καιρός remembered

Light in the dark

There aren’t many Brahma temples in India, and when we peer through the jalis of this temple, we are surprised to see a beautifully lit Mukhalingam – a four-faced lingam. So his rare Brahma temple in Khajuraho is, in fact, a Shiva temple. Without the help of Surya, the sun god, we would never have known that.

Photo of the week: Mukhalingam in Brahma temple (9th/10th cent. AD), Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India 2007