MARTAND SUN TEMPLE

About:

• The Martand Sun Temple, also known as Pandou Laidan is a Hindu temple dedicated to Surya (the chief solar deity in Hinduism) and built during the 8th century CE.
  
  
• he Martand Sun Temple was built by the third ruler of the Karkota Dynasty, Lalitaditya Muktapida, in the 8th century CE. It is said to have been built during 725-756 CE.
  
  
• Martand is another Sanskrit synonym for Surya.
  
  
• It is now in ruins, as it was destroyed by the orders of Muslim ruler Sikandar Shah Miri.
  
  
• The temple is located five miles from Anantnag in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.