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ruth fidelia Apr 23, 2025

Qorikancha: The Temple of the Sun
In the heart of Cusco, beneath the shadows of the Andes, lies Qorikancha, the Temple of the Sun, once the most revered site of the Inca Empire. This sacred temple, dedicated to Inti, the Sun God, was a masterpiece of Inca engineering and spirituality.
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ruth fidelia Apr 23, 2025

Rainbow Mountain: A Natural Canvas Painted by the Andes
Vinicunca, known as Rainbow Mountain, looks like it was brushed into existence by the Earth herself a vivid streak of colors rising from the highlands of Peru.
Located over 5,000 meters above sea level in the Cusco region.
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Esmie Dec 18, 2024

I've always been fascinated by sacred sites and their spiritual significance. What draws people to these places, and how do they evoke a sense of transcendence? Have you ever visited any sites that left a lasting impression on you?

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Hidden Gems Apr 9, 2024

Marvel at the deeply evocative Temple Banner at #ClevelandMuseumofArt. The intricate depiction of pilgrimage sites & scenes from Svayambhu-purana, enthralls with its spiritual essence. Is art your pilgrimage, too?
#ArtLovers #SpiritualJourneys #AncientWisdom
https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.788

Temple Banner with Pilgrimage Sites and Scenes from the Svayambhu-purana (Ancient Text of the Primordial Buddha) | Cleveland Museum of Art

During annual festival days in Kathmandu, horizontal cloth banners are hung on courtyard walls in Buddhist monasteries, where monks and lay people gather to watch ceremonial performances. Exposed to the elements and crowds of people, such banners rarely survive intact. This piece is a fragment of probably half of a complete banner.<br>The paintings illustrate a story from a Nepalese text about the primordial Buddha named Svayambhu, meaning “self-created,” whose stupa, the white hemispherical monument seen three times in the lower register, is a sacred center in the Kathmandu Valley. In the upper register are pilgrimage places in and around Kathmandu, located along the Bagmati River and its tributaries. In the lower register is the story of a king, shown on horseback at the lower left, who gathered an assembly of serpent deities, depicted as seated human figures with snake heads behind them. A Buddhist master then performed a tantric ritual with the serpents in order to bring rain to the drought-ridden land.<br>The inscriptions in Newari, the language of Nepal, name and locate each sacred site and its proximity to the Kathmandu Valley. Some inscriptions cite the benefits of worshiping there, and others give the name and color of the serpent deities. One of the inscriptions, on the pink ground at the lower right, provides the date when it was made.