Lighthouse

Author(s): Udayvallabhvijay
Publisher: Pragna Prabodh Parivar

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Human race means a permanent address of gigantic needs! Some needs are physical, some are social, some are financial and some others are psychological. Deep within, there are spiritual needs too.
In response to various needs and as an answer to such needs, humans have always been creating something or the other. Similarly, to meet the spiritual needs and fulfill desires in that field, he creates religious places. Thus, the tradition of construction of temples is always with a purpose and reflects human feelings.
A temple means God's place.
A temple is the place where God is believed to have His abode.
A temple means a place to meet God.
A temple means a place to assimilate oneself with God.
A temple means a place where one absorbs God.
Some arrangement is necessary for the descending of an element and its reception. A radio receives sound waves and relays it further. The architecture and vastu of a temple is closely connected with sound. The dome created in the middle of the temple structure plays an important part. The architecture of a temple is totally different from the architecture of other structures. The basic difference is the reflection of human feelings. A human being may be living in any area or any period, he always contains the seed of an element which is Godly-by whatever name called.
Construction of a temple is not an ordinary erection of a structure. The labourers involved in construction of high
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