{"id":19850,"date":"2014-03-29T21:16:43","date_gmt":"2014-03-29T15:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/?p=19850"},"modified":"2017-05-02T11:25:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T05:55:38","slug":"becharaji-temple-and-sun-temple-gujarat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/travel\/becharaji-temple-and-sun-temple-gujarat","title":{"rendered":"Becharaji Temple and Sun Temple, Gujarat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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One of the temple that people in Gujarat<\/a> hold in high honour is the Becharaji Temple in\u00a0Becharaji\u00a0city. It is\u00a0one of the Shakti Peeths in India, the original temple being about five km away. The Becharaji\u00a0Temple complex is huge and quite modernised.<\/p>\n

\"Becharaji<\/a>
Becharaji Temple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Becharaji<\/a>
Holy tree at Becharaji Temple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Old<\/a>
Old Becharaji Temple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

People bring their\u00a0children here for the ‘mundan’ (getting the child’s head completely shaved for the first time after birth). People who are not blessed with a child also pray at this temple by making a clay form of a child and keeping it there.<\/p>\n

\"Clay<\/a>
Clay miniatures & pictures of children<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Becharaji<\/a>
At Becharaji Temple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It is said that everyone’s wish for a child has been fulfilled here so far. After the birth, people hang a picture of their child at the temple. This temple has got a dome and a shikhar and there is a tree in the complex where people have been praying for almost a thousand years. Various vendors line the entry to this temple, selling sweets, flowers, etc.<\/p>\n

\"Sun<\/a>
Sun Temple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Sun Temple is a majestic and true example of the artistry of Gujarat kings back then. It was built in AD 1026-27 \u00a0during the reign of Bhimdev I. Today it is looked after by the Archaeological Survey of India, and although in a dilapidated condition, still looks elegant and\u00a0ropes in quite a crowd.<\/p>\n

\"Suraj<\/a>
Suraj Kund<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A steep water reservoir in front of the temple, known as “Suraj Kund” or “Ram Kund” to the local people, is accessed by stairs. It is surrounded by small statues of 108 Gods. This was where king used to pray after taking a bath and then going inside the Sun Temple.<\/p>\n

\"Architecture<\/a>
Temple built on upside-down lotus flower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Sun Temple is built on an upside-down lotus flower and the first building of it is supported by 52 pillars representing the number of weeks in an year.<\/p>\n

\"Scenes<\/a>
Scenes from the Mahabharata<\/em> at one of the pillars<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During the equinoxes, the sun’s rays fall directly inside the carvings of the temple. Stories from the Ramayana<\/em> and the Mahabharata<\/em>\u00a0are carved on the temple walls. This temple was plundered by Mahmud of Ghazni. After seeing the artistic work done in this temple, I felt applauding the true talent of the people back then who gave their days and nights to building such a masterpiece.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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\nJunagadh – Rich Past, Colourful Present<\/a>
\nHistorical Places in Gujarat<\/a>
\nTravel to\u00a0Sun Temple, Modhera, Gujarat<\/a>
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\nBecharaji Temple and Sun Temple, Gujarat<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the temple that people in Gujarat hold in high honour is the Becharaji Temple in\u00a0Becharaji\u00a0city. It is\u00a0one of the Shakti Peeths in India, the original temple being about five km away. The Becharaji\u00a0Temple complex is huge and quite modernised. People bring their\u00a0children here for the ‘mundan’ (getting the child’s head completely shaved for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1285,"featured_media":36381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4474],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19850","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-travel","8":"category-unusual-india"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1285"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19850"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69903,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19850\/revisions\/69903"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}