| Temples & Legends of Andhra Pradesh |
 |
| Temples & Legends Of India |
ARASAVALLI |
|
| The
existence of Sun temples or Aditya Grihas is known from very early days. As early as 400
B.C., Ktesias mentions a place about 6 days' journey from Mount Abu, where people
worshipped the Sun and the Moon. These are also some ancient temples in India dedicated to Lord Sun like the Marthand temple of Kashmir, of the 9th Century A.D. Modhesh temple of Gujarat, of 1026 A.D., and the renowned temple of Konark, of 1026 A.D., in Orissa. However, in Andhra, though setting up of images of Lord Surya is often mentioned along with other Navagrahas, still a temple dedicated wholly to the worship of Lord Surya is very rare. The Salankayanas of Vengi who ruled in Andhra from the 4th Century A.D. styled themselves as "Chitrarathaswamy Padan- udhyataha," and possibly they were Sun-worshippers. |
|
| About Arasavalli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
