Il The Konark Sun Temple Odisha ll

This is Sudehi, the Royal Elephant. The sculpture of this gigantic female elephant can be seen in Konark Sun Temple built by Narasimhadeva I. The elephant is decorated with ornaments. She is seen carrying the king of Odisha in her trunk ...!! Image
The legend of Sudehi_carrying_the_king ...!!
It is said that the Ganga king of Odisha, Langula Narasimhadeva I, fought a four year war with the invaders' armies. He was known all around India, for his huge cavalry of elephants and was known as "Gajapati", the king of elephants. Image
Narasimhadeva always rode on his favourite elephant called Sudehi. Once during the battle he was injured by an arrow & fainted on the war field. Sudehi immidiately came to his master's rescue. She lifted him in her trunk and carried the fainted king to the royal doctor! Image
The king was saved. In the next battle he rode on Sudehi & defeated other invading armies too. Hence he was bestowed by the title of "Hamira Mana Mardana".
Such was the love of Narasimhadeva for Sudehi dat he sculpted the famous event in stone before building the Konark temple! Image
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Sanket Mishra (FB)

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