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A selfie by the Nandi bull in the Dholeshwar/ Dholeshwor Mahadev temple, located some 20km outside of Pokhara, in Nepal. This temple is of enormous religious significance to Hindus and to the believers as the presiding deity in this temple is reputed to be the head portion of the presiding deity of the temple in Kedarnath, located in the Uttarakhand (formerly part of Uttar Pradesh) in northern India. During the year 2013, when prayers at the Kedarnath were seriously affected due to difficulties in access and due to extensive damages in the devastating floods which hit Uttarakhand at the time, regular prayers which were interrupted at Kedarnath were carried out here in the Dholeshwar/ Doleshwor Temple, in keeping with a request from the head priest of the Kedarnath Temple. (Pokhara, Nepal, Oct/ Nov. 2019)
In the Vedas, the word Rishi denotes an inspired poet of Ṛigvedic hymns, who alone or with others invokes the deities with poetry. In particular, Ṛṣi refers to the authors of the hymns of the Rigveda.
Post-Vedic tradition regards the Rishis as "sages" or saints, constituting a peculiar class of divine human beings in the early mythical system, as distinct from Asuras, Devas and mortal men. Swami Vivekananda described "Rishi"s as Mantra-drashtas or "the seers of thought". He told - "The truth came to the Rishis of India - the Mantra-drashtâs, the seers of thought - and will come to all Rishis in the future, not to talkers, not to book-swallowers, not to scholars, not to philologists, but to seers of thought."
The main rishis recorded in the Brahmanas and the Rigveda-Anukramanis include Gritsamada, Vishvamitra, Vamadeva, Atri, Bharadvaja, Vashista, Angiras, Kaṇva.
Seven Rishis (the Saptarshi) are often mentioned in the Brahmanas and later works as typical representatives of the pre-historic or mythical period; in Shatapatha Brahmana 14.5.2.6 (Brhad Aranyaka Upanisad), their names are Uddālaka Āruni (also called Gautama), Bharadvaja, Vishvamitra, Jamadagni, Vashista, Kashyapa, and Atri. Daksha, Bhrigu and Nārada were also added to the saptarshis riṣis in Āshvalāyana-Shrauta-Sutra, where these ten principals were created by the first Manu (Svāyambhuva Manu) for producing everyone else.
The notable female rishikas who contributed to the composition of the Vedic scriptures are: The Rig Veda mentions Romasha, Lopamudra, Apala, Kadru, Visvavara, Ghosha, Juhu, Vagambhrini, Paulomi, Yami, Indrani, Savitri, and Devayani. The Sama Veda adds Nodha, Akrishtabhasha, Sikatanivavari and Gaupayana.
In Mahabharata 12, on the other hand, there is the post-Vedic list of Marici, Atri, Angiras, Pulaha, Kratu, Pulastya and Vashista. The Mahābhārata list explicitly refers to the saptarshis of the first manvantara[4] and not to those of the present manvantara. Each manvantara had a unique set of saptarshi. In Harivamsha 417ff, the names of the Rishis of each manvantara are enumerated.
In addition to the Saptarṣi, there are other classifications of sages. In descending order of precedence, they are Brahmarshi, Maharshi, Rajarshi. Devarṣi, Paramrṣi, Shrutarṣi and Kāndarṣi are added in Manusmriti iv-94 and xi-236 and in two dramas of Kālidasa.
The Chaturvarga-Chintāmani of Hemādri puts 'riṣi' at the seventh place in the eightfold division of Brāhmanas. Amarakosha (the famous Sanskrit synonym lexicon compiled by Amarasimha) mentions seven types of riṣis : Shrutarshi, Kāndarshi, Paramarshi, Maharshi, Rājarshi, Brahmarshi and Devarshi. Amarakosha strictly distinguishes Rishi from other types of sages, such as sanyāsi, bhikṣu, parivrājaka, tapasvi, muni, brahmachāri, yati, etc.
An exciting and colorful three-day fair held annually at Tarnetar in Saurashtra, Gujarat.
The Tarnetar Fair popularly known as the 'Trineteshwar Mahadev Mela' revolves around the sacred temple of Shiva or 'Trineteshwar'... celebrating the wedding of the legendary 'Mahabharat' hero, Arjuna with Draupadi.
Bathing in the holy water of the Kund adjacent to the temple is traditionally followed by the pilgrims visiting Tarnetar. The reservoir is also known as 'Papanshu' (the destroyer of sins)...!
This fair is primarily a 'marriage mart' or 'Swayamvar' for the tribal youth of today who still visit Tarnetar, to find them a suitable bride... The fair is also famous for the Tarnetar Chhatri (umbrellas), remarkable works of art intricately adorned with mirror work and splendid embroidery...
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.
120 feet height tallest statue of Lord Shiva known as Sarveshwar Mahadev in standing posture is situated at the center of famous Sursagar Lake which lies in the heart of Vadodara city comes under Vadodara district in the Indian state of Gujarat.
Same faithful copy of Lord Shiva statue named as Mangal Mahadev is installed at Ganga Talao-Grand Bassin, Mauritius (out of India) which is 108 feet in height.
24th February, 2017 is a Hindu festival Maha Shivaratri celebrated annually in reverence of Bhagwan Shankar. It is the day God Shiva was married to the Goddess Parvati. The Maha Shivaratri festival, also popularly known as 'Shivaratri/Shivratri' or 'Great Night of Shiva', marks the convergence of Shiva and Shakti.
Sursagar (or Sur Sagar) Lake also known as the Chandan Talao is a lake situated in middle of the Vadodara city. The lake was rebuilt with stone masonry in 18th century. The water in this lake remains in it for the whole year.
Concrete wall surrounds the lake on which people use to sit. There are many underwater gates in talav which empty the lake if it overflows. The water from the lake empties in Vishwamitri River.
The big statue of Lord Shiva is lit with lights on Maha Shivratri festival.
Various traditions and customs related to Shivaratri festival are dutifully followed by the worshippers of Lord Shiva.
To mark the Shivratri festival, devotees wake up early and take a ritual bath and after wearing fresh new clothes they visit nearest God Shiva temple to give ritual bath to Shiva Lingam with milk, honey, water etc.
On Shivaratri, worship of Lord Shiva continues all through day and night.
The gopnath mahadev temple in gujarat India is over 200 years old, until a few years ago it retained the vintage beauty which only the architecture of the ancient had.. while the new paint job is colorful and striking.. I will let you decide what works for you better, renaissance or razzmatazz
Another look at the scores of Lingam statues in the Dholeshwar/ Dholeshwor Mahadev temple just outside Pokhara, Nepal. These were seen through a whole in the wall, and you had to bend double to take a look at them. The Lingam as some of you may know is the Hindu phallic symbol and a sign of fertility- some comedy relief for my own diabetes induced virtually dysfunctional youknowwhat. Ouch! Detailed notes about the Dholesawar/ Dholeshwor Mahadev temple appeared earlier in this album. This temple is considered particularly important as the presiding deity here is believed to the the head part of the deity in Kedarnath, an important Hindu shrine located in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand (previously part of Uttar Pradesh). (Pokhara, Nepal, Oct/ Nov. 2019)
Village Jamni, Block Warora, District Chandrapur, Maharashtra, INDIA..Kavita Mahadev Varadkar, left, a Prerika ( Youth volunteer) speaks with Parvata Bai Jeurkar at their village 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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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.
Uttarakhand is a major pilgrimage center of Hindus. This offers superfluity of holy temples in powerful Himalayas. There are several temples of attention in the Uttaranchal that host devotees throughout the year round.Some of the important temples in Uttarakhand are: Rudranath temple, Madmaheshwar Temple, Badrinath temple, Kedarnath temple, Baji Nath temple, Naina Devi temple, Mansa Devi temple, Lakha Mandal Temple, Har ki Pauri, Gangotri Temple, Gaurikund, Yamunotri temple, Chandi Devi temple, Patalbhubanshwari temple Gangotri temple, Hemkund Saheb, Neelkanth Mahadev are some of them.
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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.
जेजुरी गावाच्या नैऋत्य दिशेस साधारणपणे साडेतीन किलोमीटरवर जयाद्रीच्या पठारावर कडेपठार देवतालिंग हे श्रीखंडोबाचे स्थान आहे यालाच काहीलोक जुनागड असेही म्हणतात. जेजुरीपासून दोन किलोमीटर अंतरावर डोंगराच्या कुशीत विजाळ विहीर परिसर आहे, इथपर्यंत डांबरी सडक असल्याने गाडीने जाता येते तेथून पुढे पायरी मार्गाने दीड किलोमीटर अंतर चढून गेल्यावर मंदिरात पोहोचता येते. वाटेमध्ये
This statue is statue of lord Mahadev (Shiva) which as four head and one Snakes call Shesh Nag at Surya Vinayak Temple in Bhaktapur of Nepal.
Through a hole in the wall we’re scores of Lingam statues in the Dholeshwar/ Dholeshwor Mahadev temple just outside Pokhara, Nepal. The Lingam as some of you may know is the Hindu phallic symbol and a sign of fertility- some comedy relief for my own diabetes induced virtually dysfunctional youknowwhat. Ouch! Detailed notes about the Dholesawar/ Dholeshwor Mahadev temple appeared earlier in this album. This temple is considered particularly important as the presiding deity here is believed to the the head part of the deity in Kedarnath, an important Hindu shrine located in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand (previously part of Uttar Pradesh). (Pokhara, Nepal, Oct/ Nov. 2019)
Mahadev Temple located in Tambdi Surla, is small 12th century Shiva temple of the lord Mahadeva and an active place of Hindu worship. It is notably the oldest temple in Goa, South India.
It is said the entire temple is carved with one big rock. It was pretty amazing to see it.
It is also located deep in the jungle. During the monsoons it is really hard to reach.
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.