Surya Mandir Dev — Attraction in Bihar

The Deo Sun temple of Aurangabad, Bihar, is located 14 km from the district headquarters. This temple is a solar shrine dedicated to the god Surya. It is popular across the country for its Chhath puja. The temple follows the traditional style of Nagara architecture. It is one of the few west-facing Sun temples. When we enter the temple premises we can see two huge Shivlangas and some unique shaped square stones craved like flowers below the giant bell. The sanctum santorum of the temple features idols of the lord Surya, Vishnu and Avalokiteshvara. The temple pavilion is now filled with colours hiding its actual beauty. If you want to see the real beauty of the entrance you can see this in the painting of Daniells and the photographs by Peppe. The main attraction of this temple is its main structure which is 100ft tall with beautifully carved Amalika and Kalash on the top. The stones used in the temple are the same used in the Umga temple. People believe that these two temples are built by the same person overnight. This is briefly explained by the historian and author Premendra Mishra in his book "The Mysterious Hills Umga" with logical facts about how temples were made overnight back then. According to Premendra Mishra, this temple is 200 to 600 years older than the temple of Umga. Still, there are many theories regarding the dating of this temple which is not cleared in any inscription found here. But according to local legends, the temple was built by King Aila 949126 years ago. But as we see the architecture of the temple which is of Nagara style is a maximum of 1400 years old. Historians believe that this temple was erected in the 6th-7th century by the...

The Deo Sun temple of Aurangabad, Bihar, is located 14 km from the district headquarters. This temple is a solar shrine dedicated to the god Surya. It is popular across the country for its Chhath puja. The temple follows the traditional style of Nagara architecture. It is one of the few west-facing Sun temples. When we enter the temple premises we can see two huge Shivlangas and some unique shaped square stones craved like flowers below the giant bell. The sanctum santorum of the temple features idols of the lord Surya, Vishnu and Avalokiteshvara. The temple pavilion is now filled with colours hiding its actual beauty. If you want to see the real beauty of the entrance you can see this in the painting of Daniells and the photographs by Peppe. The main attraction of this temple is its main structure which is 100ft tall with beautifully carved Amalika and Kalash on the top. The stones used in the temple are the same used in the Umga temple. People believe that these two temples are built by the same person overnight. This is briefly explained by the historian and author Premendra Mishra in his book "The Mysterious Hills Umga" with logical facts about how temples were made overnight back then. According to Premendra Mishra, this temple is 200 to 600 years older than the temple of Umga. Still, there are many theories regarding the dating of this temple which is not cleared in any inscription found here. But according to local legends, the temple was built by King Aila 949126 years ago. But as we see the architecture of the temple which is of Nagara style is a maximum of 1400 years old. Historians believe that this temple was erected in the 6th-7th century by the...

Country's only west facing sun temple

The Sun Temple at Dev is the only west facing Sun Temple in the country. Here the engraved stone idols of Surya with seven chariots are seated in all three forms in the morning, in the afternoon and in the evening. The exquisite work of black and brown stones is seen in the ancient Sun Temple of the deity and enthralls the devotees who come for darshan. Legend has it that the temple was built by Lord Vishwakarma with his own hands in one night due to the amazing artistic grandeur of the temple. No one has the correct information about its construction period. Looking at the Sun Temple, it seems that the construction of this temple was made of stone without any connection.

●According to the story, once Aurangzeb reached the Dev of Aurangabad while breaking the temples. When he reached the Sun Temple, the priests begged him not to break the temples, after which he told the priests that if there really is a God here and there is power in him, then the entrance of this temple should be in the west, if this happens So I will not break the temple. Aurangzeb left the place after asking the priests to change the direction of the entrance of the temple, giving them time till the next morning. After which the priests prayed to the Sun God and the next morning when the priests reached the temple for worship, they saw that the entrance to the temple was in the other direction i.e. west. Just since then the door of the Sun God temple is in the west...