टूस (मंदेसर) उदयपुर

toos, rajasthan, udayapur ke samip be dach nadi ke tat par sthit hai tatha yahaan ka soory mandir moortikala paranpara ke adhyayan mean vishesh mahatv rakhata hai. vaishnav sanpraday ki tulana mean soory pooja ka meva d kshetr mean kam prachalan tha. kuchh mandir, jo praranbh mean soory pooja ke lie banaye gaye the, unamean samay ke sath dhire- dhire vishnu ya lakshminarayan ki pooja hone lagi thi.

toos ka soory mandir saur- sanpraday ki ekaantik pooja ke lie bana pratit hota hai, kyoanki poore mandir mean kisi any dev ki pratima utkirn nahian hai. is mandir ke shikhar tatha mandap choone ke palastar se dubara nirmit hue haian tatha isaka shikhar sapat hai. sabhamandal ashtakoniy gumbadakar chhat se dhaki huyi hai, jisamean koshtak bane hai. in koshtakoan mean hathi ke sir par arudh apsaraean tatha matrika moortiyaan aankit ki gee hai.

rajasthan ke any mandiroan ki tulana mean is mandir ke garbhagrih ke bahy takhoan ki sabhi moortiyaan akar mean b di hai. isake aantaral ki bahy bhitti par bhi soory ki ek vichitr pratima hai, jise do stri moortiyoan ke sath utkirn kiya gaya hai. in striyoan ka aankan sooryadev ki patni ke rup mean kam tatha apsara moortiyoan ki mudra mean adhik pratit hota hai.