Sunrise Mountain~ Udayagiri🌄
Udayagiri Caves are a series of rock cut caves carved into a 2km long sandstone ridge, near vidisha Madhya Pradesh in the early year of 5th century CE. Here is the one of the earliest cave temple sites in India, attributed to the
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Udayagiri Caves are a series of rock cut caves carved into a 2km long sandstone ridge, near vidisha Madhya Pradesh in the early year of 5th century CE. Here is the one of the earliest cave temple sites in India, attributed to the
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‘Golden Age’ of Hindu revival marked by the change from Vedic to idol worship, around 1,500 to 1,700 yrs ago. Here the elaborate Gupta style carved doorways first appeared, along with other Gupta motifs such as scroll and leaf decoration.
Some historians have suggested that the Iron Pillar in the courtyard of Quwwat-ul-Islam at the Qutb Minar site in Delhi originally stood at Udayagiri. An inscription in one of the Udayagiri caves states that a devotee who repaired the shrine ‘bows forever to the feet of Vishnu’.
Chandragupta II’s inscription on the Delhi pillar mentions that it was standing at Vishnupadagiri, the ‘hill of Vishnu’s foot-prints’. However, the location of Vishnupadagiri has alternatively been identified as being in the Gurdaspur region of Punjab.
The Udayagiri Caves complex consists of twenty caves, of which one is dedicated to Jainism and all others to Hinduism. The Jain cave is notable for one of the oldest known Jaina inscriptions from 425 CE, while the Hindu Caves feature inscriptions from 401 CE.
Cave 4 - Veena Temple 🙏
Named after two seated veena players carved on the lintel. The Gupta king samudragupta was known to have played the instrument. Inside the temple is one of the treasures of udaygiri, with the sanctum containing the Ekmukha lingam. @Ramesh_Mendola
Named after two seated veena players carved on the lintel. The Gupta king samudragupta was known to have played the instrument. Inside the temple is one of the treasures of udaygiri, with the sanctum containing the Ekmukha lingam. @Ramesh_Mendola
It is exceptional carving with hair falling down on the both side of the face. The cave is dedicated to around 400 AD. It is a rectangular cell with a rock cut plinth.
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