The West Facing Sun Temple Of Bihar

 Surya Temple, Deo, Aurangabad, 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 Chandravanshi king.

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