MANAKUL VINAYAGAR, PUDUCHERRY

Earlier named Bhuvaneshwar Ganapati.
There was a pond (Kulam in Tamil) near the mandir that was full of sand (manal).
So people started calling Manal Kulathu Vinayagar (Ganpati near sand pond) that later became Manakula Vinayagar.

This Ganpati mandir is the only one across India which is covered fully with gold on its tower.

The murti of Vinayagar is also unique as he is seen standing on 3 legs.

Wedding festival of Riddhi and Siddhi with Vinayagar is unique since it is celebrated only in this mandir.

A legend says that the French tried to destroy the mandir and threw the murti in the sea but when they came back, they found the murti back in the mandir in same position.

There is a golden Ratha here. Around 7.5 kg gold was used in making it at a cost of around 35 lakhs.

Did you know about Mahameghavahana Kharavela?

We all know that Odisha was once called ‘Kalinga’ but most people are not aware about Aira Maharaja Mahameghavahana Kharavela was one of the greatest kings of ancient India.

He was the first great historical sovereign of ancient Kalinga who belonged to the soil and styled himself as Chetaraja-Vamsa Vardhana, and Kalingadhipati.
In history, it says that he owned many propitious signs on his body and was gifted with many qualities.

At the age of 15,Kharavela became the Yuvaraja, or Crown Prince,to understand the burden of royal responsibilities. By that time he was already skilled in five main subjects,namely,Lekha or Writing, Rupa or Coinage, Ganana or Arithmetic, Vyavahara or Law, and Vidhi or procedure.

Kharavela worked as the Crown Prince for nine years and later after completion of the 24 years of his life, he was crowned as the king of Kalinga. He then began his marvellous rule as the king belonging to the third generation of his royal dynasty.

He worked for the stability of his capital city Kalinganagari as the capital was earlier damaged by a severe storm that required repair and construction. In the first year, he repaired the gates, fortifications, and the structures of the fort of Kalinganagari.

Gita Jayanti : Today
#GitaJayanti

परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्‌ ।
धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे ॥

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Gita Jayanti is celebrated on Ekadasi tithi in Shukla Paksha of Margashirsha month. It is on this day Shri Krishna gave Geethopadesha to Arjuna during Mahabharata war. During the war when Arjuna sees his own relatives & Guru on the opposite side he becomes reluctant to fight

Shri Krishna who is the charioteer of Arjuna advices Gita at that time.
Krishna advices on what constitutes right action, proper understanding & the meaning of life & nature of Divinity. Also devotion is the path towards self recognition.

Reading Bhagavad Gita solves all problems of our life, teaches importance of self control also do our Karma without any desire. There are 700 verses in 18 adhyay.
Visada Yoga, Sankhya Yoga, Karma Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Karma Vairagya Yoga, Abhyasa Yoga, Paramahamsa Vijnana Yoga

Vibhuti Yoga, Visvarupa Darsana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Ksetra Vibhaga Yoga, Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga, Moksa upadesa Yoga

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि

We have the right to perform prescribed duties, not entitled to fruits of our action

Narayaneeyam Day : Tomorrow

Narayaneeyam Day is celebrated on 28th day of Malayalam month Vrishchikam. Narayaneeyam is the condensed form of Srimad Bhagavatam, written by Narayana Bhattatiri without leaving any essence of Bhagavatam & was submitted to Guruvayurappan on this day

Bhattatiri was a great devotee & scholar who lived in Guruvayur in Kerala. Narayana Bhattathiri had a Guru, Achyuta pisharadi, who had a severe attack of Rheumatism. Bhattathiri & with his prayers transferred guru's illness to him. Once, when Bhattathiri was unable to move, he

was carried to Guruvayur temple,
where he met Ezhuthachan, eminent  Malayalam  poet of the time. Ezhuthachan advised Bhattathiri to "begin the treatment with fish" Bhattathiri understood that he would be cured if he compose avatar of Vishnu starting with the fish, known as Matsya

Srimad Bhaghavatam which consists of 18000 sloka was condensed to 1034 slokas. He was 27 year old when Bhattadiri wrote Narayaneeyam. Thus on 100th day he was completely cured of illness. Particular Sloka of Narayaneeyam (Dasakam 8, Sloka 13) is a very powerful & also advised by

Sri Kanchi Maha Periyava for curing any illness. If one cannot recite Narayaneeyam completely are adviced to chant this sloka 21 times daily.

अस्मिन् परात्मन् ननु पाद्मकल्पे
त्वमित्थमुत्थापितपद्मयोनि: ।
अनन्तभूमा मम रोगराशिं
निरुन्धि वातालयवास विष्णो ॥

He who is First and formost among Devas

Kurudumale Ganesha Temple
Karnataka

विघ्न विनायक पाद नमस्ते

@LostTemple7

Kurudumale Ganesha Temple is located at Kurudumale, Kolar district. Vigraham of about 13 ft is made of Salagrama sila & prathista is said to be done by Tri Murthy's Brahma, Vishnu & Mahadev. The Tri Murthy's along with Devas when came together are called Koodu male or Kootadri

which later came to be known as Kurudumale. It is believed that Vigraham has been in earth since 4 yugas, Kritha, Tretha, Dwapara and Kali yuga. Mahadev worshipped the Vigraham and during the search of Ma Sita, Sri Rama has worshipped here.
Vigraham was seen by villagers and

informed to King Krishnadevaraya. Later temple was built here. Very powerful Ganesha who always bestows every wishes of the devotees. People worship here before new job or new phase of their life. Ganesh Chaturthi is very famous here.

Jai Ganesh
🙏🕉🙏

#ॐ #AUM
Benefits of chanting #ॐ

Vibrations produced by chanting AUM penetrate each atom, molecule, tissue, cell of all your body organs thereby resulting in a complete natural message on your body. It also clears impurities in the Nadis (nerves).

Prolonging the exhalation and inhalation process reduces the rate of respiration. You can practice this technique by prolonging M of AUM.  Prolonging M on chanting AUM will reduce the rate of respiration and will cause deep and slow breathing.

Prolonging the O in OM acts as a painkiller and prolongs M as a tranquilizer.
A relaxed mind decreases the blood pressure decreases and improves the health of your heart. This is because of the Stimulation of hormones from pituitary glands that reduce high blood pressure.

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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.

He who makes Impossible, Possible

असाध्य साधक स्वामिन, असाध्यं तव किंवद
राम दूत कृपा सिंधो, मत्कार्यं साध्यप्रभो

Karmanghat Hanuman Temple,
Hyderabad.

One among the oldest Temple which Hanuman protected from Invasion...
@LostTemple7

Situated at Karmanghat of Hyderabad this is a famous Hanuman temple. Kakatiya ruler while hunting heard Chanting of Ram Naama and found this sitting position of Hanuman Vigraham & prathista was done here. Pawan Putra Hanuman showers his blessing to all here.

Story is related to Aurangzeb Invasion, when he couldn't enter the temple premises. Aurangzeb ordered his army to destroy the temple, his army men tried to enter the temple but some strong force stopped them. When they informed the matter to Aurangzeb he himself went to check.

When reached near he heard a voice saying
मंदिर तोडना है तो पहले तुम करो मन घट meaning if you want to destroy the temple first make your mind stable and powerful. When Aurangazeb thought this would be done by someone to trick him, he saw a powerful light coming from that area.

With fear he fled from that place. Karo Man Ghat later changed into Karmanghat later. Ramanavami and Hanuman Jayanti are very famous here.

🌺आचमन क्या है और इसे तीन बार ही क्यों किया जाता है ?🌺

पूजा, यज्ञ आदि आरंभ करने से पूर्व शुद्धि के लिए मंत्र पढ़ते हुए जल पीना ही आचमन कहलाता है। इससे मन और हृदय की शुद्धि होती है।

धर्मग्रंथों में तीन बार आचमन करने के संबंध में कहा गया है।

प्रथमं यत् पिवति तेन ऋग्वेद प्रीणाति। यद् द्वितीयं तेन यजुर्वेदं प्रीणाति यद् तृतीयं तेन सामवेदं प्रीणाति॥

अर्थात् तीन बार आचमन करने से तीनों वेद यानी-ऋग्वेद,यजुर्वेद,सामवेद प्रसन्न होकर सभी मनोकामनाएं पूर्ण करते हैं।
मनु महाराज के मतानुसार
त्रिराचामेदपः पूर्वम्।
-मनुस्मृति2/60

अर्थात् सबसे पहले तीन बार आचमन करना चाहिए। इससे कंठशोषण दूर होकर, कफ़ निवृत्ति के कारण श्वसन क्रिया में व मंत्रोच्चारण में शुद्धता आती है। इसीलिए प्रत्येक धार्मिक कृत्य के शुरू में और संध्योपासन के मध्य बीच-बीच में अनेक बार तीन की संख्या में आचमन का विधान बनाया गया है।

इसके अलावा यह भी माना जाता है कि इससे कायिक, मानसिक और वाचिक तीनों प्रकार के पापों की निवृत्ति होकर न दिखने वाले फल की प्राप्ति होती है।

अंगूठे के मूल में ब्रह्मतीर्थ, कनिष्ठा के मूल प्रजापत्यतीर्थ, अंगुलियों के अग्रभाग में देवतीर्थ, तर्जनी और अंगूठे के बीच पितृतीर्थ और

हाथ के मध्य भाग में सौम्यतीर्थ होता है, जो देवकर्म में प्रशस्त माना गया है। आचमन हमेशा ब्रह्मतीर्थ से करना चाहिए। आचमन करने से पहले अंगुलियां मिलाकर एकाग्रचित्त यानी एकसाथ करके पवित्र जल से बिना शब्द किए 3 बार आचमन करने से महान फल मिलता है। आचमन हमेशा 3 बार करना चाहिए।

When the majority of the film industry has been sold out to either the rice bowls or one of the two, the south has just two film industries that remain true to their roots. @LostTemple7 @RadharamnDas @ShefVaidya

Yes, not all directors in the industry do, but thanks to the directors and their vision; unlike other industries that demonize our dharma and portray our gods in a poor light, these industries produce some great films, if not always, at least occasionally. @Indigen_Apsara

Take the Tollywood business as an example: while not every film idolizes our doctrine, we do have directors like Boyapati and a few others that find space and include moments that highlight the value of our dharma. @SanggitaT @Samrasta20 @ChitraSundaram7

We had a balayya film called Jai Simha a few years ago that tanked at the box office but featured a sequence about why we should appreciate Brahmin priests of temples and takes on a Babu in the film who disrespects a Temple Priest.

Similarly, we now see monologues on Hindutva, the value of temples, Sanatana dharma theory, the glory of Hindu Gods, and why we must safeguard dharma after many years.

Goa is famous for Beaches, Party and Night life among tourists but many of them doesn't know that there are many ancient Sanatan mandir are exists..

Let's have a look at 5 Ancient Mahadev Mandir in Goa that many of us doesn't knew about it

Lying on a hillock in a village named Mangeshi one of the most popular, richest and largest Hindu temples in Goa is Mangueshi Mahadev temple built in the Goan hindu style of architecture is More than 450 years old

Most ancient temple in the whole of Goa is Mahadev temple located at Tambi Surla built during 12th Century. It's small, beautifully carved and perfectly proportioned black basalt stone temple preserved and available in Goa

Shri Saptakoteshwar Mahadev mandir is one of the oldest 12th Century mandir in goa located at Narve town, Mahadev is worshipped here as Saptakoteshwar who is considered as the deity of the Kings of the Kadamba dynasty of Goa

Shri Nageshi mandir is considered to be Swayambhu shrine of Mahadev popularly known for its miraculous powers built during 1413 CE located in Ponda Goa and it's one of the unaffected mandir of Goa from Portuguese invansion

SRI BANKEY BIHARI JI, VRINDAVAN (UP)

Very famous Krishna Mandir where Bankey Bihari Ji is worshipped and looked after as a child.
Bankey means “Bent at three places”.
Thakur Ji was worshipped in Nidhivan till 1863. This mandir was constructed in 1864 by Goswamis.
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Legend says that Swami Haridas used to worship Krishna in Nidhivan.
Once, his curious disciples entered the forest but they were almost blinded by bright, intense light. Upon knowing this, Swamiji himself went there and after his requests, Krishna appeared with his consort.

Krishna, then, left back this black charming murti,which we see now, before disappearing.
A curtain is drawn before the murti after every 15-30 second. It is said that if one stares long enough into the eyes of Shri Banke Bihari, the person would lose his self consciousness.

Bankey Bihari Ji sports a flute only once a year on the eve of Sharad Purnima.
Darshan of His lotus feet can be done only on Akshay Tritiya every year.
There are no loud bells here and
no early morning Darshan can be done so that child Krishna’s sleep is not disturbed.

WHY IS GREEN CAMPHOR APPLIED TO CHIN OF SRI VENKATESWARA: STORY

Although called Green Camphor, it is actually white (Pachcha Karpooram).
This is applied daily to Sri Venkateswara’s chin.

Sri Ramanujacharya once asked a Bhakta Ananthalwar to build a flower garden on Tirumala.

As this was a divine task assigned to him by Acharya,Anantalwar decided on not seeking the services of any outsider except his wife who was pregnant at that time.
His wife started carrying soil from one place to another everyday but used to get exhausted soon.

Sri Venkateswara took the form of a 12-year old boy and started assisting Ananthalwar’s wife.
One day, Ananthalwar saw the boy and could not control his anger. He threw his crowbar at the boy which hit him on the chin.
The boy disappeared and Ananthalwar realised his mistake.

He ran to the mandir and saw Sri Venkateswara with a bleeding chin.
Ananthalwar immediately applied green camphor to Sri Hari’s chin and begged to be forgiven.
The kind Prabhu forgave him and asked him to ensure that the cooling camphor was applied to his chin daily.

So the practice continues till today.
The flower garden built by Ananthalwar is on the right side of the Mandir.
The crowbar with which Ananthalwar had hit Sri Venkateswara’s chin hangs to the right side of the main entrance to the Garbha Griha of the Tirumala Mandir.

Did you know?

The Leaning Tower of Pisa leans at 4 degrees, which is less in comparison to the 9 degree tilt of the Ratneshwar Mahadev Temple. Yet, this Leaning Temple of Varanasi has been lost in anonymity and not known in the world as widely as Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Forget the world, it's not even known in India. This is called the Peak of Hypocrisy.

Ratneshwar temple near Manikarnika Ghat, is also called Kashi Karvat. It means a temple in Kashi, which leans ( karvat) to one side.

The story behind its tilted nature is quite interesting.

There is a legend surrounding the origin of this temple, which states that it was built by a certain servant of Raja Man Singh for his mother, named Ratna Bai. Once the temple was built, the man proudly declared that he had paid the debt to his mother.

Much to his shock, as soon as these words escaped his lips, the temple started tilting backwards (north-west) to show that the debt to one’s mother can never be paid. The sanctum sanctorum of this shrine remains under Ganga water for most of the year.

Reportedly,Ratneshwar Mahadev Temple has a higher tilt than Italy’s famous Leaning Tower of Pisa built in1173. As the story behind the tilted nature of this Italian monument goes,the ground to its one side had started sinking under the weight of the stones after its construction.