USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Inti, also called Apu-punchau, in Inca religion, the sun god; he was believed to be the ancestor of the Incas. Inti was at the head of the state cult, and his worship was imposed throughout the Inca empire. He was usually represented in human form, his face portrayed as a gold disk from which rays and flames extended.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Temple of Cuzco The greatest temple in the Inca Empire was the temple of the Sun in Cuzco. The Inca people were rich in gold, and this temple was unrivalled in its magnificence. It was known as Coricancha ("Golden Temple") or Inti Cancha or Inti Wasi ("Temple of the Sun” or “House of the Sun").

Detailed explanation-3: -Legends and history. Inti ordered his children to build the Inca capital where a divine golden bar or wedge they carried with them penetrated the earth. Incas believed that this happened in the city of Cusco. The Inca ruler was considered to be the living representative of Inti.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Inca civilization worshiped the sun, and the Sun was one of the most important Inca gods in the pantheon. The God Inti as he was known, was the god of agriculture. Inti was represented and symbolized as a disk of the sun with rays and a human face in its center.

Detailed explanation-5: -Inti is the ancient Incan sun god. He is revered as the national patron of the Inca state. Although most consider Inti the sun god, he is more appropriately viewed as a cluster of solar aspects, since the Inca divided his identity according to the stages of the sun.