Surya
సూర్యుడుसूर्यசூரியன்ಸೂರ್ಯ
The sun. Sun temples such as Konark and Modhera were built for his worship; few remain in active worship today.
2 temples
The account preserved in the World Heritage listing credits the temple to the reign of Narasimha Deva I, in the 13th century, and says it took twelve years and twelve hundred artisans, led by the master builder Bisu…
Among the figures carved on the Modhera shrine are twelve Gauris, and the ASI guide reads them against the myth of Sati, Daksha and the Himalaya. The Devi Bhagavata Purana tells the core of it in a chapter titled for…