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Chaya Someswara Swamy Temple
Located at Panagal village in Nalgonda district of Telangana displays amazing architectural and scientific knowledge and skills our ancient architects/engineers had.
The presiding deity in this temple is Lord Siva. Built in between 11th and 12th centuries during Ikshvaku Dynasty, Sri Chaya Someswara Swamy temple derived its name because of the mystifying shadow of a pillar shape which keeps falling on the Sivalinga continuously throughout the day.
The pillars and the ceiling of the temple are nicely carved to reflect the beauty and majesty of stone sculptures. The temple was engineered by Kunduru Cholas and it is accepted as Thrikutalayam which has three Garbhagruhas. The main deity Garbhagruha is in West and facing east. This wonderful architecture testifies the creative thinking and talent of its architects.
Recently, this mystery of the shadow falling on the deity all day was cracked by a local college Physics lecturer. The architect of the temple had designed this temple in such a way that the light that enters the temple deflect the four pillars that are precisely placed in front of the Garbagudi, and forming a thick shadow. So the architecture of the temple and the arrangement of four pillars are the main reasons behind this mysterious shadow.
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