A saint was walking on the banks
of river Tunga and saw an incredible scene, A Cobra with a raised hood was providing
shelter to a bloated frog which was about to spawn [A pregnant frog about to
lay Eggs]. The saint was impressed with the sanctity of the place where the
enemies by nature are living in friendly wood which inspired him to establish a
matha [monasteries] on the same place. The saint was none other than Sri. Sri.
Adi Shankaracharya and the place was Sringeri.
Sringeri Sharada Petam was the first matha of four established
by Sri Sri Adi Shankaracharya and the place also witness the one of the most
incredible architecture of mankind “The Vidyashankara Temple” built back in 14th
century, the temple is built on the banks of river Tunga.
This true architectural marvel is fusion
of Hoysala, Chalukya, Vijayanagara and Dravidian Style carvings, this temple
was built by Harihara and his brother Bukka Raya of sangama Dynasty who were
the founders of Vijayanagar Empire established in 1336
This temple has
12 pillars adored with sculptures and they represent 12 zodiac signs and they
placed in such a way that rays from the rising sun fall on each of them, in the
order of 12 zodiacs. The pillars are scientifically placed in such order that
if sun is now located in Leo (Simha raashi), Then the sunrays fall on the
pillar with Leo Symbol. Which is true Architectural Marvel and also tells us
about the kind of knowledge our ancestors possessed. We today living in 21st
century with advanced technology cannot imagine this. This Architecture rises a
question in my mind.
Are we the dumbest generation of human race ?
Yes we are. As a worker in construction for more than ten years, I can assure you that city planners, architects, engineers and developers are in the business of making money and bow down to the google god.
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So a temple like that is unthinkable because money has become a reason d'etre.
I live in Vancouver Canada and what I see is unbelievable. Illegal workers without any training doing things absolutely wrong. Deficiencies are so many that after a building is completed, it takes another 6 months fixing things that are "visibly" wrong. 30 years ago when a building was completed, and inspected there were no deficiencies.
Yes we are not just the dumbest, we are the cruelest, violent, selfish, indifferent, temperamental, vicious and extremely dishonest. As a Punjabi worker told me recently: " Guru Nanak would not approve of our behaviour and our fake observance of the religion."
Blessings