There is something about the Tanjore palace that is of real interest. For one, we have old buildings and palaces that dot the landscape which most often go unnoticed. Now coming to think of it, there is more to Tanjore that exists beyond the fort walls that guard the temple. Tanjore: When one thinks of Tanjore it would be the Brihadeshwara temple that comes to mind. Now lets take the camera up to see how many more such houses are systematically lined up behind them and, Wow that is the view of the city you get! Fantastic isn't it, the imagination of generations of people who tried so desperately hard to show us how their cities looked!!!
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Now that we have these five cells, keeping in mind the central one being broader, lets add a floor to them making it two storeyed, and bring them out of the cave and put them as a free standing building. maybe shiva, lets make the arched window above the narrow door a lot more ornate so it will have some layers of floral designs on it, and lets enhance the shallow pillars on either side of the doorway to real proper ones and have a doorkeeper or dwarapala stand there. Lets put some more add ons, for example, make a guys stand within these cell doors i.e.
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Now lets look at a series of these cells(or houses) in a line, with a broader house to the center, keeping two of these cells on either side of it, so we have five houses. The only light to his little chamber would be through that narrow door and circular window. A silent cell with an arched window leading to one rocky room with a stone for a bed with the pillow carved into it. Here is a buddhist cave at Bedsa(in black and white above), the reflection of a simple cell in which a monk would have lived, a silent retreat where he would have tried to meditate his way to enlightenment the buddhist way. and look at what was the evolution of a simple architectural house from say Bedsa in 3rd century AD or earlier to Tanjore in the 7th century. Now lets leave behind who built it and in what century etc. Explaining it was half the job, viewing it is the other half. Now to substantiate the arguement, i managed to fish out a few pictures to show you the same thing. I had made a connect between the architectural elements of Brihadeshwara temple to the buddhist caves of Bedsa. This means we take a magnifying glass and move closer to the main tower of the temple. The mother goddess, Nageswari is one of the many manifestations of Devi, symbolizing her willingness topitman from evil.I decided to take this post a little further compare to what i have mentioned in my previous post about the architecture of Tanjore temple. One of them being, Naga Devi or Nageswari.
Since then lives were spared on the fifth of the month, this day is considered auspicious for snake worship.Īs a deity, the snake is repented in many forms. Brahma, however, softened the curse and sent them to live in the nether regions. According to the Bhavishya Purana, Kadru cursed her serpent sons to be consumed by fire for disobeying her. The fifth day of any lunar month is considered auspicious for snake worship. It is believed that any harm done to snakes create miseries and sufferings. Snakes are revered in South India where you will find Naga idols installed in almost all temples and even on roadside platforms. Lord Vishnu rests on Adi Sesha, the thousand-headed serpent. The snake is also worn around the neck of Lord Shiva, symbolizing his representation of both creation and destruction. The Naga culture was later drawn into Hinduism. Snake worship is believed to evolve from the Naga clan which was part of the Indus Valley civilization.
Many believe Snake or Naga worship precedes idol worship in Hinduism. It is the symbol of both birth and death. The snake is one of the most significant symbols in Hinduism.
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