Satya Yuga
Sign in to saveAlso known as Sat Yuga, Krita Yuga, Krita Age, Sat Age, Satya Age, Sat Yug, Krt Yug, Golden Age
First of four yuga ages of a Yuga Cycle in Hindu cosmology lasting four times that of Kali Yuga. Its dawn (yuga-sandhyā) and dusk (yuga-sandhyāṃśa) are each 10% the main period.
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Kedareshwar Cave Temple is located at Harishchandragad, a hill fort in Ahmednagar district. Though there were four pillars surrounding the Linga, now there is only one pillar intact. Some believe the pillars to be symbols of yuga or time, namely, Satya, Treta, Dvapara, and the Kali Yuga. The temple was designed in the Hemadpanti style and is dedicated to Harishchandreshwar. The Kalachuri dynasty built this fort in the 6th century, according to locals, however, the Harishchandragad Fort caverns were discovered in the 11th century.
Satya Yuga (a.k.a. Krita Yuga, IAST: Kṛta-yuga), in Hinduism, is the first and best of the four yugas (world ages) in a Yuga Cycle, preceded by Kali Yuga of the previous cycle and followed by Treta Yuga. Satya Yuga lasts for 1,728,000 years (4,800 divine years).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Satya Yuga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.