ISSN NO. 2454-888X | NEWSLETTER 8 YOGTANTRAGAMA july-September 2015 eeEditorial ‘Searching within does not usualy follow te parameters sat by Fesaarch and learning thatwe are usualy acquainted wth TRe lexan and syntax of used saga notcongucve oppo pretel enero fo exlan this sub form of knoniedge. One the brightest nker, most hardworking scholar vith a fing and alert analybea! mind or most wel read porsen of fg lect yet when ene embarks on bis delicate path to kno of so realzalon one es start om a ace a {inch formed the bans oF ones sare racaarey nd uncer Standing and most importantly Govetoa faith without which one an nol even hope to cimb a singe step. Talking of faith, itis not the bind faith with its undertined mater alle motives and pretenses thats being hinted hore. Ts the faith which te prerequisite to emancipalion and elevation, @ kind of ath wich wil feo an Indvicual of al the bordages,'a fathin ong ow hanes se iat Pat asiowe re ion seqig tings n 1 ust seeing through them, wi ese the word around uz notin termes of ts use But fs essence Irs wort tom wih sfe and arwety oni ths kind offal Gane some rearing an aac ohio so Here ‘am reminded ef the pognant story wton by Dostoavs Groam of 2 rlculaus man whore ho protagonist take about Raving winossed the Truth and reaizng hat both Navan ang hal eBexistn this very word and depends on you whal wou ‘want to meke for ourself and you felow human bongs ‘wih these though ard ponderings and, the blessings of our Guru Swart Pavanand Te we present the our iosor fhe Tobogi is tivo 0 aways woh lightening edtoral by Sam Parenand Titty delvng onthe sopra mental one tor ronal ogi whe leads nit gence fl ol narteous teks" as knowledge siflerent fom wha convetionaly 9c. Clamuaied trough soda vual inputs io te nour core Spa zor he oar sore past have oad ‘Remaries ane ter metaphyscl impor ‘Nextwe have Swamiis aticle on "Power and process of ini- ‘rsal phonomenor focusing on the alphabets of Sank fan- {Quage and ther sounds as the subte form of the manifested Uhiverse. The fact that each ofthese alphabets have a manda- Ia" atributed to them talks about thelr potency 2s a dat. eee acme sepa recat Eeipateeen tern arian : Eee oe a Saunas peace Mean Faasrcaestiyeeerne eu ecseoereas eens. ravaiseee necumassreenr neenriccuinenmann cared Hoar esarta HRera au asia Hester ercrineeeerccrte ree meee mamaria rai Agar ae at a n rt the unique stylistic features of Onssan temple architecture 3 a9.g chanoloncal development soenn the so by Dr ‘Gectka Kaw Kner thie is flowed by an informative a ‘choy arice on the San imple at Modnera by Or. Advat- ‘dint Keul which touches upon he history. architecture and ihe etymology assoctatod wih the said sitclure. To condlude there sso poo fete on the sun tele ards at chiectural featutes (Dr.Goctika Kaw Kher is Asst. Professor at Amity School of, Ing Arts (ASFA) and caches History of Art Aesthetics and4 WISDOM FROM SHIVAS RATTLE DRUM . By Swami Paranand Tirth Power and process of he universal phenomena, i 1 to, aaa ‘The omnipotent os exhibited hie attude nthe frm of maya in {he form ot he aphoram {a having resorted to this strearine ‘of conscious He created the form ofthis universe “The second beat manifests inthe form ofthe aphorism AE which {gin act a phonetic semblance produced by fwo shot raps onthe [Damru by the stings attached tot As Nandikesivar compre- Inendea this from his mystic msight te aphorism meant unversal- iy or completeness. ‘Tiss presumably a sequel tothe las potion of the proces {pharm m which has been deapneree as the universe that © teat a a rest ol he abaoe pice ung with aya “this aphorism deserbes the universal manvestaton as and ‘Those lwo sylables are peculiar in sanskit vowels Despite ther being authentic parse Nanclkeshwara unike other Tantik canons doss not ule Gut revolations asthe testimory of levidence. In suppor ot his interpretalon ofthe vowel 31 as /ean lng the universal phenomena one vedic meter has been cited and it ‘Seems 1ohave Deen 2 Ol contrived fo ft info the context Anthea ‘commentator onthe cantos of Nandikeshwara called Upmanyu Ras ‘Sted a vedie meter with construed meaning though This pmanyu might as wel be the seer of Shiypuranarn who e- 2 wish fling cow of gan fom Leré shiva any how Ae Melee yma fame ran om parse he a no kvedas) and is asa known as iy tangoo! Mealy eta of Thanatoe Uparariy nas constued to an te meaning on th as ‘a folowing the atributes and adjectives qualifying tthe Truth he {bsolute princpiathe all pervasive purusa the one who presides the nature elerred fo as biscx and yoliow "the perect ealbateihe ‘one beyond visbie perception and the universal manestation. hhave been atiiouted fo the sylable 2 stead of re which 2s it were means the princple of righteousness This also establishes tne doctnne of kaivalyacwaitam and refutes fer shalvitedoctines in which many Shivas have been concep- {walised and tne utmate objective isto be “Ike shiva which as t {oliows rattonay can be in mulituge Bp Reeeieg TREE erieatiptere) teeta one ree wan ‘There's no conflict inthe monisticd'spositon despite uniting with maya and accounting forthe paver ard process of creation Since thete are always two aspects ofthe absdlute principe the one that ftemally transcends maya and the one interiaced in maya. the former remains non dal whereas th ator rain sparing Initwhereas the absolute principe isthe substratum [phenomena conaltoned in mays Tig tate pine ie decribed as mind wanscendententy thats sy hat Hes beyond all metal conceptuaeaton a: al {a5 devod of any such conaltoning like ming » By the term rind all feu condone vz tananeat eason and espe nea, iow since the provess of creation is prmanly conceptual ori the iis foloving constues called “The absolute pringple gets conditaned inthe mnd and te {onstues The commentany a ie folowing aohonsms {establishes a unison or incisnguishabilty ofthe mind matter and Reea cess Sige ie nolorenen sof Secon Tre the power and process of ceaion He 2c. Sein Bes putes oreo roam a cat ond ot Socty ‘int conten the mode of eatin fet ies and ren the ‘Reanind senate tna wel dened and svteraie manner ouch ‘ne wrtval whore as inthe prices af convergence they are stn Sion te hos a en fecthomo- nel as in mode of speech which fs abslutel Wan SEandera in nature ‘The mode of cteaton In this parlance is that it originates. Inthe universal self signted as sfger Which is also ‘Unison wih para 6 he banscendental mode of 6 This Fas aleo been defined as the atbreviated otal alphabets of sanskit language -the fst being and tne ‘ast being & “The universal phenomena was inthe form of pure sub- {getheavareneds before te objective dy ‘cers rom ths pure subjecive awareness the, Secondary mar fostaton or wi a sight divergence. ofthe word rom its meaning ~. eta originates This stage has been defined as te stage of cosmic ieligence n which nesc- fehoe unites and it acquires grosser forms of individual rea Sons by Somanang the author of Shv dr inthe begnng o the unwereal phenomena the entice manifestation was inthe form of et ae or te tanscen- ‘ental mode of subjective gnosis. Then ‘or word Inthe cosme inteligence “Tins became grosser Inthe thd mode of expression HIaaHT which pertains (0 {he expression in an iiidualitelect ‘Tn vlewpont maintains hat he universe manifests as rarngaraferyor werden pearing the cuba a ‘te have already explained above comprises te supreme Self whic isthe meaning of S&T. This fhe mode ot per {ea hasegenaty of werd and mearing share snare have compared these fou! stages ot he manifestation of Vitae Stee siuafteyincnare cae Sas daeanante ca ‘fhe idea behind fe creation ofthe to fld universal phe- ‘nomena is according tg the maim of conceptualisaton {nd elimination ( 7a) which facitates the Subjectve recognition o he supreme self Beginning from the coceyx ceptrg 2s the aré rises higher Up fo gat ofoeser It becomes the audibie word i te aficttae forthe cervical plexus. The ae comes te be called strat rom the stand point of creative U Groscest mantestaton of it is hot ciferent om Peete olumerse Ted'aie ate vaunan is he embodiment of whole nl In one ofthe Janik canons each alphabet has been att sd en of ERT ra opal reference tor example ‘has a spatial orb of twee 9g@ cubic gt years sr has fs Celle 8 fot and soe ee lchabel ‘ed n ght groupe and each group has fs ov Sgriicange, fhe universe es and ts quanta Le 35 tho uni of convayanee of knowledge - can be By vatios fesimontes of evidence Vouk as well tank is goss uses stem Unmesianam which comes for posed the glossary of Kashmir shiva In his doctrine te rromena consisting of try se elements real and tus. preexstent ike various organs of pea cockn the yolk oft S09. Unmeelanam isthe projecton of fis proexistont phe ‘omena inthe form ofthe gross unverseBLUE: The Colour of Consciousness wea Ea ae erence igre coe acne aimee Sag a Sea Me Elana eee ak tbr ‘The ‘blue’ nature of ‘pure consciousness” was fly de- Served and deliberated upon in the Naropas Sik Yona. uring the 10th 11h in the Kamatantra Vafa- padnama, Naropa gave the teachings ofthe se [hich ware tanenttig to him through the Sieaha Tiopa, In The Yoga of Psychic Hea: Tuna medtaton) arop refers 0 ve Superormal Signs which "one’s body fs transmuted into a body of var-coloured ra- lances tke unto those of a rainbow One of these ve Sion, tne Sin of Satu," manfess 36 a"Dve Tad ‘Since the reiting of the Hubble Telescope in 2009, wonderful ofthe Universe has been baing fecorded. The Universe In the Tibetan Tantras, the body of Buddha Vajradhara fe fo possess structures that resoriates shapes of lng ofgans. ‘Tom where al the prmvordal consciousness arises fs de hupe of eat wonb, ey, lunge ras been seen Thermo} ped wa ue cat rane ot he dest beta an "afantua, butlerly, eagle. tadpole rainbow, Norsehead has’, las. Chakrasamvara Tantra. the body of Hecuka Fecotded in gala custers In tie recent years the mages of Ciiakrasamvara,'s depicted wih dark blue color Henuka the early Universe only 600 milion to BOO milion years sflr the Sig Chakrasanvares body fs painted as blue a3 apis lez Bang have been recorsed. The ssttonomers cla tat ater the Big. Inthe Samputa Tarra, te inner fe lg seid to Be seen af Bang. thee vas a dense fy of hydrogen ha enveloped ne early” bang ie clr of he fare ot a amp buring sasame Lniverse and'tis not possible fo see beyond with current evel of” Seed ale, ight biue. This the blue thigle™, the blue aoa ot, the potently of consciousness. ‘Scientists are perplexed that how suddenly hydrogen fog disap-__Tsonakhapa, the Tibetan master who estabished the peared and fst galaes were formod ina.cear Cnwerse. These Gelug soc and ntates the First Dalal Lame has wnten alaxies are emiting blue colour. The hydrogen fo Gssappeared by S2veral volumes of philosophical and mediation trea ‘races of reionsation by which electrons moves apart rom hy" e&, He too had been Blessed withthe vision of this Due roger nuda ore reasons yet © be known. With the disappear” Hoh. Thurman writes how Tsongkhapa during hs med- ‘nee of fog, nergalactc spack became vansparemt 8 cear aha {atonal reteat aw the won ofa round ons blve ight to be recorded now. Deattiul coep-bive shape, of size appropri fo the enter ofa mandala, asf exquistely painted, of extreme “Theres phenomenon called Doppler Red Shi. Farther the gala ie Gary, whose edges were lacod wih a rainbow oF ieee, faster they recede aay fom each otter emiting ig tat fve-colored ight ays." Shits au Re hac der waveenayardiower fee Cie quency’ joa lower wavelength ans higher freque ent Tukargm says: "The lor of he universe eres nists are puzzled that the gatanes become suiprsinay tue in house the sizeof a sesame seed and ives wihin Sealy inthe eary history of universe. They insiat hat ulra-olus gal- 2s poling towards tis blue dot that appears inthe laxies are rate objects thet appeet so bive because they may be Ge Shidekash, whom many westem enthusiasts erm, “Blve Gant innaver cements: fhe clear ntergaactc space lacked he” Peart, Sant Gyanesfuar has mentvoned about tas the Gust hat redcers ight though scattering tembodimentol the fourth ‘state, Tuya, beyond the ithe colour of clear eary Unverse ls bie, the colour of clear raci- waking, dreamang and sleep sia. ‘Sant Gyneshwar dant sky on the earns Due. [sits mere coincidence Wat re colour ngs, the Eve of to eye, even beyond the vod, the Greperepace oc Temvelonsersne na Rave opened new vse or Sue dos lant and spring. ‘ febue? ‘51 Aurobindo Ghose indicates about the colour of this ‘nthe spiual iver space ive ste colour of pure element of con-inner ight one of is verse in Savi. “Calm heavens suousress, Ble she colar of he tanacendertalboay Ons expe. f mpershable Light, /Mumined continent Vole iienoes end visulzes re Bu Pesto sesame seed-sze puisatng Beace,/ Oceans and dvers ofthe mith of God An did advanced melaten, When his oct md expands and ares counties unde ue sus! ‘rome sereniy at ans A ‘Swami Muktananda eulogized this “blue light” within in The intense viiono bus pear dung mystica expeence as ben he ak Pry ot Conanusess or Chichi Tecorded by fhe mjetes and shamons rom aroune ie word for Tas(107e). He talked about ho, most portant of these Trveante a year Intnl fms manfestng wit te Be bt way the The O4 Testament records when Moses gathered seventy ofthe fom sea fhe ue Pea you can ain wet, he e records when Moses gathered seventy ofthe tom seung ts ive Pear you can ata anti alder of eae fo see God and To recowe ne commancments Sate ol ibeaton, ; they saw the Cos of eral Une hs ext rere wos someting tke a ot sappnie stone, isthe very heaven for Gearegs hen you see the Bue Peat ale ima, his mean you alu 2 the sapere oe dark Bue mineral, ips ae fo tye ae, he slate of compe anocond- (which was traded aoross the Sik Route by the radars and. ence. the Buddhist pms. The vsion of God was laden witn blue lium aon. His Guru, Swami Niyananda, the great sage of Gane- shpur, says that once ego merges unto. the Absolute, Even Siddhartha Gautama when had an awakening under the there dawns tie De rays of consciousness Blue isthe is innet eyes suddenly opened and fieoded with a colour of advala,obiteraion of differentiation. No ndlesslight-manistaton.” Th& realization has been depicted _ doubt the sain's who realize the Biss and serenity of yi folowersinvanaus artworks. The eariest uniuang pantngs Blue Sesame seed work incassanly fo bring land inthe temples ofthe Sik oad and Chine parted setues oF ether. Mey connect peddle wih thelr Conk the Buddha ustally depict dark blue har. re is @ magnetic pull within them that makes us to graviate towards them,Hymn to Tara by Samad Deter nt was at age (of eeral mans me Rashneek Kher (Cin idunémala Tanta, Goddess is described as con- ; Se onder tucten Blood which aays on Pero ‘hiss esotene meaning and shoul no e alocous} Understood by ts eral meaning) Sinchesteyccney ae ay taco fanee Eyeuons ike arn’ on @ Bom, dark ees symecting ‘Wit cisco of spite tanscondence, Reveal ty tue Sie godces cares slo none of hr hand th we were tuned into Rao Sharda(a commu i weed of desie and propels her davo- ie) Mot Lal Kem (renowned sonar ot ranscencence) ‘and an expert on Fok Theatre of Kashmir interview was being Broadcast The review was nereparzed win requests of songs by McKemmu, He requested for Samad Mis fran pratan i as Sung by Ama Kenia ChaiyKasnr to ‘Though had read many of Samnad Mis poems I hadnt heard of this one i then Herre tn eco ots ules ave hears fom some peor that Sondre tonal 8, Beaten cis inentesen waa eaten earths an rere ‘deity in Kashimic environs yet the descripton is essentially of the one hi mare korthas che taem bharketey, allay nazaar av \wnothe desaribas as the Goscoss who amerged vitonavs ering, your eyelasnes, tat as boon you bestowed os tonne es Rove ne aaa aa etd at Dash. Serr an is primary a msi eel to He, the Goddens deserted by cur pats sone s shes cesebet fee: Siete and worshipped in the Hindu pantheon. To be more precise the de- Paeraav Srey ution Pevegcerti a Pe arson sa eecatteatenc ac etna eas pratettn War agen ST Gira cesar wecs swraanen | Ye Inhih ove son otis Goddess” the lage of Taigom near Kur We beseech your dvine grace; Revel hy ue seo Secaaraeie wiser tour ttoramum rs fue Mantaab royas kare cheayegateye aaa mandechih ich has a living temple of considerable antiquity consid- C!23¥" Saati eta % puginesiraseupcend wing decal econ) a2 vocuney raaan sare hatye, ety nazaar Peeieeee ed Cee eee ccm woocat Karon poozaye Fale pisteye S104 A220 URBY aay, asian mee stew Sh your Upp, Reve ty tesa [Caskets of mangolds wil enireat younwity Revea thy tre salito” "Me oh iipture $. srapit wine) is adorned with ("In Buddhist iconography the Goddess sits in the orb of. seraacet eh Gates te Trentna Smo) isacomes wine mes way gun frm ti ete of Theva Someries Bee ei tec essen Peeters Wierelelatee ciaterSae Baar tat attic ea SDE ny Pe ras recite mip tetas ese ses renee esicoamratic ice Actenetn cau tl not be fallaciously understood by its literal meaning.) nayhich has a ving temple of considerable antiquity cans Sndine tne seupives an» oping Saacated wo ede Tatiempt io rensite the poor Eran praaran tarawatyy ey nazaaroav fan poozaye afr phloye” aay nazoa Vaav Forlong have | sought thee, Reveal hye self to me! Tarawa, Casket ofmangad Ye re 35 zi wil entrest you wit, Reveal thy {ue self to ‘gaan of man Durdgane ib vatheyekhande seet maey vaseraay {Tmetey chamtan ance rataye stay razsar ry ‘Your oatted bear ke fos. clowing ved wah human lood*es Ba i Wy oe eee as is led he ie of realized one and the one who e. Ja ayn Pa mapa Neh Samad rato: aay nazaae Fhias aoc aaa, aay naar ‘eam the an swaeoning othKailash Mansarovar Yatra- The ultimate pilgrimage Part 1- Kathmandu and Entering China By Sunder Shridhar sg E a ad 2 While a trek ora mountaineering feat makes you, in some way, larger than ho you are te fundamental Gea of @ plage sf subdue the sense of ‘who you ate. It's to become nothing in the process of just walking ang cin Ing and subjecting yourself varios orci processes Of nau. - Sacha ru Jaggi Vasudev. he ai i eg ne to er rea nae fe aa ce i Bahco geese t marae ema a Picks eee aes aa eta ae eae ee from ane of my frends wh had acualy made kor hat ip. He hed cheery Seer as eee ae Sierra edo Suncor ae oa eer tetas a ena as irra tedeeehel Nr asa epietes tu Presa ae eee ‘The tip promises to be an intense spntual experience, complete with the in- ‘clusion of mediation sessions at sacred spols and seisangs including one: ‘wath the Master at Lake Mansarovar or Mount Kalas (This wat hugs incen- the lore. decided fo go (or may Bem tury had came) .On the oer hand the tend who had asked me italy opted oul Several tings seme Du aint my taveing. The ost wes substantial and at that tie, | ought twa well out stimy each, even hous vas slowed pay for int then wasnot sure ft woud gt ieave Kem ork for he 13 Gay. needa Get boxy andr good saps ee frebuing. But somehow; my mind was made up. an hat kind OF pave the way tor everything ese fan place. On Speaking vin te organere, fs alent sede was felsed yeas eo plot se mony tam @ ak olan parni plenadn some fo baying te raat Geartha [reeced. got ne necessary leave approvas | el atend ne calrdane har hese ope Seton 8 fPonthe,§ ays 2 week whien prepared me physically. i cov- Gion Asana ang Pransjamas very wl, algo Needed to ut ergo 2 series of madi fests and cond al a ab reports to tne organzors fo ensure that hore would be ne complsatons ue loamy exctng heat issues. Lucky, my reg ce of hela few year, woke nt ay favour an al the bests were deat My excloment mounted as be vel Gate neared an tagined wrat foul be ike to Boho She mighty rysial athe Maglat MourtKalawh Oe by ne otal the requremons ry as ayised byte ha, {Sarn- Reciones (forall possible ments) rain goar(weath- can change at any ime fom suney to windy toe), wale Bice foe, igh wry ches warm ling, Paso SS point algo started eosin uP al posite intrmation and watching videos on the tere about Mount Kalas Ac cording fo Sacha, unt Ratash rt usa random od 0p of ora, Sut the largest yeti ixary an Kae poe daiied as a sated spot by atleast ¢elgions {he Hindus (asthe abode of Lord Shiva), e Jain as he joce where thor ist Tirmenkara, Rishaoia Deva caine’e : i i 2. : i = i i t Hunt at" The fa sop“ Panhupatna Hae, Shiv toe Wet sop “Past wae a8 wr shotord ctl Lieng bongs fis ais apace were fae fom. boop cor tive telat sys of thaw le: Stuated ae nots Banko he Bagmat wer, the temples been sarovs Sound for ages beheyed to date back to 400 AB Ja also an Du irs 9 meron hte Sha Purana, One can see Soahus power wes j re pgs ofa ype hore several them ving om (ur 14 day tip nvtved yng into Katrrandu Nepal andthe Baga ver blow te temple, Agora va mata ha ‘fe proceeding luther by reed The sna orgenzes and vol. ahd bodes smeared wi Agh aloo abeund around te Wie ereatuanatejetnetaios ner payne va ie Themen Sauget he pet fo sere tar aT a nace Se eee eae file au aaa od te hatte Sette La, Serra hate eta aeecaet caer He (a tay atin oe anaes on pee! SraeeInaavelines ta tan ae Aenea cect beteen en aeeiants Bee ame Steeda pata ante Sly acho Ser cecum wav xp aan oa foun weaeUerangenr bdo’ (cae ler Sn 2 yo yan otc Kamat Secs act teasinanc unmet’ haves aris oloey aietettee ahaa Fade Ratna aehar ieee Ronee ne nsecan Cob ce owevas ewe i eaise wih ees cee eer ans ‘munda (north), andNaresinfy (northeas!), Chausath Yogini temple at Hirapur ‘The memati pratt can be seen at he chausath yogi {empiea Knajurao wri sma’ bat rectangular In Shape, Accorcing te the Hevafa Tarra, he SaktarTaniiom fourches in four mayor comet of fila Udeyana (Gnssa), Pumagis, Kamaripe and Jalandhar Thekaka Pura (fier A smphanzne tna tna! taninc pina nda argnatd and ceveloped n Oca Bese Gras) he presiiog dele of wh wee agen nate andthe goddess Katyayant. The archaeougical eve dance prove fhe prevalence of Shaktam m Orssa fom the Gupta penod, Vr being the earest Sekt goddess ir ateacuramarc form) he reap tpl geal eves oa ere lo. {ate ema igh aecorsivetempe complos wi mati Structures, Mukegwar temols cate fo 10 Gentry AD ane considered as the harbinger of is new develop ‘ant The ble here has Suovesshlly combined many elements of ho old wth new secre on cnceptone Many othe noyalone see fiere can be seen erate ‘The Jagamonara appears rs vito soo Se slate and te super sn ino oraca pa Edo he boli canbe seen ‘ted on platfarms and ther arehtectural laments are uly {atzequtig and dont ok a8 Nea or stocky a8 caer ‘The fal gractunass ego echosd nthe sc- parte fms ie elo, eee tae a number of panels show ‘inrin yope medraton orn a teacing mode Supgestng the importance of te ste for tantric ination,‘The lemples ult t Bhubaneshwar and Jagannath Pu be. teen ‘fh and 1th-centunes AD are the fypleal specimens of ‘ran temple complexes wih val deve {Gancing halo various performances ao acrar 3 con over he. ‘Bed rine spre top and is surmounted by stone. On this stands the golden vase sha {sul The sanctum resis on a basement ha gra is he shikara -@ oty metres high which curvesin at tne ‘an amalaka of large founded block of Kalasa wih a fine mouldings. The Tower par ofthe wall on three sides has fiche projections with leone Of Ganesh, Parvat ang Kartkeya, Opposite the shrine is the assembly hall The lors ofthe rool have exquisitely Carved fiezes of processions and cher scenes, Other sttuc- {ures are te Nat manair anc the Bhog manci. There are a ‘umber of smal shines around the man temple. The exterior Ofte shithara ike al Orissan temples has honzontal mouldings. ‘and small carved ‘ofthe spre filing the spaces in be- fveen. this tompia displays a mature phase of Orssan architec: Iie Seen aso at Raja Ra temple ad Jagannath tele at Lingaraja Temple ‘The hall mark of Orgsan temple architecture is yet another ais. {ine structural complex dedieated to Sun god at Konark near Pui, Dedicated to Surya. the sun god its one of he free rare oo Seciate to ns ety Sun wemole at Mosnera ‘Gujarat and the ulns of Martanad Sun temple devaciato by Ieongctasts in Kashmir being the oer two such complexes, ‘Though the cut has ost ts ‘the grand ambitous struc: {ue Berays the importance a he det in Orssan paneer. medieval mes, One of the unique features of his temple's that IRwas concewed nthe form of a great chaiat driven by seven "Two horses stand at the entfance tothe fst ouldng, + mandi. On ether side ofthe Bulngs are seven Glanl wheels ofthe chariot Legend as that the temple was, onstucted by Samba, the son of Lord Kismat ic Said that Samba was ahiciod by leprosy, brought aoout by his thers turse on hin. flor 12 years of penance, ne was cures Surya, the Sun God, in whose honour he bull tne magnificent Konark Sun Temple Konark Sun Temple ‘The original vimana the main structure housing the ae hich was round fm al as flon of and ‘presently Jagamohana, Natamandir and Bhoga man- Gapa survive.at the site Architectural it represents the finl phase of Onissan temple architecture It was bull by Narsingha Deve ofthe aga Byst inthe 13h cant A Bedcated te Suya the Sun dod, t's called tne Black Pagoda. The basic tue {ore an immense terace with twelve huge wheels, each eaty 3 mateshigh on eter side. The temple stands ina Courtyard. Enanee to i bya fight of steps. Ranked by ‘vo hign sing elope wit a huge ion. or aach ot them, Phough the spre othe temple has collapsed the py- ‘amidal eof of the Hall of Aucenge ntact. The outer Walls othe temple are devorsied wih excuse seulpures Df dancers in various poses, musieane, hone, horses, ele= Bhartsetecoverag every aapec of Me beades eof Eres which ar bolgved to have been scupiures de i Fampant influence of tantly atthe tine. fhe twee main Inages of cuysin green core are ees of apuphire vitreaborately embetished carvings al rouna fom he Bint oe teed pyramal aot Nas ag bean do- Eerbed asa" Poomn Stone ‘After fe Gangas between Tdin andth centuries AD the tampe tidy acl grodvaly cecned i Osa may {Gualo palica anes. ere wes some sporacle ect ary years but nothing comparable fo the earet grand and Sxauiste monuments, Nevertheless the contribution of Kar tngan temple arentecture fs mmense in istry of ean tempie bullng ane aso t's a great repertove of tantne, leonography forthe scholars er stucents. On one hand the temple development pattem suggests te urinertupted hindu dominion ofthe regen and ofthe oer is stresses tn he mportanoe of aiflrchal cults an Systems which right have been felon nthe medieval Onssan socety Rappers rom a study ofthe exgting temples ot hubane- wa thet Pasupatsm fantnem, Sakiem ana Saivgm all became ncaparaby rived up A strange amalgam is (Gre cary royal pete of een Ose Ge tothe strange mix up but toa perceptive eye the evolution is evden fom Parasuramesware fo ingataja imple theough Mukteswar ane Varta deu! and wich ulm Cuiminated inthe grand stuctral complexes seen alae Sannath Temple a Pur and Sun temple at KonarkSun-Temple at Modhera (Gujarat) By Dr. Advaitavadini Kaul 'SUN.worship in Gujarati known flor emote antiquity 95 in ‘whol of ncn Cojarat prevalence te sone e ‘ated by the number f rsenptions fund. Thee ure Songtened by he dstrbuton sf monumartal remains a3 ako tho dscovery ofa rumbor of stono scuptres ol tho Banteen from varove prs o Curt cen Yor soot 5 Sentry mediaeval per ‘The tempi at Modhera she host mpoctant fal suntem- pes bulk ie whole of GupratKerjoys the same sn. Eance as otter two wel known Sun-tergles im Kashi {Worana) and Orissa (xonars). ‘Th remans of his magi Sentarentectural monument sil retoct re gimpoes of Se. ance and ttl he sancly of te sto, fers 0 Modnerapura sco known Munda is said to have Bee he egal eter of aca ras ng its lependary past relating othe Ramayana fue thor bebeved tat otha Bras receven Mochera as a ‘tsnarpana onthe occasion tthe marrage of Rama and ‘Sta. Assoraing othe Skanda Purena 240-67] ator do- Kelana, Lord Hama cna ineaone stow m9 pace a limoge where he could go and purty him Sef of he sn of rama holy (the sloyng of Brahman). ‘The Murs shone nm charmarany \Incharmaranya. Lord Rama sotved a a vitaga called Mod- fnerak and performed a yajna there. Thereafter he estab lished avvilage ane nemed Stapura. Ie behves that the vilage Modhera mentioned above later come to be known asMochera. The Stapura vilage is about 8 km fom BBecharag) Once a flarishing own and seaport, Nodhera Stands 24 km south of Anahtapataka (Patan) on te it bark ofPushy Fiver” As te famous sun femple was con fo the west of his rwer probably in 1026-27 A. glaring oan of Chloe King Bhima | (1022 1089.0. ‘As has happened with the rest ofthe temples in india ths femple also suffered from the fundamentalist ravages. ‘The Muhammadans not content with defacing he figure Sculptures ofthis Modhera temple, are said to have placed Bags of gunpowder nthe undetground sri an law ‘the Upper call destroying sikhara or tower A monument smple has been constusted in ra. The aopearance of the ‘whole scheme wit is achtectural seting neuging ts 2c- essores, show that as in all goo. buildings, the needs and the conveniences ofthe undertaking are countoc equally es- Sental ass aesthotc reatment “The hole structure standing on a kharasia i es ed of he gerbnagmo (shrines) end gune-mane. ial» Sathesmandapa orange mandipa Gassonby hat oe ‘tet haltheare al) locally Krowr as Sta Chevad” In fort of he lempie the Kanda sacred por) now cates the Remstunaa. Orgel tere were some smal subs ‘he goer srueieof main boy fhe tee encon re of ma By oh empeencoin the'nendepe ral) ane gobhagrna sanctum sancou) eary two {ita ard fort one the mandapa al rum s 11 feet square inside. Between the Sanctum sanctorum and that ofthe temple is the Ravmarga or Bama (tne creumambulatory passat passage was rooted with fat slabs lad across a Foseites on the undersides and above this, rose he sinara. ‘The mandapa as usual is peistyar with an octagonal nave covered by 2 splendal céved Some. Tho aide walls are fare butboken by nchos in each bay, contamnng figure of Surya, The pain walls are more than compencaled by He ex- guia canes plarand re archives pertain oetes fom the Ramayena. The exterior ol ihe femple i abo pro- {Geely sulpured but pernaps the most elegant and srmen- tal featre of is tempo is fe beautiful sabho mandapa (the assembly hal). is carved wit soanes fom tre ahabhara- {GOnits outside wails ofe some representations of amorous ‘oupioe siiarto nat a Koran uiside this sabha-mandapa are te pars of torana from ‘which the arch fe mising, Etom te orana.s ght of sep Teds down to the Runs in font oth. The Suya-kuna alco now se Rame-sanaa erectanguat and medoutes 176 fest roto south, By 120 foo! east © wost. thas many torrasse Br wep leading athe var lev Onis dona comers dbsies namely lolnny ven Truacama, Goddess Sina Sesion fhe Wadhera ero se nite he seat Sense at once responds lo the elagance os proportions, the nie cormpestion boing Itt te ving tame of nspratcn. Butapar om is moteral beaury ts Gesgner nas suecpoced eammunicaing' an stmosshere of spriual grace. The {empl faces te east ona he rene aura the equnoxes ft feria cocencacanee rough # penne tm a0” way to sonido, past cotumned vestbuies Goal 4 fallon the mage Ins innermost chambor. {nls passage tne raye ofthe heavenly body to which the Shrine ie consecrated, quiver and shiomer on pillars and arch- Soy ging fe and mewemertto hee cravon am the wile stucture aopearing radiant and clothed ingly. To see this, Rhoble movement wifi's clustered columns nak only ing tke exhalation but mirorad in he stil waters Below, i 0 feel tat iis creator was more than a great artist, but weaver of reams ‘There exists famous ternple of Matangi Madeshwari Mata, the Original temple being in the ancient step-well. Various Mode Communities worship the Mata as he family dey. -Arouna the femple'a large charmashila has been conetructed fo accom fate pigms on Mahasud 13, when a ba fairs eld. Ils Sltended oy he pigrme from Patan, Ahmedabad, Nadiad etc. ‘Gn the cnalrapurnma day te sangha of the Modhe ghanchis, come here for worship. Pairs are aso held on the sravana Vad 30 and the adhika mas vad 30. A special fas aloo ineidon the Mahotta parva |e. conjunction of Monday, Vad 30 and a particular planet. Thousands of people from ina and ‘broad wisi the piace every month held on the Mahotta ke. conjunction of Monday, Vad 30 and a particular planet. ‘Thabane of peeps fom Inia and abead vet the pass every montmodera Sun Temple: oto Feature‘Modhera Sun temple , 11th Century, Chalukyan dynasty, Pillar carvings ‘Chalukyan dynasty Modhera Sun temple, Gaja dhara symbolizing water and purity, 11th century, Chalukyan dy navstyPublished by : Reshineek Kher, 901-902, iris Tower, Faridabad, Haryana, 127010 for YTA.on -mail: swamiparanand@gmail.com Layout and design: Pragati Pradipt Logo: Manik Chawia VTA NEWSLETTER YOGTANTRAGAMA July-September 2015