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Binsar Mahadev Temple, Ranikhet
Binsar Mahadev is a famous temple near ranikhet, One of the places to stroll aroud ranikhet. Such a fantastic which enhances the beauty of ranikhet and provides ranikhet another recognition.
Binsar mahadev temple is very famous uttarakhand people. It really keeps a very important part in uttarakhand people.
Binsar mahadev is almost 10k.m. away from ranikhet and almost 90 k.m. away from haldwani, It's such a divine place.
Binsar mahadev is the temple lord shiva, this temple attracts many tourists every towards it.
One of the major sightseeing of ranikhet, uttraakhand.
Mukteshwar Temple - Mukteshwar Mahadev Temple - Mukteshwar Dham -
Mukteshwar gets its name from an 350 year old temple to Shiva, known as Mukteshwar Dham, situated atop the highest point in the town. The Mukteshwar temple has a white marble Shivling with a copper yoni. The Shivling is surrounded by idols of Brahma, Vishnu, Parvati, Hanuman, Ganesh and Nandi. As narrated in Puranas, it is one of the eighteen main temples of Lord Shiva.
Since ancient times the “Mukteshwar Mahadev Temple” has been a place of worship for iron ore miners as “Agaries”. The followers of “Maheshwar” community who worship “Lakulis” as their god and conducted important rituals and ceremonies here. It is also believed that couples longing to be blessed for a child with mud lamps in their hand also offer prayers here.
Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary Mahadev Desai too was interred here, and eventually died here, as did Mahatma Gandhi's wife Kasturba. This glass shelf contains some of the personal effects of Mahadev Desai at the time of his demise. (Pune/ Poona, July 2007)
En Khajuraho se encuentra el mayor conjunto de templos hinduistas de India, famosos por sus esculturas eróticas. Los templos están considerados por la UNESCO como Patrimonio de la Humanidad, desde el año 1986. El nombre de la ciudad proviene de la palabra Kajur que en idioma hindi significa "palmera datilera". Entre los siglos X y XII fue la capital religiosa de los Chandella, una dinastía que gobernó esta parte de la India y a la que se les debe estas construcciones.
Los templos se construyeron en un espacio de tiempo de unos cien años, entre el 950 y el 1050. Toda la zona está amurallada, con ocho puertas que permiten la entrada al recinto. Cada una de estas puertas está flanqueada por dos palmeras. Originalmente había unos 80 templos de los que quedan 22 en buen estado de conservación. Toda la zona ocupa un área total de 21 km². Tal vez por encontrarse en una zona poco habitual para la construcción de templos (lejos del Ganges), consiguieron sobrevivir a la destrucción masiva de elementos hinduistas llevada a cabo por el Imperio Mogol musulmán. Poco a poco los templos fueron quedando abandonados y permanecieron ocultos en medio de la vegetación. Fueron redescubiertos en 1838 por el capitán I. S. Burt, ingeniero del ejército británico.
Los templos están situados sobre plataformas elevadas, de una anchura considerable, pensadas para facilitar el paseo ritual alrededor del templo que deben realizar los fieles antes de entrar a orar. Las torres de los templos se elevan sobre estas plataformas, dando una sensación de verticalidad si se observan desde lejos. Están orientados según los puntos cardinales, estando la entrada en dirección Este para facilitar la entrada de la primera luz solar. Fueron construidos con bloques de granito y arenisca roja traídos especialmente hasta la zona. Las uniones de los diferentes bloques se realizaron mediante abrazaderas metálicas. Las paredes de los templos de Khajuraho tienen una forma ondulada ya que están formadas por numerosos salientes. Además, los muros están divididos en franjas horizontales mediante molduras y bajorrelieves.
Las esculturas que decoran los templos de Khajuraho se pueden clasificar en cinco tipos diferentes. Por un lado están los dibujos geométricos y florales, utilizados en los techos, molduras y en la decoración de las columnas. Otro tipo de esculturas son las que representan la vida de la corte, como los bailes o la música, así como actividades cotidianas o la guerra. Un tercer grupo está compuesto por las figuras de animales, que suelen estar colocadas en las molduras exteriores e inferiores de los templos. Las imágenes de dioses y diosas forman el cuarto grupo y suelen estar situadas al fondo del templo o en los nichos situados en diferentes enmarcaciones por las fachadas de los templos. Finalmente se encuentran las figuras femeninas y las que representan a parejas amatorias.
No se sabe a ciencia cierta cuál fue el motivo por el que los templos se decoraron con diversos motivos eróticos. Algunos estudiosos creen que la decoración tenía un motivo educativo: enseñar el Kāmasūtra a los más jóvenes; para otros, los templos son un homenaje al matrimonio entre Śiva y Pārvātī.
Los 22 templos que aún quedan en pie están distribuidos en tres grupos: Oeste, Este y Sur.
En el grupo del Oeste destacan: el Templo Lakshmana (año 954) dedicado a Vişņu; el Templo Varāha, dedicado a la encarnación del dios Vişņu en forma de jabalí; el Templo Matangesvara, dedicado al dios Śiva; el Templo Visvanatha (950-1002) dedicado a Śiva; el Templo Nandi (950-1002) comparte plataforma con el de Visvanatha, y en su interior se encuentra una estatua del toro Nandi, que sirve de montura al dios Śiva; el Templo Kandariya Mahadeva (1025), dedicado a Śiva consta de 872 estatuas diferentes; el Templo Devi Jagadambi (1000), dedicado a Pārvātī, y el Templo Chitragupta (1010), dedicado a Sūrya, dios del sol.
El grupo del Este está compuesto por tres templos hinduistas y tres jainistas. Y de ellos cabe destacar el Templo Parsvanatha, dedicado al 23 Tirthankara Jaina, y el Templo de Adinatha, dedicado al primer Tirthankara Jaina.
El grupo del Sur está situado a un kilómetro del grupo Este y consta de dos templos de pequeño tamaño: el Templo Duladeo, decorado con esculturas eróticas, y el Templo Chaturbhuja que contiene una estatua de Vişņu de tres metros de altura.
Khajuraho was a capital of the Chandela kings from the 9th to the 11th century. During that period, approximately 85 temples were constructed there of which almost 20 remain in good to excellent condition. Khajuraho continued its religious importance until the 14th century but was afterwards largely forgotten and was overgrown by forests. Its remoteness probably saved it from the desecration of human images that Muslim conquerors traditiaonally inflicted on Hindu monuments. In 1838, British army captain, T.S. Burt, "discovered" the temples during a day trip. Burt' immediately recognized the historical value of the temples even though his Victorian sensibilities were shocked by the explicit and erotic sculptures that covered the walls of the temples.
The Kandariya Mahadev Temple is dedicated to Shiva. It is the largest temple in Khajuraho. More than 800 images
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Gokarna is a village development committee in Kathmandu District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 7,508 with 1,768 households.
In the village on the banks of the Bagmati River stands the Gokarna Mahadev temple. It is one of the oldest temple in Nepal contemporary to the Changu Narayan Temple. This temple is of great historical, cultural and archeological importance. It is built in the Newari pagoda style with three tiers and is dedicated to Shiva in the form of Mahadev, the Great God.
Worth the mention and the main reason to go to this temple is the wealth of sculptures of the many different Hindu deities. These fine stone carvings are definitely worth a closer look. Some of them are dated back to the Licchavi Dynasty (C 450–750).
We can explore:
Aditya - the sun god
Brahma and Chandra - the moon god
Indra - the elephant-borne god of war and weather
Ganga - with a pot on her head from which pours the Ganges
Vishnu - as Narsingha
Shiva - as Kamadeva, the god of love - and many other forms
Gauri Shankar - with elements of Shiva and Parvati
Brahma - with four heads
In late August or early September people go to this temple to bath and make offerings in honor of their fathers, living or dead, on a day called Gokarna Aunsi.
Markanda Mahadev Temple is an ancient temple situated in Chandrapur District of Maharashtra.
This temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva. Built in the 12th century, it is a magnificent structure adorned with three bands of sculptures on the walls of the sapta-ratha sanctum, vestibule and the mandap. This temple is of similar architecture as that of the temples of Khajuraho.
Markanda is about 47 km from Gadchiroli and 177 km from Nagpur. The nearest railhead is Chandrapur Railway Station (91 km). State buses ply regularly from Nagpur to Markanda.
Village Jamni, Block Warora, District Chandrapur, Maharashtra, INDIA..Kavita Mahadev Varadkar, second from right, a Prerika ( Youth volunteer) with her family at their house in Chandrapur District, Nagpur. The UNICEF state office of Maharashtra in collaboration with Barclays Bank and the UK National Committee for UNICEF under the ‘Building Brighter Futures’ initiative, implemented a pilot project called Deepshikha, a life skills education programme for adolescent girls with the aim of providing them with a comprehensive set of life skills, a clear understanding of gender, as well as their rights and obligations as citizens of the country. Deepshikha project was implemented during September 2008 to January 2012 in 15 rural blocks of Latur, Chandrapur and Nandurbar districts and in three wards of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. The project reached out to 64,360 adolescent girls (through 2,238 groups). 1,350 have formed into Self Help Groups and 1,198 of them have initiated savings and have opened bank accounts with a total saving of Rs. 5,842,875. The project covered 7 blocks (Warora, Naghbid, Bhadrawati, Saoli, Jiwati, Korpana, Chandrapur) in Chandrapur and 22000 girls were reached through 863 adolescent girls groups formed in 854 villages. UNICEF India/2013/Dhiraj Singh.
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Khajuraho (Hindi: खजुराहो) is a town in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, located in Chhatarpur District, about 620 kilometres (385 mi) southeast of New Delhi, the capital city of India. One of the most popular tourist destinations in India, Khajuraho has the largest group of medieval Hindu and Jain temples, famous for their erotic sculpture. The Khajuraho group of monuments has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is considered to be one of the "seven wonders" of India.
The name Khajuraho, ancient "Kharjuravahaka", is derived from the Sanskrit word kharjur meaning date palm.
In the twenty-seventh century of Kali yuga the Mlechcha invaders started attacking North India some Bargujar Rajputs moved towards east to central India, they ruled over North-Eastern region of Rajasthan called Dhundhar and were referred to as Dhundhel/Dhundhela in ancient times, for the region they governed. Later on they called themselves Bundelas and Chandelas those who were in the ruling class having gotra Kashyap were definitely all Bargujars they were vassals of Gurjara - Pratihara empire of North India which lasted from 500 C.E. to 1300 C.E. and was at its peak when major monuments were built. The Bargujars also built the Kalinjar fort and Neelkanth Mahadev temple similar to one at Sariska National Park and Baroli, being Shiva worshipers. The city was the cultural capital of Chandela Rajputs, a Hindu dynasty that ruled this part of India from the 10th to the 12th centuries. Political capital of Chandelas was Kalinjar. The Khajuraho temples were built over a span of 200 years, from 950 to 1150. The Chandela capital was moved to Mahoba after this time, but Khajuraho continued to flourish for some time. Khajuraho has no forts because the Chandel Kings never lived in their cultural capital.Khajuraho History
The whole area was enclosed by a wall with eight gates, each flanked by two golden palm trees. There were originally over 80 Hindu temples, of which only 25 now stand in a reasonable state of preservation, scattered over an area of about 20 square kilometres (8 sq mi). Today, the temples serve as fine examples of Indian architectural styles that have gained popularity due to their explicit depiction of the traditional way of sexual life during medieval times. Locals living in the Khajuraho village always knew about and kept up the temples as best as they could. They were pointed out to an English man in late 19th century and the jungles had taken a toll on all of the monuments.
Worlds' Tallest Statue of Lord Shiva (143 feet). Bhaktapur, Nepal.
http://www.explorehimalaya.com/blog/asias-tallest-shiva-idol/
Él es el protector de la puerta de acceso a Vrindavan, es adorado hace 5 mil años día a día con fe y devocion por miles de peregrinos y habitantes de Vrindavan... Shiva en su forma de Gopi da las bendiciones para entrar en tierra sagrada. Fue instalado por Vajranabh, el nieto de Krishna.
Kailashnath Mahadev Statue is a Shiva statue situated in Sanga, the border of Bhaktapur and Kavrepalanchok districts in Nepal.This is the World's Tallest Lord Shiva Statue.
Kailashnath Mahadev Statue
This is the World's tallest Lord Shiva statue till date.It is 143 feet high and is situated 20km from Kathmandu,Nepal. This construction of this statue started in 2004 and was completed in 2011. The statue is made of copper, cement, zinc and steel. Kamal Jain, was responsible for the building of this structure.
-- Mahadev, vergeef mij !! --, van Akka Mahadevi.
[in jambe (-x).]
Wil ik ervan gescheiden blijven,
verlaat Uw maya mij toch niet.
Verzet ik mij ertegen, toch
- blijft dit maya ongebroken.
[in jambe (-x).]
Uw maya wil mij niet verlaten,
hoezeer ik ook ertegen standhou.
Wie zich verzetten om dit maya
te breken, díe zijn zelf gebroken.
[in trochée (x-).][* in dactyle (x--).]
Voor de yogi werd Uw maya yogini.
* Voor de asceet werd Uw maya een mooie ascete.
Voor de god werd hét gewoon verwachten van de
maandelijkse offeranden Hem Zijn maya.
[in jambe (-x).]
Als jé een berg beklimt, klimt maya
zo rusteloos je achterna.
Als jé een diep bos ingaat, gaat
het zonder dralen met je mee.
[in trochée (x-).]
O samsara, hét blijft altijd
achter mij en in m'n handen.
Hét geeft mij vertrouwen, dan weer
doet Uw maya mij vergeten.
[in trochée (x-).]
O Vergever, ik ben bang
voor Uw maya, Heer der heren,
U Die draagt een slang als sieraad
chenna-mallik-Arjuna !!
O vergeef mij, want wat anders,
want wat anders moet ik doen ?!
Toe, Mahádev, - vergeef mij !!
Vertaling: 白狐
[eerste dash geeft een pauze aan, de tweede dash een aanhouden.]
[maya = zinsbegoocheling.]
[yogini = vrouwelijke yogi.]
[samsara = cirkel der wedergeboorte.]
[chenna - mallik - Arjuna = Heer - vol schoonheid - wit als jasmijn.]
[Mahadev = "Grotegod" en "dev" als "Dave" of ook "Deeuw(?)".]
Engelse versie:
Even if I want to stay apart,
Your maya will not leave me;
Even if I struggle against it, this maya stays unbroken;
Your maya doesn't leave even if one stands firm;
Those struggling to break this maya
Are themselves broken.
To the yogi, your maya became the yogini;
To the ascetic, maya was the fair woman ascetic.
For the god, the assumption of monthly
Offerings was the illusion;
If one climbed the mountain, maya,
Restless, climbed after.
If one goes into the deep forest, maya goes along;
O samsara, it does not leave my back, my hands;
It gives me faith and then makes me forget.
O mercy maker, I am afraid of your maya,
O supreme master, Chennamallikarjuna, jasmine-tender,
Have mercy.
What else, O what shall I do, O great god,
O snake-adorned one, do have mercy, O god.
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sarveshwar mahadev (shankar) at sursagar, vadodara. banyan leaves in the foreground. (vadodara gets its name from the no of banyan trees here)
Gokarna is a village development committee in Kathmandu District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 7,508 with 1,768 households.
In the village on the banks of the Bagmati River stands the Gokarna Mahadev temple. It is one of the oldest temple in Nepal contemporary to the Changu Narayan Temple. This temple is of great historical, cultural and archeological importance. It is built in the Newari pagoda style with three tiers and is dedicated to Shiva in the form of Mahadev, the Great God.
Worth the mention and the main reason to go to this temple is the wealth of sculptures of the many different Hindu deities. These fine stone carvings are definitely worth a closer look. Some of them are dated back to the Licchavi Dynasty (C 450–750).
We can explore:
Aditya - the sun god
Brahma and Chandra - the moon god
Indra - the elephant-borne god of war and weather
Ganga - with a pot on her head from which pours the Ganges
Vishnu - as Narsingha
Shiva - as Kamadeva, the god of love - and many other forms
Gauri Shankar - with elements of Shiva and Parvati
Brahma - with four heads
In late August or early September people go to this temple to bath and make offerings in honor of their fathers, living or dead, on a day called Gokarna Aunsi.
Kailashnath Mahadev Statue is a Shiva statue situated in Sanga, the border of Bhaktapur and Kavrepalanchok districts in Nepal.This is the World's Tallest Lord Shiva Statue.
Kailashnath Mahadev Statue
This is the World's tallest Lord Shiva statue till date.It is 143 feet high and is situated 20km from Kathmandu,Nepal. This construction of this statue started in 2004 and was completed in 2011. The statue is made of copper, cement, zinc and steel. Kamal Jain, was responsible for the building of this structure.
Gokarna is a village development committee in Kathmandu District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 7,508 with 1,768 households.
In the village on the banks of the Bagmati River stands the Gokarna Mahadev temple. It is one of the oldest temple in Nepal contemporary to the Changu Narayan Temple. This temple is of great historical, cultural and archeological importance. It is built in the Newari pagoda style with three tiers and is dedicated to Shiva in the form of Mahadev, the Great God.
Worth the mention and the main reason to go to this temple is the wealth of sculptures of the many different Hindu deities. These fine stone carvings are definitely worth a closer look. Some of them are dated back to the Licchavi Dynasty (C 450–750).
We can explore:
Aditya - the sun god
Brahma and Chandra - the moon god
Indra - the elephant-borne god of war and weather
Ganga - with a pot on her head from which pours the Ganges
Vishnu - as Narsingha
Shiva - as Kamadeva, the god of love - and many other forms
Gauri Shankar - with elements of Shiva and Parvati
Brahma - with four heads
In late August or early September people go to this temple to bath and make offerings in honor of their fathers, living or dead, on a day called Gokarna Aunsi.
Gokarna is a village development committee in Kathmandu District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 7,508 with 1,768 households.
In the village on the banks of the Bagmati River stands the Gokarna Mahadev temple. It is one of the oldest temple in Nepal contemporary to the Changu Narayan Temple. This temple is of great historical, cultural and archeological importance. It is built in the Newari pagoda style with three tiers and is dedicated to Shiva in the form of Mahadev, the Great God.
Worth the mention and the main reason to go to this temple is the wealth of sculptures of the many different Hindu deities. These fine stone carvings are definitely worth a closer look. Some of them are dated back to the Licchavi Dynasty (C 450–750).
We can explore:
Aditya - the sun god
Brahma and Chandra - the moon god
Indra - the elephant-borne god of war and weather
Ganga - with a pot on her head from which pours the Ganges
Vishnu - as Narsingha
Shiva - as Kamadeva, the god of love - and many other forms
Gauri Shankar - with elements of Shiva and Parvati
Brahma - with four heads
In late August or early September people go to this temple to bath and make offerings in honor of their fathers, living or dead, on a day called Gokarna Aunsi.
Gokarna is a village development committee in Kathmandu District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 7,508 with 1,768 households.
In the village on the banks of the Bagmati River stands the Gokarna Mahadev temple. It is one of the oldest temple in Nepal contemporary to the Changu Narayan Temple. This temple is of great historical, cultural and archeological importance. It is built in the Newari pagoda style with three tiers and is dedicated to Shiva in the form of Mahadev, the Great God.
Worth the mention and the main reason to go to this temple is the wealth of sculptures of the many different Hindu deities. These fine stone carvings are definitely worth a closer look. Some of them are dated back to the Licchavi Dynasty (C 450–750).
We can explore:
Aditya - the sun god
Brahma and Chandra - the moon god
Indra - the elephant-borne god of war and weather
Ganga - with a pot on her head from which pours the Ganges
Vishnu - as Narsingha
Shiva - as Kamadeva, the god of love - and many other forms
Gauri Shankar - with elements of Shiva and Parvati
Brahma - with four heads
In late August or early September people go to this temple to bath and make offerings in honor of their fathers, living or dead, on a day called Gokarna Aunsi.
Brightly scarlet colored big statue of Veer Balwaan Bajrang Bali lifting Dronachal Parvat in hand is located at the entrance of Kirateshwar Mahadev Mandir; Legship town under West Sikkim district in the Indian state of Sikkim. The temple is located at a distance of 5 kms from Pelling connected with Geyzing (also known as Gyalshing, headquarters of West Sikkim district) alongside Pemayangtse and 89 kms from the state capital city Gangtok. Kirateshwar Mahadev Temple, a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, is situated on the banks of beautiful River Rangit (or Rangeet), which has many mythological episodes of the Mahabharat attached to it. A foot suspension bridge takes the devotees from the main road to the temple. The temple is also known as Kirateshwar Mahadev Thaan or simply known as Shiv Mandir by the local people.
According to the Hindu mythology, pleased with Arjun’s (3rd of the Pandava brothers) hard penance and devotion, Lord Shiva appeared before him, in the very spot where the temple lies, as a Kirat or Hunter and blessed him with success in the Mahabharat war. Kirat means hunter hence the temple named Kirateshwar meaning the Hunter God. Long time ago as the people found miraculously existed a stone manifesting Shiva Ling in another words Lord here is self-manifested or Swayambhu. The said Shiv Ling is the main effigy of worship. Belief of many that a mere visit with true devotion to this temple fulfills one’s wishes particularly a wish for son or daughter and also wishes for peace harmony and good health. According to another popular belief, whosoever worships here will earn virtues of two life times.
There is a guest house within the premises of the Kirateshwar temple and it can accommodate more than 500 people.
The main attractions of temple are the festival of Bala Chaturdesi, which is observed in November–December every year and the Shiv Ratri also known as Maha Shivaratri which falls in the month of February or March every year. There are other temples dedicated to Bhagwan Shri Ram and Durga Mata can be found here making it an important pilgrimage destination for Hindus. People from all over the state visit this holy place of eminence.
Other tourist attractions in Legship :-
(1) Lho Khando Sang Pho Cave
(2) Rangit Water World
(3) Rangit River Dam
(4) Sulphurous Hot Springs
Shri Gopeshwar Mahadev is located at Alambagh in Lucknow and is said to be established in 1880.
The ‘Shiv Lingam’ is claimed to be of ‘Magnetic Stone’ and has medicinal properties.
Shri Shyma Chander Shukla the mahant incharge, claim that the temple is very popular and has been modelled based on Pagoda Art by Nepali Labourers. It is constructed of Lakhori bricks.
Gokarna is a village development committee in Kathmandu District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 7,508 with 1,768 households.
In the village on the banks of the Bagmati River stands the Gokarna Mahadev temple. It is one of the oldest temple in Nepal contemporary to the Changu Narayan Temple. This temple is of great historical, cultural and archeological importance. It is built in the Newari pagoda style with three tiers and is dedicated to Shiva in the form of Mahadev, the Great God.
Worth the mention and the main reason to go to this temple is the wealth of sculptures of the many different Hindu deities. These fine stone carvings are definitely worth a closer look. Some of them are dated back to the Licchavi Dynasty (C 450–750).
We can explore:
Aditya - the sun god
Brahma and Chandra - the moon god
Indra - the elephant-borne god of war and weather
Ganga - with a pot on her head from which pours the Ganges
Vishnu - as Narsingha
Shiva - as Kamadeva, the god of love - and many other forms
Gauri Shankar - with elements of Shiva and Parvati
Brahma - with four heads
In late August or early September people go to this temple to bath and make offerings in honor of their fathers, living or dead, on a day called Gokarna Aunsi.