Write a report on a educational tour to the Sun temple Modhera
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Modhera Sun temple is situated in Modhera village of Mehsana district in Gujarat on the banks of river Pushpavati.
This is one of the oldest sun temples in India, among ruins of Martanda temple in Anantnag, Jammu & Kashmir, Katarmal Surya temple in Almora Uttarakhand, Konarka sun temple between Puri and Bhubneshwar in Odisha and Dev Sun Temple in Auranagbad in Bihar. There are few other Sun temples in India in different condition of ruin.
Modhera Sun Temple is one of the glaring showpieces of 10th century, Solanki era Architecture of Gujarat. This era is also known as Golden era of Gujarat.
This temple was constructed in and around 1026-27 AD by Solanki King Bhimdev-1 ( Chaulukya Dynasty of Gujarat also known as Solanki era) of Patan.
Temple with Kund from East side
The temple was constructed in three parts, by using Sand stone. These structures are axially aligned. The alignment is such that the sun rays use to fall directly on the deity on equinox days. The temple is built near Tropic of Cancer. The basic difference in design of temple is separate Sabha Mandapam. Exterior and interior of all the structure have intricate carving. Joining of two stone slabs are also done by mechanical method without Cement or concrete and at some of the places horizontal slabs on surface are joined using wood it seems ( one can see on north side near Garbhgrihi entrance.
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