Bhubaneswar's Ancient Monuments Reflections of Stars

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Tarakka: Ancient Monuments of Bhubaneswar as Reflections of Stars

 

By Deepak Bhattacharya 1 & P. C. Naik 2

 

Edited by Sharif Sakr

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Abstract

The location and design of the ancient temples of Bhubaneswar have

been guided by rich astronomical insight. Not only temples, even the

painted hill caves, ancient forts and river docks have been placed

and constructed in accordance with the location of individual stars

and with outlines of constellations that have related shapes or star-

lore. Individual monuments have corresponding stars, and as a group

they form a similar pattern on the ground as they do in the sky

above. The star-temple correlation is centred on the constellation of

Orion, which is reproduced in its entirety.

 

Location and Historical Context

Bhubaneswar is located 20.05° North / 85.82°East, on the Eastern

coast of India. As the present administrative capital of Orissa

province, it is globally well-connected. The modern city covers

around approximately 30 square kilometres, whereas the ancient

monuments are clustered in an area of 10 sq. km, termed the core area

in the INTACH[1]-EKAMRA heritage conservation plan of 1989. Ekamra is

the name given to Bhubaneswar in the ancient literature. The

historical period of the Bhubaneswar monuments covers two millennia,

between 300BC and 1600AD. This architectural heritage includes Jaina,

Buddhist and Hindu sites (the latter being most recent and numerous).

The names and cultural classification of the 28 main archaeological

sites is given in Fig. 1, along with code numbers from 1-28 to allow

easy reference later on.

 

Oddisi Research Laboratory , Kedargouri Road, Bhubaneswar - 751002,

India.

Dept. of Physics, Dharanidhar College, Keounjhar - 758001, India.

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