Saptashrungi Devi Mandir is situated near Nanduri village Nasik Maharashtra.The temple lies atop the cliff with an altitude of 1,230 m.
The temple is dedicated to Goddess Saptashrungi & is known as one of the 'three and half Shakti Peethas' of Maharashtra.

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The temple is also one among the 51 Shakti Peethas  where one of Sati's limbs, her right arm is reported to have fallen. It is also believed that the presiding deity of the temple is Mahishasur Mardini, who was the slayer of the demon Mahishasur.

It is a two storied shrine & the idol is said to be swayambhu (self-manifested) which was carved on a rock on the sheer face of a mountain. She is surrounded by seven (sapta-in Sanskrit) peaks (shrunga-in Sanskrit)
hence the name- Saptashrungi Mata (mother of the seven peaks).

The image of Devi is huge-about 10 feet tall with 18 hands, holding various weapons. The idol is always coated with Sindoor. The Devi is decorated with high crown, a silver nose-ring and necklaces. 

Pics clicked by me two days before.

माँ 🙌❤

माँ की क्या परिभाषा दू
वो खुद में संपूर्ण भाषा है।
प्रभु भी जिसकी भक्ति करे
वो " माँ " स्वयं में भगवान हैं।

उनकी मुस्कराहटो से सुबह होती
उनकी लौरीयों से हमारी रात।
वो तो बिन बोले जान लेतीं
हमारे हर जज़्बात।

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निश्चल निष्कपट प्रेम माँ का
कौन भला हमें कर सकता हैं।
उसकी अथाह ममता को
कौन भला माप सकता है।

वो दुनिया में लाई हमे
साँसो पर उनका ही तो कर्ज है।
उन्हें सारी खुशियाँ देना
हमारा पहला फर्ज है।

वो ही ताकत वो ही हिम्मत
ना हारना उनसे ही सीखा है।
उठो लडो़ आगे बढो़
ये जज्बा़ उन्हीं का दिया है।

क्या लिखू माँ ❤के लिए
ये शब्द भी मेरे कम पड़ते हैं।
हम उनकी ही तो परछाई हैं
उनके चरणों में सर ये रखते हैं।

By: Varsha Singh

🚩"Maharana Pratap Singh"🚩

The Invincible King:
Epitome of Valour, Courage & Bravery🙌🙌

अभूत्पुरा भारतभाविभासकः स एकलिङ्गस्य सदंघ्र्युपासकः।
महाबली दुर्गचित्तोड़शासकः प्रतापसिंहः परतापनाशकः॥

MAHARANA PRATAP was born in the kingdom of Mewar, on 9th May, 1540 to Queen Jayawanti & Maharana Uday Singhji.

Ekalingaji is considered as the head of Mewar Rajya (Mewar-Adhipati), and therefore Maharana of Mewar is also called Diwanji.
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After the death of Maharana Uday Singh ji in Gogunda (1572), his eldest and most ablest son .

Pratap Singh ascended the throne of Mewar with the support of the Nobles.

In 1573, Akbar sent Kunwar Man Singh as an emissary to Udaipur, in order to win over Maharana and to make him accept the suzerainty of Mughals. He was unsuccessful.

Finally in1576, the memorable battle of Haldighati fought between Maharana Pratap & Akbar’s forces was fought.

The Battle of Haldighati was fought on 18 June 1576 between Pratap Singh and Akbar's forces led by Man Singh I of Amer.

The Mughals despite having a bigger army failed to kill or capture the Maharana Pratap.

Kalighat Kali Temple is located at Kolkata, West Bengal.
The Goddess is worshipped here as Kalika and the Lord as Nakuleshwar Bhairav.
It is in 51 shakti peethas.
It is believed that the right big toe of Sati fell here at Kalighat.

जय माँ आदिशक्ति🙏🚩🚩

The image of Kali in this temple is unique.The three huge eyes, long protruding tongue and four hands all are made of gold.
Two of these hands holding a scimitar and a severed head of the asura king 'Shumbha'. The other two hands are in the abhaya and varada mudras (blessings)

Divine Mahaprasad of Mahaprabhu Jagannath ji 🚩

Mahaprasad is the term applied to the 56 food items offered to bhagwaan Jagannath ji in the mandir of Puri  #Odisha

The Prasāda offered to him and later to Maa Bimala devi is known as Mahaprasad.

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The specialty of 'mahaprasad' preparation lies in its massive cooking by unique steaming process in earthen pots, kept on above the other

Mahaprasad are sold in Anand Bazar. It is the biggest open-air kitchen in the world where every day 1000s of devotees purchase & eat together

Mahaprasad is of 2 types.
1.Sankudi mahaprasad includes items like rice, ghee rice, mixed rice, cumin seed & asaphoetida-ginger rice & dishes like sweet dal, plain dal mixed with vegetables, mixed curries of different types etc.

Sukhila mahaprasad consists of dry Sweet food.

Daily Bhoga is offered five times to mahaprabhu.

1.Gopala Vallabha Bhoga: it is 1st offering to prabhu in the morning that forms his breakfast.

2.Sakala Dhupa:
it is the next offering at about 10 am in the morning.
it consists of 13 items including the
Enduri cake & Mantha puli

3.Bhoga mandapa bhoga: The next repast and the offering consists of Pakhala with dahi and Kanji payas. The offerings are made in the bhog mandapa, about 200 feet from the Ratna Vedi. This is called Chatra Bhog.

4.The Madhyanha dhupa forms the next offering at the noon.

Grishneshwar Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva is Located about 35 km away from the city of Aurangabad and about 2 km away from the UNESCO-listed Ellora Caves.
It is among the 12 Jyotirlingas.

महादेव🙏❤🚩

The term Grishneshwar means the lord of compassion. Shiva is worshipped here as the Lord of Compassion who is believed to take away all the sufferings of his devotees.Grishneshwar Temple is one of those very few shrines in India where the Shiva Linga faces the east.

Built out of red stones, the temple measures 240 feet x 185 feet, which makes it the smallest of all the 12 Jyotirlingas in India. Adorning the temple complex is a court hall and a sculpture of Nandi, Lord Shiva’s bull.

Shrikshetra Kalaram Temple is located at Nashik, Maharashtra dedicated to prabhu Ram
The 3 idols of prabhu Ram, Laxman and Sita in the temple are "Swayambhu" & d deity is called "Shri Kalaram" as they are sandy & dark in color
Blessed to have visited the place.
जय श्री राम🙏🚩

It is said that Sri Prabhu Ramchandra lived in this area for about two and a half years after ten years of exile.The main entrance has a Lord Hanuman deity which is black. There is also a very old tree that has Lord Dattatreya's footprint impressions marked on a stone.

Lord Hanuman's temple is designed in such a way that, Lord Ram's idol can be visible from his idol.Main temple has 14 steps, which represents 14 yrs of Ram's exile.
Also d temple has 84 pillars, which represents cycle of 84 lakh species one has to go in order to get Human birth

Jatoli Shiv Mandir is located at Solon Himachal Pradesh.
It is made of three consecutive pyramids.
On the 1st pyramid, one can see the image of Lord Ganesha while on 2nd pyramid there is a sculpture of Shesh Naag.
It is one of the highest and most beautiful temple.
महादेव🙏🚩🚩

On the northeast corner of the temple, there is a water tank called 'Jal Kund' which is considered as pious as the holy river Ganga. The water of this tank is said to have some medicinal qualities that can treat skin diseases.

Kailash 🚩
The center of Devotion
The abode of Mahadev!!

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Mount Kailash is located in western Tibet.
At an elevation of 6,656 meters above sea level, Mt.Kailash is not a high mountain Tibet.
However, no one has climbed to the Mount Kailash summit.
Kailash Parvat is considered the axis of the universe, the center of the world.
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As you can see from Google Maps, the distance from Stonehenge in the UK to Kailash is 6,666 km, which is also the distance from Kailash Range to the North Pole.

The distance from Mt Kailash to the South Pole is 13,332 km, which is exactly twice the distance to the North Pole.

Two beautiful lakes, namely Mansarovar and Rakshas Tal, are located at the base of Mount Kailash.
Of the two, Mansarovar, which lies at an altitude of 14, 950 ft, is considered the highest freshwater body in the world.

Viewing from the south of the ridge, you can see the Kailash Parvat's Hindu OM(ॐ) symbol.
The huge ice trough and horizontal rock formations from the top of the mountain constitute this symbol.

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🚩Beauty of Sanatan Dharma🚩

Only temple in the world
Where two brothers with their
sister are worshipped together as

" Balabhadra, Subhadra and
Mahaprabhu Jagannath " 🙏❤

Jaganath temple
Puri, Odisha

Hinglaj mata temple is in Hinglaj, a town on the Makran coast in the Lasbela district of Balochistan.
It is one of the 51 Shakti Peethas.
The head of Sati is believed to have fallen at Hinglaj.

Wish it will be part of india in future.
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The shrine is in a small natural cave. There is a low mud altar. There is no man-made image of the goddess. A small stone is worshiped as Hinglaj Mata. The stone is smeared with sindoor.

He is the Kashtabhanjan
He takes away all our sorrow!!

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Shree Kashtabhanjan Dev Hanumanji Mandir Salangpur, #Gujarat

It is dedicated to Hanuman ji in the form of Kastbhanjan.
It's exterior is built in tiers of dome structures with golden tops. There are carvings on the exterior walls. The mandir is big and spacious.

The murti here is a stout figure with a handlebar moustache, crushing a female demon under his foot & baring his teeth.

The back ground for the murti is sculpted trees with fruit bearing monkeys. The 'gadha', which is the weapon of the prabhu is placed in from of the murti.

It comes under the Vadtal Gadi of the Swaminarayan Sampraday.
The murti was installed by
Sadguru Gopalanand Swami.
It is the only Swaminarayan mandir which has the murtis of neither Swaminarayan nor Krishna as the primary object of worship.

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Vighnaharta always clear the hurdles on the path of his
bhakts🚩

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Shri Khajrana Ganesh Mandir,
Indore #MadhyaPradesh

It is said that the ancient murti in the Mandir was seen in a dream of a local priest.
Later, she excavated the said murti from under the ground & installed it in mandir.
From where the murti was removed, there is a well.

It is believed that in order to safe guard the murti from Aurangzeb, the murti was hidden in a well and in 1735, it was taken out from the well and a temple was established in 1735 by Rani Ahilyabai Holkar ji belonging to the Holkar dynasty.

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Remembering the greatest warrior Maharana Sangram Singh(Rana Sanga)ji on his birth anniversary.

Rana Sanga was the epitome of bravery and master of war skills , enemy use to fear by his name!!
जय भवानी🙏🚩🚩

Sanga was born on 12 April, 1482 in a Hindu Rajput family to the Sisodia ruler Rana Raimal.He was a grandson of Rana Kumbha. 
Sanga was said to have fought a 100 battles and lost his eye, arm and leg in the various struggles.

He was perhaps one of the few Indian Rulers who crushed the outsider invasion and ensured reunification of Majority of Rajput kingdoms he crushed delhi sultante and Gujarat sultante his enemies feared him like no other...

Who else in this World
can be compared to
"Prabhu Sri Ram"❤🙏
He is the one who spoke always truth
Left everything for his father🙌
Fought for his wife
Always followed righteous path even with the enemy.
जय श्री राम🙏🚩
#रामनवमी
#RamNavami

Taught everyone that God can be human.
Never had any bad feeling for anyone
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Follow ur Dharma inspite of all the hardships🙏🚩

!! Our Mandir Our Pride !!

If anyone wants to see
Designing and Execution to the
Absolute Perfection, just visit
Our Mandirs🚩

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Sri Venugopalaswamy Mandir
Kannambadi #Karnataka

It is another example of Hoysala architecture. It was built in the 12th century AD.

The original complex was spread over an area of ​​about 50 acres.
It was submerged in water for over 70 yrs since the completion of the KRS dam.

Before the Krishna Raja Sagara dam project was conceived by Sir M.Visvesvaraya in 1909, the temple complex was located in the village of Kannambadi.

The KRS Dam project meant that Kannambadi and other surrounding settlements would be submerged.

The Khode Foundation then took over the task of relocating and restoring the temple.

As of December 2011, the restoration of the temple has been completed.

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