Arul LakshminarayanDepartment of PhysicsIndian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai, India |
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Borromean
Triangles in the Marundheeswarar temple at
Thiruvanmayur
Marundheeswarar
Kovil, a Saivite
temple in South Madras datng from the sixth century A.D.
(at least) has
several remakable designs on the pillars of
the presiding deity Tirupurasundari. At once mathematically sophisticated and fascinating, they speak as allegories of notions that are integral to yoga and tantra. The Borromean motif is an universal one and has three circles, triangles or other shaped loops that are such that while no two are linked to each other, all three are linked together. If any one of them is cut, the other two fall apart. Read more about these in this article. See more below. And the YinYang? Wasnt that Chinese? What is it doing in an ancient south Indian temple? |