Top-10 16 Divine Darshans of Unique Shivlingas Pratik Dave, January 26, 2023January 26, 2023A Hindu Shrine located in the Anantnag district of Jammu & Kashmir, Amarnath Temple is a cave temple situated at an altitude of 3,888 m and at a distance of 141 km from Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu & Kashmir. Continue Reading
Ram Temples Real Ramayana Places – Rama Vanvaas Sthalam (Part 1) Pratik Dave, July 1, 2022July 3, 2022यत्क्रौञ्चमिथुनादेकमवधीः काममोहितम् – the shloka used by Mahrishi Valmiki to initiate writing the legend of Ramayana, making this itihas an eternal part of our values and traditions. This shloka means that a pair of krounchas (heron) were separated with the male bird being killed by the hunter because of his desire, desire to hunt innocent animals and birds for pleasure and business purposes. ‘Desire’ was the core and prime reason for the whole Ramayana. Maa Kaikeyi expressed her desire to make his son ‘Bharata’ the Maharaja of Ayodhya Saamrajya and asked Shri Rama to go into exile for 14 years away from their kingdom. For the sake of his father’s (Maharaja Dashratha’s) promise that he made to Kaikeyi, Shri Rama left for vanvaas and that’s how we got our ‘Maryada Purushottam’. Continue Reading
devi temple Indraprastha: Rajdhani of Pandava Saamrajya Pratik Dave, June 15, 2022June 15, 2022The vivah of Pandavas to Draupadi laid the foundation for the establishment of the new capital following the separation of the Kuru kingdom. Dhritarashtra proposed giving half of the kingdom to the Pandavas which was backed by Bheeshma and Dronacharya. Continue Reading
Jammu Kashmir Raghunath Temple, Jammu & Kashmir Pratik Dave, September 29, 2021September 29, 2021Dedicated to Lord Rama, who is worshipped as the 7th avatar of Lord Vishnu, Shri Raghunath Temple is situated in the Jammu town in the union territory of Jammu & Kashmir. The town is north of River Tawi at an average elevation of 350 m. Continue Reading
Shiva Temples 12 Jyotirlingas – Aura of Divinity (Part 1) Pratik Dave, July 1, 2021July 18, 2021The culture and faith of Hinduism have strong roots in the learning of Puranas, ‘Purana’ which has its appearance in Vedic text like ‘Atharva Veda’. Out of 18 Maha Puranas, six are the most significant, namely Markandeya, Shiva, Linga, Brahma Vaivarta, Agni, and Padma Purana. Continue Reading
Shiva Temples Kasi Rameswaram Yatra Pratik Dave, June 27, 2021September 1, 2021Aptly called the Cultural Capital of India, Kasi (Varanasi) is an ultimate pilgrimage center for Hindus for ages. According to Hindu Ithihas (Purana), it is believed that Kasi was founded by Lord Shiva, one of three principal deities along with Vishnu and Brahma and so here we can see a mighty form of River Ganges (Ganga) which is said to have its origin in the tresses of Lord Shiva. Continue Reading