Temple Building In Sumeria

TEMPLE BUILDING IN SUMERIA.

Agamism constitutes that component of Hinduism that centres on Temple building and temple worship as its central impulse. We see that this impulse and the metaphysical understanding that underlies it, is not only NonVedic but also PreVedic.

Sumerian which is Archaic Tamil, contains many documents related to temple building. Even the earliest Sumerian historical documents now dated to around 4000 B.C. disclose the presence of Temple building activity , in which interestingly enough the womenfolk participated actively , a tradition that continues to this day.

Around 2200 B.C. we have En Hudu Anna ( The Heavenly Star) , the daughter of Sargon , the Great Emperor, writing not only a philosophically profound Exaltations to Innana ( that I have named Siirbiyam) but also many hymns to the temples of Sumer in which the Kes Temple Hymns also provide an ANALYSIS of the functions of Temple in the metaphysical journey of the human spirit.

Dr K Loganathan Krishnan @ Ullaganar