File:"5th century Siva temple, Bhumara Madhya Pradesh.jpg
Original file (3,300 × 5,100 pixels, file size: 724 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Summary
[edit]Description"5th century Siva temple, Bhumara Madhya Pradesh.jpg |
English: Location of this monument:
Bhumara temple is one of the oldest Gupta era Shiva temple, dated to the 5th (likely) or 6th century CE. It is near Satna, Madhya Pradesh. Famous for Ekamukha Linga and early iconography of Ganesha. The temple also has images of Kartikeya, Surya, Durga, amorous couples and others. The Bhumra Hindu temple is simple, has a square plan, stands on a jagati (platform). It has a mandapa, but one which was ruinned long ago. Like almost all Hindu temples, this ancient temple too have bands of artwork, amorous couples, gandharvas, sriviksha, Ganga on makara (crocodile), Yamuna on kachchpa (turtle) and other artwork. Some of the walls and a part of the roof of this temple was carefully restored in the 2010s for preservation. These are readily distinguishable. The temple holds what many consider as one of the most beautifully carved Ekmukha Shiva lingam in India. Though deliberately damaged at some point in its history, the 5th-century lingam has exceptionally detailed jewelry like artwork and encompasses Shiva's iconography celebrated in historic Hindu literature. Many of the original pieces of artwork from this temple were moved out in the 19th and 20th century. They are now featured display items in the Kolkata museum, Allahabad museum and Delhi museum. This is a JPEG format plan and architectural drawing of a historic Indian temple or monument. The relative scale and relative dimensions in this architectural drawing are close to the actual but neither exact nor complete. The plan illustrates the design and layout, but some intricate details or parts of the temple may not be shown. In cases where exact measurements were not feasible, the drawing uses best approximations and rounds the best measurements feasible. Note: Please do not overwrite this file. To modify or correct or load a new version, please upload a new separate file and link the new other version(s) to this file as recommended by wikimedia commons guidelines. |
||||
Date | |||||
Source | Own work | ||||
Author | Ms Sarah Welch |
Licensing
[edit]This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. | |
The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.enCC0Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedicationfalsefalse |
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 01:12, 18 March 2023 | 3,300 × 5,100 (724 KB) | Ms Sarah Welch (talk | contribs) | Uploaded own work with UploadWizard |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
There are no pages that use this file.