Konark, historic town, east-central Odisha state, eastern India, on the Bay of Bengal coast. It is famous for its 13th-century Surya Deula (or Surya Deul), popularly known as the Sun Temple. The town’s name is derived from the Sanskrit words kona (“cor
Yuli Sietian Temple 1.0 km Yufu Bikeway 1.1 km Yuli Sports Park 1.1 km Yuli Vetetans Hospital 1.3 km Yuli Train Station 1.4 km Principal Dream Factory 1.5 km Yuli Kecheng Bridge 2.4 km Dongfeng camping 3.3 km Yuli Antong Hot Spring 4.3 km Distances shown are straight-line distances on the...
The Aztecs, during their domination of Mexico, thought that only their gods could have constructed such a structure and used it as their primary temple for daily rituals and sacred sacrifices. For visitors, the Pyramid of the Sun is an outstanding monument. Its sheer size and height are a wo...
sacrifice, upsetting the traditional Ah Min. The industrious Mayans already have a new pyramid-temple half built when they’re discovered by the intrepid Native American Chief Black Eagle (Yul Brynner). Black Eagle is captured and prepared for sacrifice, as the Mayans aren’t certain their crops...
The royal monk is praying to the “Buddha of the Southern Seas” (Nanhai Fozu, 南海佛祖, a.k.a.Guanyin), when the goddess arrives to ask what is bothering him. He worries that the monks who travel outside the temple might be tempted by worldly things, so he vows that day to retrie...
This is best illustrated during his fight with Lord Erlang: Rolling down the mountain slope, he [Sun Wukong] squatted there to change again—this time into a little temple for the local spirit. His wide-open mouth became the entrance, his teeth the doors, his tongue the Bodhisattva, and ...
and were considered days of nothing. This was a time of festivals. People came to the festivals with their best clothes on, and took part in singing and dancing. This is also when the priest would perform sacrifices, most of these sacrifices were human, but others were preformed on animals...
The Inti Raymi (The Festival of the God Sun) is the biggest traditional festival in the Andes ofPeru. Every year the festivities started in Koricancha square in front of the Santo Domingo church, built over the ancient Temple of the Sun. Here, the Sapaq Inca appear and calls on the ble...
Enough! Let us carry off the best of Helios' cattle and give them in sacrifice to the Deathless Ones whose home is wide heaven. And if ever we should return again to our own land, Ithaka, we will hasten to build a sumptuous temple to Hyperion the sun-god, and there we may place ...
He sacrifices something, that the enemy may snatch at it. Queen of Hearts; 8 of Diamonds; 7 of Diamonds; 6 of Diamonds; 20. By holding out baits, he keeps him on the march; then with a body of picked men he lies in wait for him. 8 of Diamonds; 7 of Diamonds; 6 of Diamonds;...