Six Famous Temples of Kartikeya
Kartikeya is the God with six heads, twelve hands, rides on a peacock wearing a spear (Vel in Tamil) in his hand as a weapon. Bhagwan Kartikeya is also known…
Walk To Temple
Pancha Bhoota Lingas – Manifestation of 5 elements of nature
Pancha Bhoota Sthalam refers to the locations of five temples dedicated to Bhagwan Shiva, each representing a manifestation of the five prime elements of nature: land, water, air, sky, and…
The Axis and the Perimeter of the Temple – Part 3
The Axis and the Perimeter The Agniksetra or the later temple plan of the Vedic ritual represents two significant numbers, 180 and 54, which, when doubled, correspond to astronomical knowledge related to…
The Axis and the Perimeter of the Temple – Part 2
The Altar as a Representation of the Cosmos The Śatapatha Br. informs us that the altar is to represent the mystery of time. Its dimensions are to represent earth. “As large…
The Axis and the Perimeter of the Temple – Part 1
Canonical texts describing the plan of the Hindu temple allude to its astronomical basis, and in this Bharatiya sacred geometry is not different in conception from the sacred geometry of…