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Chaya Someshwara Temple Lost Gems of INDIA Historical Documentary

DIFFRACTION - this Phenomenon was scientifically discovered by the western world in 1660,by an Italian scientist Francesco Maria Grimaldi who was the first to record accurateobservations of this phenomenon and coined the word "Diffraction”.
But a small temple constructed in 11 century AD in a remote part of India had practicallyimplemented the distortion of light and created an optical phenomenon which can been seeneven today…. This is the story of chaya someshwara temple and its mysterious shadow.

One of the oldest civilizations in the world, the Indian civilization has a strong tradition of scienceand technology. Ancient India was a land of sages and seers as well as a land of scholars andscientists.. Many theories and techniques discovered by the ancient Indians have created and
strengthened the fundamentals of modern science and technology. While some of thesegroundbreaking contributions have been acknowledged, some are still unknown to most.One such lost gem is optical phenomenon at 11th century Chaya Someswara Swamy temple in
Panagal, a village adjacent to Nalgonda town in Telangana State of India. Shri Chaya Someshwara Swamy Temple at Panagal is an Ancient Hindu Temple, dedicated to Lord Shiva,.This was an important religious place for the rulers of the Kakatiya Dynasty. The Temple was built during the 11th and 12th century AD by "Ikshvaku Dynasty". It later got ruled by Kunduru
Cholas in 12th century AD,
The Deity in the temple is famous as "Chaya Someshwara Swamy" due to the Vertical shadowor Chaya in sanskrit , The vertical shadow is present all through the day on the Shiva Lingamforming a permanent shadow of a pillar.THIS MYSTERIOUS SHADOW is a huge attraction of this temple. The Chaya that falls on the Deity, facing east and seen on the wall behind the Siva Linga looks like a shadow of one of the pillars in the Mandap. But it is not actually the shadow of any pillar but is a consolidated shadow
of all the four pillars. The pillars at the temple are strategically placed so that light falls on the same place throughout the day, This shadow is constant and visible from sunrise to sunset every day. The construction of this temple is marvellous which features such exceptional sight. This temple is also known as "Thrikutalayam" which means 'Three Garbhagrihas'. One of the garbhagrihas is situated in the west and east facing one contains this continuous shadow of a pillar throughout the day on the presiding deity. The temple is facing west and the deity towards east.
It's been a secret for long years how and where that shadow comes from. Scientists conducted many experiments to know its cause, it was then that it's secret was cracked that shadow was
formed due to "Diffraction of Light" which was caused by all the pillars in the temple. As per records, this "Diffraction Phenomenon" was scientifically discovered by the western world in 1660, by an Italian scientist Francesco Maria Grimaldi who was the first to record accurate observations of this phenomenon and coined this word "Diffraction". The chaya that falls on the deity looks like a shadow of one of the pillars carved in front of the
sacred chamber, the Garbhagriha of Lord Shiva. But it is not actually the shadow of one pillar. The dark area was formed due to the reflection of light through multiple pillars placed in front of garbhagriha and the shadow covering the deity is a consolidated shadow of those four pillars.
The pillars in the temple were so strategically placed that the light falls at the same place on deity throughout the day.

Quite often we tend to overlook these marvels in our times, but looking at how this kind of science was implemented in a temple in 11th Century says more about the science that was intertwined into the religion during those days, a science that is lost forever now..
There are numerous lost gems like this spread across the country, temples like these which mix science and spirituality and intrigue the devotee or a visitor to look deep and beyond that meets the Eye.

Drone visuals courtesy :
Kailash Nayak - Brihadeeshwara temple
Saikanth Krishna - Chaya someswhara temple

Camera: Rajender R and Anil karike
Script- Direction Pramod Desaneni

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