Week 10 Story Lab
Storybook Research
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Temple Building Theories.
https://www.downvids.net/thanjavur-brihadeeswarar-temple-793379.html
Brihadeeswarar Temple at Thanjavur: The primary element of
the temple is a tower measuring over 200 feet tall called the vimanam. It is referred
to as dakshina meru. The octagonal shikharam, or top copula, rests on a single
block of granite weighing 81 tons. It is believed that this block was carried
up a specially built ramp built from a site in a village 6 kilometers away. The
beginnings of a wide large ramp at a slope that is consistent with an angle
that would have been appropriate for a band of elephants to push or pull a
heavy load. The Shivalingam in the two stories sanctum is the Peruvudaiyar,
Rajarajeswaramudaiyar.
https://www.sanskritimagazine.com/india/bragatheeswarar-peruvudaiyar-temple-tanjore/
The Suspended Idol
“King Narasimhadeva I, the great ruler of the Ganga dynasty
had built this temple, with the help of 1200 artisans within a period of 12
years (1243-1255 A.D.). Konark temple was initially built on the sea bank but
now the sea has receded, and the temple is few kilometers away from the sea.
The Sun Temple of Konark is gigantic so also the stories & myths associated
with it are many.”
A very popular legend with the Temple of Konark is that the vimanam
was built with a lode stone at its base, a series of iron plates between each
step in the tower and a massive lode stone at the base of the shikharam. The
power of the magnetic stones enabled an iron idol of the sun god Surya, to be
suspended freely in the air. According to stories, the first ray of the sun
from the coastal side would cross the Nata Mandir (Dancing Hall) and would fall
and reflect from the diamond placed at the crown of the Sun God.
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