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{{Infobox Hindu temple<br />
| name = Deo Surya Mandir<br />
| native_name = Devark, Dewark<br />
| image = Sun-temple_DEO_Aurangabad_Bihar,India.jpg<br />
| caption = Deo Sun Temple<br />
| location = [[Deo, Bihar|Deo]], [[Bihar]], [[India]]<br />
| year_completed = According to ASI. built temple in fifth to sixth century<br />
| architect = According to ASI. built in 8th century<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/destinations/Deo-Sun-Temple/ps52430772.cms|title = Deo Sun Temple| website=[[The Times of India]] | last1=Srivastava | first1=Priya}}</ref><br />
| festivals = [[Chhath]]<br />
| architecture = Mix of [[Nagara architecture]], [[Dravidian architecture]] & [[Vesara]] [[architecture]]<br />
| map_type = India Bihar<br />
| map_caption = [[Deo, Bihar|Deo]], [[Bihar]], [[India]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|24.658791|N|84.437026|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| website = [https://surya-mandir-dev.business.site/ ]<br />
}}<br />
'''Deo Sun Temple''' is a [[Hindu temple]] in [[Bihar]], India. The temple is a solar shrine, dedicated to [[Surya]], the sun god, for [[Chhath]] Puja. The temple is located in [[Deo, Bihar|Deo Town]], [[Aurangabad, Bihar|Aurangabad]]. The Temple is unique as it faces west, the setting sun, not the usual rising sun.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/destinations/Deo-Sun-Temple/ps52430772.cms|title = Deo Sun Temple| website=[[The Times of India]] | last1=Srivastava | first1=Priya}}</ref> It is considered to be one of the most sacred places for sun worshiping and Chhath Puja.<br />
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==History==<br />
[[File:Oriental Scenery Part 5 Fig 5.jpg|thumb|The temple, ca. 1790 by [[Thomas Daniell]]]]<br />
[[File:Oriental Scenery Part 5 Fig 6.jpg|thumb|The interior]]<br />
According to oral tradition, Lord Vishwakarma built the Deo Sun Temple in one night. A [[gupta dynasty|gupta]]-era inscription dated 642 CE talks about sun worshiping, but it does not mention the Deo Sun Temple directly. However, some inscriptions and local oral traditions do hint at the presence of temple around the 7th or 8th century CE.<ref name="SaranPandey19922">{{cite book|author1=Anirudha Behari Saran|author2=Gaya Pandey|title=Sun Worship in India: A Study of Deo Sun-Shrine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8XimO39s7_gC&pg=PA49|year=1992|publisher=Northern Book Centre|isbn=978-81-7211-030-7|pages=46–48}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/destinations/Deo-Sun-Temple/ps52430772.cms|title = Deo Sun Temple| website=[[The Times of India]] | last1=Srivastava | first1=Priya}}</ref><br />
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Its written history can be traced back to the [[pala empire|pala]] and [[sena dynasty|senua]] periods, with an inscription from 1437 documenting the dedication of the template by King Bhairavendra. The inscription also lists twelve of King Bhairavendra's ancestors and suggests that the temple exists in its present state thanks to local Hindu chieftains who recovered the temple after [[Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji]]'s invasion of [[Bengal]]. Since most sun temples face towards the rising sun, some scholars believe that this temple could have been a Buddhist temple originally, later being destroyed by Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji, and finally being converted to a sun temple by Bhairavendra.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Anirudha Behari Saran|author2=Gaya Pandey|title=Sun Worship in India: A Study of Deo Sun-Shrine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8XimO39s7_gC&pg=PA49|year=1992|publisher=Northern Book Centre|isbn=978-81-7211-030-7|pages=36–37}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Salila Kulshreshtha|title=From Temple to Museum Colonial Collections and Umā Maheśvara Icons in the Middle Ganga Valley|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/From_Temple_to_Museum/uJU4DwAAQBAJhl=en&gbpv=1&dq=buddhist+deo+sun+temple&pg=PT161&printsec=frontcover|year=2017|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781351356091}}</ref><br />
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==Architecture and design==<br />
The temple is a mixture of [[Nagri Architecture]], [[Dravidian architecture]], and [[Vesara]] [[architecture]]. A dome shape is carved above the Dev Sun Temple, with a gold urn placed above the dome.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aurangabad.bih.nic.in/tourist-place/deo-temple/|title = Deo Temple &#124; Welcome to Aurangabad Bihar &#124; India}}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=8XimO39s7_gC&dq=deo+sun+temple+and+vishwakarma&pg=PA42 Google Books]</ref><br />
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==Cultural significance==<br />
The temple is famous for its annual Chhath festival celebration. Lakhs of devotees from all over Bihar and other regions visit temple to worship, attend Chhath Mela, bathe in the holy [[Surya Kund]] and offer [[arghya]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/no-chhath-celebrations-at-deo-temple/articleshow/74866932.cms|title=Bihar: No Chaiti Chhath celebrations at Deo temple in Aurangabad &#124; Patna News - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]] |date=29 March 2020 }}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Deo Fort]]<br />
*[[Deo, Bihar|Deo Town]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Sun temples}}<br />
{{Tourist sites in Bihar}}<br />
{{Hindu holy cities}}<br />
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[[Category:Hindu temples in Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Rebuilt buildings and structures in India]]<br />
[[Category:Deo, Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Surya temples]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu temples sacked in the Muslim period in the Indian subcontinent]]<br />
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