File:Sculpture Ancient Sun Temple, Marthand.jpg

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English: ANCIENT SUN TEMPLE OF MARTAND The sun temple was built by Lalitaditya Muktapida in the eight century A.D. It consists of a courtyard with the principal shrine in the middle and colonnaded peristyle around. The peristyle contains eighty-four fluted columns. The entrance in the middle of western side of the quadrangle faces in the sanctum. The walls are profusely decorated with pedimented niches. The main shrine has three distinct chambers and some of its walls are carved with images. There are also six subsidiary shrines in the courtyard.
Object location33° 45′ N, 75° 13′ E Edit this at Structured Data on Commons Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
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