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๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐น๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ง๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ โ ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป !!
The Baalbek temple is a monumental 2000 year old temple to Jupiter that sits atop 3000 ton stone blocks.
Read about more to this ancient shrine that meets the eye!
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๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐น๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ง๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ โ ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป !!
The Baalbek temple is a monumental 2000 year old temple to Jupiter that sits atop 3000 ton stone blocks.
Read about more to this ancient shrine that meets the eye!
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๐๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ข๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐น๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ธ
The Baalbek valley has been settled since at least 9,000 BC, & in Bible times it was the site of gory human sacrifices to Baal, the Canaanite god of fertility..
Baalbek was renamed โHeliopolisโ after being conquered by the Greeks..
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The Baalbek valley has been settled since at least 9,000 BC, & in Bible times it was the site of gory human sacrifices to Baal, the Canaanite god of fertility..
Baalbek was renamed โHeliopolisโ after being conquered by the Greeks..
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Later, it was used by the Romans as a foundation for a new temple complex that took 250 years to build..
The most notable Roman buildings in the complex were temples of Bacchus, Jupiter & Venus. Together, these made up one of the largest temples of Roman Empire..
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The most notable Roman buildings in the complex were temples of Bacchus, Jupiter & Venus. Together, these made up one of the largest temples of Roman Empire..
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Over the years, the temple of Baalbek (aka Heliopolis) was damaged pretty extensively by earthquakes & plundered for stone.
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At different times in history, itโs been occupied by Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Ottomans, & even Mongols.. (4/10)
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At different times in history, itโs been occupied by Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Ottomans, & even Mongols.. (4/10)
๐ช๐ต๐ผ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐น๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ง๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐ป?
The construction of this expansive temple at Baalbek was begun by the Phoenicians between 3000-4000 years ago. The Greeks then added to it, followed by Romans & much later the Arabs..
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The construction of this expansive temple at Baalbek was begun by the Phoenicians between 3000-4000 years ago. The Greeks then added to it, followed by Romans & much later the Arabs..
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local legend says that the temple built by people โfrom the Eastโ ~ this interests in further details !!
curious facts about the Baalbek temple are the stone lotuses carved on the templeโs ceilings !
That is intriguing ! because thereโre no lotuses in Lebanon.
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curious facts about the Baalbek temple are the stone lotuses carved on the templeโs ceilings !
That is intriguing ! because thereโre no lotuses in Lebanon.
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Among the roof stones, there is a clear anahata symbol, with 6 petals & 2 interlocking triangles.
Above all, there is a stone with 16 corners called a Guru Pooja stone..
seems elephants (where did they come from ?) were used to lift these stones weighing upto 800 tonnes
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Above all, there is a stone with 16 corners called a Guru Pooja stone..
seems elephants (where did they come from ?) were used to lift these stones weighing upto 800 tonnes
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Guru Poojaย is not just an emotional thing, it is a whole system of creating a certain possibility, of creating a field of energy around you so that people become receptive & are drawn to the whole process ~ called Shodashopachara, meaning 16 ways of treating a Guru..
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For this, 16-cornered stones are made which are called Guru Pooja Peetas which are unique to yogic culture.
Guru Pooja stones of 16 corners could not have gone anywhere else except from the knowledge that Adiyogi
himself transmitted.. 
that & the Swastik symbols !!
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Guru Pooja stones of 16 corners could not have gone anywhere else except from the knowledge that Adiyogi
himself transmitted.. that & the Swastik symbols !!
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Such a thing exists nowhere else on the planet, but in Baalbek ~ a Guru Pooja stone that is thousands of years old !!
Obviously there was a very active commercial & spiritual connection between the two lands -
(Source : Google)
do check the video by @SadhguruJV
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Obviously there was a very active commercial & spiritual connection between the two lands -
(Source : Google)
do check the video by @SadhguruJV
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