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. 

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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.

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