The sun goes down along the middle portion of Gopuram of Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple on equinox.The Temple Gopuram is so well constructed that on Equinox sun passes exactly through the middle of Gopuram passing through all the doors. An engineering marvel indeed !!
This picture was sent by a close friend of mine which is a once in a life time show that one must see and experience it. It is absolute bliss! You can get the feeling even by just looking at the picture.
The equinox said to happen twice, once in spring and once in autumn, each year when the tilt of the Earth's axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun. During the event the tilt of the Earth (with respect to the Sun) is 0° and because of it duration of the day and the night are almost equal i.e. 12 hours. The event occurs once on 20th or 21st March and 22nd or 23rd September each year and both days has equal length of the day and the night.
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