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Arjuna's penance

            Ritenuta la struttura più grande del mondo nel suo genere, inscritta su due massi monolitici, il sito Patrimonio dell'Umanità dell'UNESCO della Penitenza di Arjuna (tapas) è un bassorilievo, che misura 43 piedi di altezza e 100 piedi di lunghezza. Ha oltre 100 sculture di dei, uccelli, bestie e santi. La reliquia raffigura una scena dell'epico Mahabharata, in cui Arjuna sta pregando intensamente e compiendo penitenza a Lord Shiva per chiedergli il suo arco potente e divino. Si dice che Arjuna avesse bisogno di questo arco nella battaglia di Mahabharata per sconfiggere i Kaurava. Un'altra leggenda attribuisce al sito il nome della discesa del Gange, poiché si crede che sia il luogo in cui il re Bhagiratha eseguì la penitenza e pregò il Signore Shiva, in piedi su una gamba sola, di lasciare che il fiume Gange scendesse dal cielo in modo da poter ottenere la salvezza per suoi antenati.

Believed to be the world's largest structure of its kind, inscribed on two monolithic boulders, the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Arjuna's Penance (tapas) is a bas-relief, measuring to 43 ft height and 100 ft length. It has over 100 sculptures of gods, birds, beasts and saints. The relic depicts a scene from the epic Mahabharata, where Arjuna is praying hard and performing penance to Lord Shiva to ask him for his powerful and divine bow. It is said that Arjuna needed this bow in the battle of Mahabharata to defeat the Kauravas. Another legend gives the site the name of descent of the Ganges, as it is believed to be the spot where king Bhagiratha performed penance and prayed to Lord Shiva, standing on one leg, to let River Ganges descend from heaven so he could gain salvation for his ancestors.

Taken in: India / Tamil Nadu / Mahabalipuram (show map)

Taken on: January 16, 2019

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Camera: Nikon D90, f/10.0, 1/400 sec, 10mm (=15mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D90
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