Deo Sun Temple, Aurangabad, Bihar.
Ular Sun Temple, Patna. Among 12 Sun Temples of India.
Bihar: Deo Sun Temple –
This is one of the
remarkable and notable temple and religious place in Bihar.
It is a 100-ft tall
structure, with an umbrella-like top.
The important custom of worshipping the
Sun God and taking bath in its Brahma Kund dates back to the era of King Ayel.
The temple is very old and very well built.
It is a mix of nagara art of design
and other contemporary art of designs.
Deo is located 10-km to the southeast of
Aurangabad.
The main structure is a beautifully carved ornamental, pyramid
shaped stone built shikhara .
The frontal section and the courtyard is built in
later period.
Presently there are three idols (Vishnu, Surya and
Avalokitesawara) at the sanctum which are not the original presiding deity.
Outside the main sanctum in the front hall section there are three broken idols
kept as it is not the custom to worship a broken deity.
One of the broken
sculptures is of Surya (the Sun God) sculpture with seven horses, and one Uma-
Maheshwara idol and the other is of Vishnu.
There is also one Shivlinga and a
Ganesha sculpture.
An ancient inscription stone is installed at the interior of
the temple.
This temple is considered very auspicious to visit on the festival
of Chatth puja / Adra Nakshatra tithi on Sundays.
The Surya Kund is about a km
away where the offerings for the rituals are made.
The two tanks on either side
of the road, known as Rudra Kund (left) and Surya Kund (Right) are believed to
cure leprosy and other acute ailments.
Ular Sun Temple, Patna. Among 12 Sun Temples of India.
This is the temple where Lord God
Krishna’s Son became cured.
He was suffering from Leprosy. Krishna told him to
go and pray Sun in the water of Ganga.
After a long worshiping he gets cured. Its close to Bihar's state capital Patna.
A very sacred place .
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