NAGA in Sanskrit means mountain, people residing in and around mountains are known as Pahadi or Naga.
The history of NAGA SADHUS is very old,the traces of legacy are found in Mohenjo-Daro coins & images where Naga Sadhus are shown worshipping Bhagwan Shiv in Pashupatinath form.

Alexander and his soldiers also met Naga Sadhus during their stay in India. Buddha and Mahavira were impressed to see the penance of Naga Sadhus, their devotion for the people and motherland.
During the invasion of mlecchaas( mughals), there were series of attacks on Sanatanis..

...and Hindu structures. At that time, a massive exercise was carried over by Naga Sadhus to organise their strength and form Akhadas so that they all fight under one saffron flag to protect Hindu Culture and Vedic traditions of India.

Naga Sadhus protected ancient Hindu Temples from invaders. During ancient times, Naga Sadhus were taught to fight the invaders ferociously. They were equipped with Talwars, Trishuls, Gadaas, Teer Kamaans and strategic skills to protect Mandirs and Matths.

Aurangzeb's special army of Muslims who was established to destroy Hindu Temples &structures was defeated myriad times.These terrorist Muslim invaders were killed by Naga Sadhus in the war for Dharma in which the ferocious Nagas protected Mandirs & kept alive Shiv Bhakti..

🌺Lalitaditya Muktapida: The Great Hindu King of Kashmir who missed our text books.🌺

Lalitaditya Muktapida was the great Hindu King of Kashmir who belonged to the Karkorta Dynasty and provided heroic resistance to the foreign invaders.

He remained undefeated throughout his reign & expanded his empire in all directions.
The famous book Rajatarangini which was written in 12th century had given us details of the golden age of Kashmir.
The rise of Karkota dynasty of Kashmir was the turning point in Indian history.

This great dynasty was founded by Durlabha-vardhana. Many eminent historians claim that this king was married to the daughter of Baladitya the last king of the Gonanda dynasty.
Lalitaditya ascended the throne about 724 CE and was the fifth ruler of the Karkota Dynasty.

He was a follower of expansionist policy and wanted to conquer the neighboring kingdoms.
He also defeated the powerful king of Kannauj i.e Yasovarman and emerged as a champion of north India.

Kalhana also mentioned that the king of Kashmir undertook a World Wide Campaign and reached the sea coast of east India (Kalinga).
Here the king of Gaur (Bengal)is believed to be the first king to accept the suzerainty and sent several elephants to the king of Kashmir in respect.

क्या आप जानते हैं?

उत्तराखंड में एक ऐसा रहस्यमय मंदिर है, जहां माता की मूर्ति दिन में तीन बार अपना स्वरूप बदलती है।

भारत में रहस्यमय और प्राचीन मंदिरों की कोई कमी नहीं है। एक ऐसा ही मंदिर उत्तराखंड के श्रीनगर से करीब 14 किलोमीटर की दूरी पर स्थित है।

यहां हर दिन एक चमत्कार होता है, जिसे देखकर लोग हैरान हो जाते हैं। दरअसल,इस मंदिर में मौजूद माता की मूर्ति दिन में तीन बार अपना रूप बदलती है।मूर्ति सुबह में एक कन्या की तरह दिखती है,फिर दोपहर में युवती और शाम को एक बूढ़ी महिला की तरह नजर आती है।यह नजारा हैरान कर देने वाला होता है।

इस मंदिर को धारी देवी मंदिर के नाम से जाना जाता है। यह मंदिर झील के ठीक बीचों-बीच स्थित है। देवी काली को समर्पित इस मंदिर के बारे में मान्यता है कि यहां मौजूद मां धारी उत्तराखंड के चारधाम की रक्षा करती हैं। इस माता को पहाड़ों और तीर्थयात्रियों की रक्षक देवी माना जाता है।

एक पौराणिक कथा के अनुसार, एक बार भीषण बाढ़ से मंदिर बह गया था। साथ ही साथ उसमें मौजूद माता की मूर्ति भी बह गई और वह धारो गांव के पास एक चट्टान से टकराकर रुक गई। कहते हैं कि उस मूर्ति से एक ईश्वरीय आवाज निकली, जिसने गांव वालों को उस जगह पर मूर्ति स्थापित करने का निर्देश दिया।

इसके बाद गांव वालों ने मिलकर वहां माता का मंदिर बना दिया। पुजारियों की मानें तो मंदिर में मां धारी की प्रतिमा द्वापर युग से ही स्थापित है।

कहते हैं कि मां धारी के मंदिर को साल 2013 में तोड़ दिया गया था और उनकी मूर्ति को उनके मूल स्थान से हटा दिया गया था,..

Govardhan Pooja is also called Annakut (meaning a heap of grain) and is celebrated as the day Sri Krishn defeated Indradev by lifting the Govardhan Parbat. It is the fourth day of Deepawali, the Hindu festival of lights.

Happy Govardhan 🙏🌺

According to the legends, Bhagwan Krishn taught people to worship the Supreme Controller of nature, God, specifically Govardhan, as Govardhan is a manifestation of Sri Krishn himself, and to stop worshiping the God of Rains, Indradev.

For Annakut, a mountain of food, is decorated symbolizing Govardhan Parbat said to be lifted by Sri Krishn to save the people from the wrath of Indradev, the God in charge of rain and thunder.

In Haryana, there is a tradition of building cow dung hillocks, which symbolize the Govardhan Parbat, the mountain which was once lifted by Bhagwan Krishn. After making such hillocks people decorate them with flowers and then worship them.

They move in a circle all round the cow dung hillocks and offer prayers to Govardhan.
Govardhan pooja forms an important part of the Deepawali celebration. In Maharashtra,it is celebrated as Padva or Bali Pratipada.The day commemorates King Bali.

🌺The land of Bharat is known to be the land of Saints and Gods🌺

It is filled with various types of unexplainable & mysterious things.
In ancient times,various saints, after doing years of meditation, yog saadhna & hard work found the secrets hidden in Vedas about 1000 yrs ago.

The inventions our great sages did were later came to be known as modern science. Some of the saints came out with such amazing inventions that shocked the Kings of those times as well.

Do you know who were the ancient Siddharshis?

Siddharshis were a type of Saints in ancient India who were said to have had many powers and achieved a God-like state through specific secret practices that were known only to them.

These powers were spanned from controlling time and space, to transforming the body, manipulating matter at the molecular level and achieving immortality.

The Siddharshi were the followers of Bhagwan Shiv and according to different texts there were 18 of them.

Their teachings and findings were written in the form of poems in the Tamil language.

There is a debate as to who was the first Siddharshi.
Sone legends talk about Sri Pathanjali but the prevailing tradition refers to Agasthya as the first Siddharshi.

क्या आपको पता है?

राजस्थान का एक भी जिला मुगलों के नाम पर नहीं है,

राजस्थान के 33 जिले है जिनके नाम हैं, गंगानगर, बीकानेर, जैसलमेर, बाडमेर, जालोर, सिरोही, उदयपुर, डूंगरपुर, बांसवाड़ा, प्रतापगढ़, चित्तौड़गढ़, झालावाड़, कोटा, बारां, सवाईमाधोपुर,...

...करौली, धौलपुर, भरतपुर, अलवर, जयपुर, सीकर, झुंझुनू, चूरु, भीलवाड़ा, हनुमानगढ़, नागौर, जोधपुर, पाली, अजमेर, बूंदी, राजसमंद, टोंक,दौसा

कृपया इन नामों को ध्यान से देखें क्योंकि इन नामों में एक भी मुगलों के नाम नहीं है अर्थात एक भी जिले का नाम मुगलो पर नही है,...

...इन जिलों के नाम से ही पता चलता है,राजपूतो के शौर्य और बलिदान की गाथा,अब जानिए एक एक जिले का परिचयः

अजमेर:अजमेर 27 मार्च 1112 में चौहान राजपूत वंश के तेइसवें शासक अजयराज चौहान ने बसाया,

बीकानेर : बीकानेर का पुराना नाम जांगल देश,राव बीका जी राठौड़ के नाम से बीकानेर पड़ा,

गंगानगर : महाराजा गंगा सिंह जी से गंगानगर पड़ा,

जैसलमेर : जैसलमेर, महारावल जैसलजी भाटी ने बसाया,

उदयपुर : महाराणा उदय सिंह सिसोदिया जी ने बसाया उनके नाम से उदयपुर पड़ा,

बाड़मेर : बाड़मेर को राव बहाड़ जी ने बसाया,

जालौर : जालौर की नींव 10वी शताब्दी में परमार राजपूतों के द्वारा रखी गई,बाद में चौहान,राठौड़,सोलंकी आदि राजवंशो ने शासन किया,

सिरोही : राव सोभा जी के पुत्र, शेशथमल ने सिरानवा हिल्स की पश्चिमी ढलान पर वर्तमान शहर सिरोही की स्थापना की थी उन्होंने वर्ष 1425 ईसवी..

🌺Do you know the great King of Bahraich named Suheldev?
Here's his story.🌺

The Ghznavid invasions had crippled India like no other invasion ever before. Mahmud of Ghzni was perhaps one of the first invaders to actually dent the strong Indian defences after alexander the great.

But ultimately he couldn’t follow up with the empire as his kingdom stopped at the north western region of India.

His nephew, Salar Masud would go on to continue his dream of raiding and plundering India every single year.

As a young upstart, Salar showed ferocity just like his uncle while his martial fervour eclipsed even that of his warrior ancestors.

At a young age of 16 he led his army to capture various parts of northern India including Ajmer and Delhi by the help of the Ghaznavid Army.

His eastward expansion continued till he reached the region of Bahraich.

Throughout his journey, the bardic tales states that he plundered temples and monasteries, showing to the populace how weak their local rulers were.

But this king of Shravastavi was different.

Suheldev was the valiant son of Mordhwaj and a very just ruler.

He was the one who united all the northern kingdoms under one rule to oppose the oncoming assault.

🍃 Religious & Scientific Significance of Mango Leaves in Sanatan Dharma 🍃

The mango tree & its leaves are believed to be the residence of Gods like Lakshmi,Govardhan, Gandharva & the God of fertility.The significance of tying a garland of mango leaves,relates to Sri Ganesh..

...and God Murugan, the two sons of Goddess Parvati & Bhagwan Shiv,who were fond of mangoes.
Its said that God Murugan was the one who insisted people to tie green mango leaves,as it symbolizes a fertile crop & for general well-being.Since then the mango leaves r considered...

...to be very auspicious.The hanging of leaves near the entrance of house is popularly known as 'Toran' or 'Thoranam'.

Its considered extremely auspicious as its believed that it keeps evil spirits & negative energy at a bay.Its also believed that tying leaves can make...

...the house owner's wishes come true. The significance of hanging leaves is also mentioned in various Puranas and in the Bhagavad Gita - 'At each and every gate there were burning lamps and big water pots decorated with different colored cloth,...

...strings of pearls, flower garlands and hanging mango leaves'(Srimad Bhagavatam 4.9.55)
It is common practice for Indians to decorate the main door of the house, temples or areas where rituals are being performed to be decorated with leaves.

Varanasi means the holy land between the Varuna and Assi tributaries of the Ganga. Varuna, still flowing in northern Varanasi, and Assi, today a small stream in the southern part of the city, near Assi Ghat. There are plans to revive the Assi river.

Assi Ghat is one of the most popular ghats in Varanasi, visited regularly by both tourists and locals. It is located in the southern part of the holy city of Varanasi at the confluence of Ganga and Assi rivers.

This ghat finds a mention in various Hindu scriptures like Kurma Purana, Matsya Purana, Padma Purana and Agni Purana.

According to the ancient history, it is said that the Goddess Durga had thrown her sword in Assi River after killing the demon Shumbha-Nishumbha.

That’s why the place has been named as Assi Ghat as it is located at the union of the River Ganga and Assi River.

Assi ghat is described in Kashi Khand as Assi “Saimbeda Tirtha” means the one who gets a dip here once in his life will get Punya of all the Tirtha's.

Gadisar Lake was built as a reservoir in around 12th-13th AD by the then ruler Raja Rawal Jaisal. He belonged to one of the bluest among the royal blood of Rajasthan and was the first king of the state and city of Jaisalmer.

#DekhoApnaDesh

It can be easily assumed that the lake was dug up to make up for the aridity of the region.

Because of a specific gradient of the land there, the area where the lake stands automatically was able to gather and retain some rainwater, whatever little it was there.

In time, the lake became the life-saving source of water in Jaisalmer, acting as a reservoir and water conservation system. It was successful in fighting the water scarcity to a great extent.

For this reason, many people believe it was a natural oasis in the middle of Indian Thar desert, but it is very much a manmade one.

The pristine lake got its name from its renovator Maharawal Gadsi Singh who revamped the whole area in 1400 AD.

It is said that the additional chhatris and a couple of shrines were his addition to the simple body of water. The lake was later named after him and got called Gadsisar Lake or Gadisar Lake.

Although, the Congress is out of Power from 7 years and it should remain so forever but sometimes I really wonder, "Is out of Power Congress more dangerous to our Nation or the Congress in Power?"

- Rahul Gandhi visited JNU in Feb 2016 to support those so called students who had shouted," Bharat tere Tukde Honge, Insha Allah, Insha Allah".

- Salman Khurshid spitted venom against his own PM and praised Pak PM Nawaz Sharif for fighting terrorism in most effective way...

..when he gave lecture at Jinnah Institute in Islamabad in Nov 2015. What was more hurtful for Indians was that he didn't say a single word on terrorism India had been facing in Kashmir &instead gave an impression as if Pak is ready for negotiation but India under Modi is not.

- Mani Shankar Ayyar in the most shameful way asked Pakistan to remove India's PM Modi, if talks between two nations to be resumed, in a discussion on a Media Channel.

- Congress Party was said to have signed an MoU with Chinese Communist Party in 2008 during UPA rule.

- Rahul Gandhi was busy meeting with Chinese Diplomats at the same time when Indian forces were at a standoff with Chinese Army in Doklam.

- He repeatedly undermined India's position favouring China's during Galwan Clashes. What was he trying to do?

कार्तिक मास की पूर्णिमा को त्रिपुरारी पूर्णिमा भी कहते हैं। धर्म ग्रंथों के अनुसार, इसी दिन भगवान शिव ने तारकाक्ष, कमलाक्ष व विद्युन्माली के त्रिपुरों का नाश किया था। त्रिपुरों का नाश करने के कारण ही भगवान शिव का एक नाम त्रिपुरारी भी प्रसिद्ध है।

भगवान शिव के त्रिपुरारी कहलाने के पीछे एक बहुत ही रोचक कथा है। शिव पुराण के अनुसार जब भगवान शिव के पुत्र कार्तिकेय ने दैत्यराज तारकासुर का वध किया तो उसके तीन पुत्र तारकक्ष, विमलाकक्ष, तथा विद्युन्माली अपने पिता की मृत्यु पर बहुत दुखी हुए।

उन्होंने देवताओ और भगवान शिव से अपने पिता की मृत्यु का बदला लेने की ठानी तथा कठोर तपस्या के लिए ऊंचे पर्वतो पर चले गए। अपनी घोर तपस्या के बल पर उन्होंने ब्रह्मा जी को प्रसन्न किया और उनसे अमरता का वरदान माँगा। परन्तु ब्रह्मा जी ने कहा की मैं तुम्हे यह वरदान देने में असमर्थ हूँ

अतः मुझ से कोई अन्य वरदान मांग लो। तब तारकासुर के तीनो पुत्रो ने ब्रह्मा जी से कहा की आप हमारे लिए तीन पुरों का निर्माण करवाइये तथा इन पुरों के अंदर बैठे-बैठे हम पृथ्वी का भ्रमण आकाश मार्ग से करते रहें। जब एक हजार साल बाद यह पुर एक दूसरे के पीछे एक ही दिशा में आयें...

...उस समय जो कोई देवता इन त्रिपुरों को केवल एक ही बाण में नष्ट कर दे वही हमारी मृत्यु का कारण बने।

ब्रह्माजी ने तीनो को यह वरदान दे दिया व एक मयदानव को प्रकट किया। ब्रह्माजी ने मयदानव से तीन पुरों का निर्माण करवाया जिनमे पहला सोने का दूसरा चांदी का व तीसरा लोहे का था।

As the name suggests, MINIATURE PAINTINGS are colorful handmade paintings very small in size. One of the outstanding features of these paintings is the intricate brushwork which contributes to their unique identity.

The colors used in the paintings are derived from various natural sources like vegetables, indigo, precious stones, gold and silver. While artists all around the world convey their respective theme through their paintings, the most common theme used in the miniature..

..paintings of India comprises of the Ragas or a pattern of musical notes, and religious and mythological stories. Miniature paintings are made on a very small scale especially for books or albums. These are executed on materials, such as paper and cloth.

The Palas of Bengal are considered the pioneers of miniature painting in India. The tradition of miniature paintings was further taken forward by the artists of various Rajasthani schools of painting, including the Kishangarh, Bundi Jaipur, Mewar and Marwar.

Natural stone colours are used in a paper-based “wasli” for the creation of these paintings. The miniature paintings have developed into several distinct schools of miniature like Mughal, Rajasthan, Deccan, Kangra, Malwa, Pahadi, etc.

Do you know?

The Lonar Lake also known as Lonar Crater is the world's third largest Mateorite lake located in Buldhana district of Maharashtra.

Around this Crater there are almost 12 Mandir of Mahadev.

हर हर महादेव...🙏🌺🙏

Approximately 52,000 years ago, a 60m wide meteorite weighing 2 megatons made an impact which formed a circular crater 1800 meters in diameter and 150 meters deep in Buldhana district of Maharashtra.  This crater is the only hypervelocity meteoritic impact crater on basalt...

...rock and the lake that formed on it is both saline and alkaline in nature.  It is also the third largest Crater Lake in the world. 

Known as the Lonar Lake, the crater has been described in many ancient texts such as RigVeda, Ramayana, Puranas etc.

The Skanda Purana states that a demon named Lonasur used to reside here with his sisters and harassed the people in the area who appealed to Lord Vishnu to destroy him.  Lord Vishnu took the form of his avatar named Daityasudan and slayed the demon.

It is believed that the water of Lonar Lake gets its colour from the mixing of his blood &the salts through his flesh.

The Lonar area has been a part of various kingdoms ruled by Ashoka,Satavahana, Chalukya,Rashtrakuta, Mughals,Yadavas,Nizams, Marathas &the British respectively.

नेहरू को किताब लिखनी थी तो ब्रिटिश सरकार ने जेल में पुस्तकालय बनवा दिया। वीर सावरकर जी ने काल कोठरी की दीवारों पर नाखून और किलों से कितनी कविताएं लिखीं, कोई किताब छपी?
रोज 7 किलो तेल कोल्हू से निकाला और न जाने कितनी ही यातनाएं सही।
पर गुणगान तो सिर्फ नेहरू का हुआ।

#VeerSavarkar

सावरकर भारत माता के उन वीर पुत्रों में से एक हैं जिन्हें इतिहास में कभी उनका सही स्थान नहीं दिया गया।
और क्यों नहीं दिया गया ,ये बात किसी से छिपी नहीं है।

#VeerSavarkarJayanti
#VeerSavarkar

आज आपको तय करना है कि कौन असली देशभक्त था और कौन असली देशद्रोही।

उस वीर भारत माता के पुत्र की जयंती पर आज मेरा उन्हें शत-शत नमन 🙏🙏

#VeerSavarkar
#VeerSavarkarJayanti

झूला देवी मंदिर, चौबातिया रानीखेत🚩

झूला देवी मंदिर रानीखेत शहर से 7 किमी की दुरी पर स्थित एक लोकप्रिय पवित्र एवम् धार्मिक मंदिर है |यह मंदिर माँ दुर्गा को समर्पित है एवम् इस मंदिर को झूला देवी के रूप में नामित किया गया है | स्थानीय लोगों के अनुसार यह मंदिर 700 वर्ष पुराना है |

रानीखेत में स्थित झूला देवी मंदिर पहाड़ी स्टेशन पर एक आकर्षण का स्थान है |यह भारत के उत्तराखंड राज्य में अल्मोड़ा जिले के चैबटिया गार्डन के निकट रानीखेत से 7 किमी की दूरी पर स्थित है।वर्तमान मंदिर परिसर 1935 में बनाया गया है|झूला देवी मंदिर के समीप ही भगवान राम का मंदिर भी है ।

झूला देवी मंदिर को घंटियों वाला मंदिर के रूप में भी जाना जाता है | हिंदू पौराणिक कथाओं के अनुसार इस मंदिर का निर्माण क्षेत्र में रहने वाले जंगली जानवरों द्वारा उत्पीड़न से मुक्त कराने के लिए मां दुर्गा की कृपा बनाये रखने के उद्देश्य से किया गया था ।

मंदिर परिसर में झूला स्थापित होने के कारण देवी को “झूला देवी” नाम से पूजा जाता है |

मां के झूला झूलने के बारे में एक और कथा प्रचलित है। माना जाता है कि एक बार श्रावण मास में माता ने किसी व्यक्ति को स्वप्न में दर्शन देकर झूला झूलने की इच्छा जताई।

ग्रामीणों ने मां के लिए एक झूला तैयार कर उसमें प्रतिमा स्थापित कर दी।
उसी दिन से यहां देवी मां “झूला देवी” के नाम से पूजी जाने लगी।

यह कहा जाता है कि मंदिर लगभग 700 वर्ष पुराना है । चैबटिया क्षेत्र जंगली जानवर से भरा घना जंगल था ।

Did you know?

Terminalia Elliptica or The ‘Indian Laurel’ is the State tree of Goa.Few other names of it are Mati,Asna,Saj or Crocodile Bark Tree

One of Nature's Many Miracles of Terminalia Elliptica,also called Terminalia Tormentosa is that it stores potable water in its bark.

The fruit is ovoid, 3 cm long, with five wings not extending beyond the fruit apex. Its leaves are useful as they are fed to silkworms (Antheraea paphia) which are the producers of the tassar silk, which is quite prominent as far as its commercial use is concerned.

What’s important is that the stem of the Indian Laurel has a water storing capability for the dry season which is often tapped and used as a source of potable water in summer by forest folk. This water is also thought to have medicinal properties and is a cure for stomach pain.

It is interesting to note that they used to cut the barks of Matti tree and avail about one or two liters of water emerging from it just like a pipe running out of it. This is the reason that this Matti tree is sometimes known as the ‘Water Making Matti Tree.’

The bark is fire resistant, flaky and brownish black in colour and represents crocodile skin that is why the name‘Crocodile bark tree’. The bark is used medicinally against diarrhoea. Oxalic acid can be extracted from it.

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Several evidences, photographic and otherwise have been found, which indicate that Hinduism especially Vaishnavism was being followed by the rulers and society of Ancient Greece and Italy. Ancient Europe had Vedic influences and it has been proved time and again.

A painting of Pompey The Great (Gnaeous Pompeius Magnus : September 106BCE - 28 September 48BCE) was found with Vaishnav Caste Mark on his forehead( V shaped tilak) indicating that in ancient times Romans practiced what is in present day is called as Hinduism.

Roman Emperors also sported the title 'Dev' as termination of their names in the Hindu royal style.

3 Hindu Gods were worshipped around Russia.The one in left in below pic is known as 'Ayu Devta'(God of Life)is still invoked in Siberia if some near&dear ones fall seriously sick.

Other two are just samples of many Gods & Goddesses sold in the Ulan Bataar Bazaar in Mongolia. These indicate how Hinduism prevailed in the ancient world.
Even the Slav people who live in Eastern and Central Europe, the Balkans,Central Asia and North Asia worshipped Hindu Gods.

Even the Russians,Poles,Czechs, Serbs,Ukrainians,Belarusians, Bulgarians, Slovaks in Europe worshipped Hindu Deities.

Below painting was discovered in ancient Italian houses during archaeological excavations.Wives of the aged King Dasarath,Kausalya, Kaikeyi & Sumitra sharing...

पौराणिक काल की बात है | भगवान श्री गणेश गंगा के तट पर भगवान विष्णु के ध्यान में मग्न थे | गले में सुन्दर माला , शरीर पर चन्दन लिपटा हुआ था और वे रत्न जडित सिंहासन पर विराजित थे | उनके मुख पर करोडों सूर्यों का तेज चमक रहा था |

इस तेज को धर्मात्मज की युवा कन्या तुलसी ने देखा और वे पूरी तरह गणेश जी पर मोहित हो गयी | तुलसी स्वयं भी भगवान विष्णु की परम भक्त थी| उन्हें लगा की यह मोहित करने वाले दर्शन हरि की इच्छा से ही हुए हैं | उसने गणेश से विवाह करने की इच्छा प्रकट की |

भगवान गणेश ने कहा कि वह ब्रम्हचर्य जीवन व्यतीत कर रहे हैं और विवाह के बारे में अभी बिलकुल नहीं सोच सकते | विवाह करने से उनके जीवन में ध्यान और तप में कमी आ सकती है | इस तरह सीधे सीधे शब्दों में गणेश ने तुलसी के विवाह प्रस्ताव को ठुकरा दिया |

धर्मात्मज पुत्री तुलसी यह सहन नही कर सकी और उन्होंने क्रोध में आकर उमापुत्र गजानंद को श्राप दे दिया की उनकी शादी तो जरुर होगी और वो भी उनकी इच्छा के विरुद्ध ।

ऐसे वचन सुनकर गणेशजी भी क्रोधित हो उठे।गणेश जी ने उन्हें श्राप दे दिया कि तेरा विवाह एक असुर शंखचूड़ जलंधर से होगा।

राक्षस से विवाह का श्राप सुनकर तुलसी विलाप करने लगी और गणेश जी से माफी मागी। दया के सागर भगवान गणेश ने उन्हें माफ कर दिया पर कहा कि मैं श्राप वापस तो नहीं ले सकता पर मैं तुम्हें एक वरदान देता हूँ।

We all know that Tirupati Tirumala Devasthanam is the richest and one of the most revered shrines in India. But, there are so many interesting mystical facts out there beyond the commonly known trivia. Let us know about some of them:
-Idol of Prabhu is not at the centre.

Idol of the Prabhu appears to be standing in the centre of the Sanctorum but technically it is not. The Idol is placed actually at the right hand corner of the Shrine.

-Real Hair of Balaji: The hair worn by Prabhu are smooth, silky, tangle free and absolutely real.

There is a story behind those faultless locks.
During his regime on earth Prabhu Balaji lost his hair in an unexpected mishap.A Gandharva Princess named Neela Devi cut a portion of her glorious silky mane &offered them humbly to the Deity &requested him to plant them on his head.

Pleased with her devotion,the God accepted the kind offering and promised that whoever visits his shrine and sacrifices his/her hair at his feet will be blessed.Ever since, it has been a custom among devotees to shave their head-off in the temple after their wishes are fulfilled.

-Sea Waves behind Prabhu Balaji's Idol: You may not believe until you hear for yourself. The sound of enormous seawaves can be heard if one puts his/her ear on the back of the deity's idol housed in the Shrine.

-Perpetual lit lamps:The light of the earthen lamps placed before...