Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Luis, Thanks for looking Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 7:30 AM, Lluis Ripoll <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Jayanand, > > You really have great treasurys in India and very good pictures, the second > one is very amazing. > > Thanks for showing and sharing! > > cheers > Lluis > > > El 22/01/2011, a las 14:59, Jayanand Govindaraj escribi?: > > Three from the state of Gujarat in Western India. >> >> The first is photo of the great temple of Somnath, the moon god, besides >> the >> Arabian Sea in western India. The temple is historically and religiously >> very significant - it was sacked and destroyed six times between 725AD and >> 1701AD by Muslim invaders and rulers, and rebuilt six times. The present >> temple was built after independence in 1947 and is called the Seventh >> Temple. The security is considerable - because of its history, it is a >> prime >> target for Islamic terrorists, who would love to blow it up again: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/_1060359-Edit.jpg.html >> >> To emphasise the mix that is India, 70 km away from Somnath is Junagadh, >> which was, prior to independence an Islamic state. It has a very >> interesting but rather poorly maintained fort - here is a tourist couple >> relaxing there: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/_1060489-Edit.jpg.html >> >> The last photo is of a Sun Temple in Modhera, Gujarat built in 1026. It >> was >> sacked by Allaudin Khilji in 1296 - he was also responsible for the third >> destruction of Somnath. Luckily for us, he did not destroy the temple >> completely. Since Hindus will not worship a defaced idol, he just broke a >> limb from every depiction of a God in the friezes and sculptures adorning >> the temple, thus making it unfit for worship. The temple has the most >> beautiful sculptures possible, though like all Sun Temples, a few of them >> depict graphic sex which had a deep religious significance, lesbians and >> group sex included! It is not a large complex, but it is like a small >> jewel. >> It is built so that the first rays of sunlight on the May and September >> equinoxes illuminate the (missing) deity in the inner sanctum: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/_1060726-Edit.jpg.html >> >> C&C, as always, welcome >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >