (ISKCON: International Society of Krishna Consciousness This
> temple owes its existence to Swami Prabhupada, a Hindu devotee born in
> Bengal in 1896. *
>
> *Vrindavan does not have an airport. The nearest airport is in Agra, which
> is 57 km away*
>
> *Q14 What are the details of the River kaveri?*
>
> *A14 You may be recollecting the Upakarma manthram- Narmada sindhu kaveri
> Godavari namosthuthae.*
>
> *Kaveri is predominantly the river of southern apart of India originating
> from the hills of Kurya, some 20 miles away from Arabian Sea .*
>
> *It flows towards the south-east direction and passes through Karnataka
> and Tamil Nadu and ultimately merges into the Bay of Bengal*
>
> * This river is considered so sacred that it is called the Ganga of the
> South. *
>
> *Q15 What are the details of the River yamuna?*
>
> *A15 Immediately we talk of yamuna the song ‘Dhheera sammeerae yamuna
> theerae’ may be coming to our memory.*
>
> *Crossing and piercing many peaks and wetting expansive planes in the way,
> Yamuna reached Khandav Vana, where the modern city of Delhi stands.*
>
> *Yamuna had longed to see almighty Lord Krishna as her husband. Hence
> taking the guise of an extremely pretty woman, she began severe penance in
> Khandava Vana. *
>
> *Lord Surya, Yamunas father, built an under water palace there for her to
> take rest. It is believed that she still resides there. *
>
> *From Khandava Vana, Kalindi travel fast to reach Vrindavana and Mathura
> in Vraja region *
>
> *From Vraj, Yamuna continues her journey due south and south-east ward
> purifying many regions in the way. She reached Prayag, the holiest among
> all the holy places of pilgrimage. There she meets again with Ganga. Both
> of them travel together from Prayag onwards upto Ksheer Sagar.*
>
> *Q16 What is the details of Tanjore big tmple?*
>
> *A16 Built by the Chola king Rajaraja I in the 11th century, it is one of
> the tallest temples in the world. It was so designed that the vimana never
> casts a shadow at noon at any part of the year. *
>
> *Legend has it that that the magnificent Nandi bull reclining on the stone
> plinth inside the temple started growing every year after being installed
> there by Rajaraja Chola. *
>
> *Finally, a nail was driven into the stone back of Nandi to stop it from
> growing*
>
> *Q17 What are the details of temple land Kancheepuram?*
>
> *A17 Kanchipuram is one of the holiest cities of India and is famous for
> its shrines. *
>
> *It is said that Kanchipuram, was once the home of a thousand temples and
> is therefore called the city of temples. *
>
> *One can clearly see the architectural evolution of the south Indian style
> of temple architecture (Dravidian style) in the temples of Kanchi (as
> Kanchipuram is popularly known). *
>
> *The temples of Kanchipuram were built by different dynasties, each
> enriching and refining the architecture further. *
>
>
> *Kanchipuram gained fame after the third century AD, when it became the
> seat of learning and was also a prominent Buddhist center. It became the
> imperial capital of the Pallava rulers from the sixth to eighth century AD *
>
>
> *The temple city of Kanchipuram is one of the seven holiest cities of
> India, though out of the original thousand temples only 200 or so remain
> now *
>
> *The Kailashnatha temple dedicated to Lord Shiva is the oldest temple of
> Kanchi*
>
> *The Sri Ekambaranathar temple is also dedicated to Lord Shiva. It is one
> of the largest temples in the city of Kanchipuram, and sprawls in an area
> of 12 hectares. The origin of this temple goes back to the time of the
> Pallavas and the Chola rulers extended it later*
>
> * The huge Devarajaswami temple, built by the rulers of the Vijaynagar
> kingdom is dedicated to Lord Vishnu, one of the principle Hindu Gods *
>
> *The Vaikuntha Perumal temple is also dedicated to Lord Vishnu and was
> built shortly after the construction of the Kailashnatha temple*
>
> *Q18 What are the details of the famous Khajurahoo ertic temples ? Are
> they erotic only?*
>
> *A18 The temples of Khajuraho are one the finest examples of the central
> Indian style of temple architecture. Though these temples have gained
> popularity because of their erotic carvings, they are reflective of the
> traditional way of life of the Hindu society in the medieval period. *
>
> *The temples of Khajuraho belong to the central Indian style of temple
> architecture. in which the temples resemble a range of mountains with
> columns of the subsidiary halls rising up towards the central column *
>
> *The contradiction is created by the fact that these temples, despite
> being places of worship, are adorned with explicit erotic sculptures *
>
> *Spread through the high forest plateaus of the region, these temples were
> rediscovered only a few decades back. It was this isolation and the
> encroachment by jungles that had led to the destruction of most of them. *
>
> *Among the 22 surviving temples out of the original 85, some remain well
> preserved while others are less so. *
>
> *They are located in three groups of which the largest and most easily
> accessible is the western group. *
>
> *The Western Group *
>
> *The Kandariya Mahadev is the best example of the Central Indian style of
> temple architecture. It is the largest of the Khajuraho temples and is
> dedicated to Lord Shiva.*
>
> * Located close to it is the Matangeshwara temple, the only one in the
> entire complex where the deity (Shiva) is still worshipped everyday with
> prayers and rituals.*
>
> * The Lakshman temple is finest of the western group of temples and has
> four shrines attached to it. *
>
> *The Devi Jagdamba temple is known for its erotic sculptures and houses
> Khajuraho's most talked-about image, the mithuna (the sensuously carved
> figures of amorous couples). *
>
> *The temples of Vishvanath and Nandi depict the marriage of Lord Shiva
> with Parvati. The Chaunsath Yogini is the oldest of the surviving temples
> at Khajuraho and is dedicated to goddess Kali. *
>
> *The Eastern Group *
>
> *This is also known as the Jain group. The Jain temples of Parasnath,
> Adinath, Shantinagh, and Ghantai have fine examples of elaborate carvings
> and are bereft of the erotic sculptures seen in the Hindu temples. *
>
> *These temples are dedicated to Jain deities, each temple having a finely
> sculpted image of the presiding deity. *
>
> *The three Hindu temples here are those of Vamana, Javari and Brahma. *
>
> *The temples of Brahma and Hanuman are two of the oldest temples of
> Khajuraho and are made of granite and sandstone. *
>
> *The Southern Group *
>
> *This group has two temples only, the Chaturbhuj temple and the Duladeo
> temple. Both are Hindu temples. *
>
> *BASIC PLAN *
>
> *The basic ground plan of the temples is almost a textbook example of
> traditional Hindu temple architecture. It consists of four compartments;
> the entrance porch (ardhamandap), the vestibule (antarala) and the sanctum
> sanctorum (Garbhagriha) and in some of the larger temples, an extra hall
> (mandap) with lateral enclosures added for size and splendor. The temples
> rest on a risen open platform, a distinctive feature of the Khajuraho
> temples, with subsidiary shrines at the four corners of the platform in the
> bigger temples. carved with figures of mythical and historical origin. Many
> of these depict women in postures of innocent play, while others depict
> carnal love (mithuns).*
>
> *These depictions symbolize the tenet of Hinduism that considers sexual
> love a form of energy. *
>
> *The origin of these temples is shrouded in mystery. According to a simple
> tale, the Moon God fell for the charms of a Brahmin woman, which heralded
> the beginning of the Chandela dynasty. And *
>
> *these temples were built by the first Chandela ruler to atone for his
> mother's sin. *
>
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