As i promised to share with you a bit about my day today, here goes.. - today we went to Kanchipuram, which is a temple city, located near the Palar river, this place besides being famouse for the temples, is also well known for its silk sarees (hand made). Kanchipuram is actually called the city of the 1000 temples, and some of the bigger ones are (including both Vishnu Temples and Shiva Temples) Varadharaja Perumal Temple for Lord Vishnu and Ekambaranatha Temple which is the "earth abode" of Lord Siva and Chidambaram (Sky), Sri Kalahasti (air), Thiruvanaikaval (water) and Tiruvannamalai (fire), Kamakshi Amman Temple, Varadharaja Perumal Temple, Kumara Kottam, Kachapeshwarar Temple, and Kailasanathar Temple.
The fascinating thing about these temples is that some of them are dating back some 700 BC. imagine that - now that is a looong time ago. So i have to admit one thing - i like history, i like it a lot, and i like temples, churches and stuff like this, but to be honest - today i did feel a big different between what i have seen before, and this here... - what i saw and felt was the hundreds and hundreds of years of history, the stories the walls could have told me, the changes it has gone under, the wars it has survived, the sufferings of the people throughout it history, the blood spilled there, sacrifices made to keep it safe, the love to belief, the anger, the loss and much more, all of those emotions could almost be felt there..- as with any other Hindu temple you have to take off your sandals before entering the holy ground, so imagine walking on stone that is that old, just before we arrived, there had been a soft rain, so you could smell the stone, feel the warm rain water on your feet, when you would step into the pot-holes, it was truly a great feeling, as silly it might sound i did feel a bit more re-energized after walking around on those warm stones, and couldnt help feeling a bit childish, so i started seeking out the water pot-holes to walk through .. the silence there was breath taking - and i really did at one point feel i was taken back those hundreds and hundreds of years, back to when these temples were on their prime time, and now i can understand why India Jones loved and was soo passionate about his job - lucky one .. - i am jealous :-))
(who's the bigger bull?...)
The fascinating thing about these temples is that some of them are dating back some 700 BC. imagine that - now that is a looong time ago. So i have to admit one thing - i like history, i like it a lot, and i like temples, churches and stuff like this, but to be honest - today i did feel a big different between what i have seen before, and this here... - what i saw and felt was the hundreds and hundreds of years of history, the stories the walls could have told me, the changes it has gone under, the wars it has survived, the sufferings of the people throughout it history, the blood spilled there, sacrifices made to keep it safe, the love to belief, the anger, the loss and much more, all of those emotions could almost be felt there..- as with any other Hindu temple you have to take off your sandals before entering the holy ground, so imagine walking on stone that is that old, just before we arrived, there had been a soft rain, so you could smell the stone, feel the warm rain water on your feet, when you would step into the pot-holes, it was truly a great feeling, as silly it might sound i did feel a bit more re-energized after walking around on those warm stones, and couldnt help feeling a bit childish, so i started seeking out the water pot-holes to walk through .. the silence there was breath taking - and i really did at one point feel i was taken back those hundreds and hundreds of years, back to when these temples were on their prime time, and now i can understand why India Jones loved and was soo passionate about his job - lucky one .. - i am jealous :-))
(who's the bigger bull?...)
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