Porch of hit to the sanctuary of the Temple of the Sun. The splendid Sun Temple (Temple of the Sun); to Modhera in Gujarat; was constructed by king Bhimdev I in XI the century. It was planned so that during the equinoxes the sun to the dawn illuminated the image of Surya; the God of the sun. Currently religious ceremonies are not carried out you. Internal there is a porch with colonnato that ago to approach the main room and the sanctuary; externally complex and refined to sculptures of demons and Cinquantadue columns carved in processed way represent scenes of the Ramayana and of the Mahabharata.In the main room is 12 niches to the walls that illustrate the 12 various manifestations of Surya in the several months of the year. There are also bas-reliefs of erotiche scenes. In front of the temple the Surya Kund; extraordinary baoli is found (sink to steps) rectangular; that it contains beyond 100 sanctuaries.