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The Temple of the Forbidden Eye was a stone shrine built to the god, Mara, located in India. Deep inside the temple was a large stone face of Mara, with one eye covered. Below the temple was a lava pocket, which had a wooden bridge built over it. Seekers could enter the shrine, and after passing through several stone passageways and traps, they choose a door to be rewarded with one of three treasures:
- Riches
- Eternal youth
- Visions of the future
The one condition of entering the temple was that pilgrims were not allowed to look into the Eye of Mara, or risk death. The area below the temple housed numerous dangers, including gargantuan snakes, skeletons, bug-infested rooms, spike traps, and dart traps, and a rolling boulder, similar to the one found in the Temple of the Chachapoyan Warriors.
In 1935, after his adventures in Pankot Palace, Indiana Jones discovered the temple. Once word had gotten out of his archaeological discovery, and the rewards of Mara, visitors from the Western world began to visit. Hoping to turn a profit to fund the continued excavation, Jones brought in Sallah to help run a tour operation, while digging staff continued to explore different sections of the temple. To facilitate faster travel inside the temple, Sallah imported several specialized motor vehicles and operated them inside the lower sections of the temple, allowing tourists to reach the doorways of the rewards, and glimpse at the face of Mara. However, some tour groups gazed upon the Eye of Mara, and were plunged into the areas below the temple, where they were eventually rescued by the actions of Indiana Jones. Jones also maintained a small temporary office inside the temple, where his team cataloged artifacts and packaged them for shipment out of the country. Other team members installed a film projector where they played newsreels of Jones' discovery, which had enticed fortune-seekers from around the globe to the site.
Behind the scenes
The Temple of the Forbidden Eye is the center of the theme park attraction Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye at Disneyland, in Anaheim, CA. Attendees play the role of tourists visiting the site, and exploring it with vehicles, while Jones prevents the most dangerous aspects of the Temple from harming the tourists.
To help promote the opening of the attraction, the Temple was also depicted in the Super Bowl XXIX halftime show, this time, filled with worshippers, guardians, and Patti LaBelle. Jones and Marion Ravenwood ventured to the Temple to retrieve the stolen Vince Lombardi trophy.
Appearances
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye (First appearance) (Non-canonical appearance)
- Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye