Modhera Sun Temple

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Cultural heritage site Hindu temple Sun temple

Modhera Sun Temple is an 11th-century Hindu temple in Gujarat, India, renowned for its intricate sandstone architecture and dedication to the solar deity Surya.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Sun Temple, Modhera 2
Sun Temple at Modhera 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cultural heritage site ⓘ
Hindu temple ⓘ
Sun temple ⓘ
architecturalStyle Maru-Gurjara architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Surya cult ⓘ
solar worship ⓘ
builtBy Bhima I NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chaulukya rulers NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtInPeriodOf Chaulukya dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionCentury 11th century ⓘ
country India ⓘ
dedicatedTo Surya NERFINISHED ⓘ
district Mehsana district NERFINISHED ⓘ
facingDirection east ⓘ
festivalCelebrated Modhera Dance Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uttarardh Mahotsav NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCarvingsOf Mahabharata scenes ⓘ
Ramayana scenes ⓘ
erotic sculptures ⓘ
various Hindu deities ⓘ
hasComponent Gudhamandapa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kunda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sabhamandapa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Surya Kund NERFINISHED ⓘ
shikhara (now ruined) ⓘ
stepped tank ⓘ
torana arches ⓘ
heritageStatus protected monument ⓘ
lightingFeature night illumination for tourism ⓘ
locatedIn Gujarat ⓘ
India ⓘ
Mehsana district NERFINISHED ⓘ
Modhera NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainDeity Surya NERFINISHED ⓘ
materialUsed sandstone ⓘ
nearbyCity Ahmedabad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mehsana NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor architectural alignment with the sun ⓘ
elaborate stepwell tank ⓘ
intricate sandstone carvings ⓘ
sculptures of Hindu deities ⓘ
orientationFeature designed so that the first rays of the sun illuminate the deity ⓘ
periodOfCompletion early 11th century ⓘ
protectedBy Archaeological Survey of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
region western India ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
state Gujarat ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chaulukya dynasty → built → Modhera Sun Temple ⓘ
North Gujarat → hasHeritageSite → Modhera Sun Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sun Temple at Modhera
Nagara → hasNotableExample → Modhera Sun Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sun Temple, Modhera
Surya (sun) in Hinduism → majorTemple → Modhera Sun Temple ⓘ
subject surface form: Surya
Surya → majorTemple → Modhera Sun Temple ⓘ
Nagara style → notableExample → Modhera Sun Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sun Temple, Modhera