1.More than five thousand years ago
The one of the most important & mighty river Sarasvati was flowing through the arid desert into the Arabian Sea.
2.Sarasvati is mentioned in Rig Veda and ancient sanskrit text.
3.The trace of ancient
riverbed was recently found which was followed to the far West. 4. In forty five of its hymns ,the Rig Veda praises Sarasvati .Her name appears 72 times & 3 hymns wholly dedicated to her.
5.Sarasvati's water,lauded as "Great flood,Greatest among the great ,the most important
rivers.She is regarded as "Mother of water" Sindhumata.
6.The Rig Veda mentioned its geographical description in NADISTUTI SUKTA which invoke 19 major rivers of Vedic Era
7.This Sukta mentions the Sarasvati is between the Yamuna in the east & Sutlej in the west means Saraswati
flows between Yamuna and Sutlej.
Sarasvati acquires a powerful image in Vedic Symbolism embodying the flood of illumination.
8.Yajur Veda mentions her as Goddess of speech.
Saraswati is the riverine goddess of knowledge ,constant association with Dhi or thought.
9.The Mahabharata also Mention about the pilgimage of Balarama along the bank of Sarasvati. At one point Balarama reached a spot where the Sarasvati seems to be lost.
10.Vyasa the great sage was living in a forest near the Sarasvati.
Pandavas performed ablutions in Sarasvati.
11.According to the Sattelite image of ISRO, The Ghaggar Hakra river is identified as the Vedic Saraswati River.
12.From the Archeological & geological findings its noe proven that the most of the sites of Indus Valley Civilization were actually along the Mighty River Sarasvati.
13.The Findinds of Rajasthan Ground Water Department it is found that Freshwater is available in many places of Thar Desert of Jaisalmer Dist & some wells never dried up. In some places freshwater available at depth of 30-40m .this confirm that the underground flow is active.
The river was probably 1500 km long & 3-5 km wide & around 4000yr ago,the bank of the great Saraswati river provide great civilization. It was much bigger than indus river. It was the living river on the bank of which Duryodhana & Bhima fought their last grim duel of Majabharata.
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Rakhigarhi archaeological site now considered the largest Harappan site spanning 350 acres located in the Ghaggar plain,some 27 km from the seasonal Ghaggar river.
This research has found strong evidence that the Harappan civilisation is 7,000 to 8,000 years old.
According to Scottish archaeologist Jane McIntosh, Rakhigarhi is located in the valley of the prehistoric Drishadvati River that originated in Siwalik Hills.
The excavations at Rakhigarhi were first carried out in 1969, followed by more excavations.
In 1997–98, 1998–99 and 1999–2000, ASI team began to excavate the site led by director Dr. Amrender Nath.
The site of Rakhigarh is one of the five known biggest townships of Harappan civilization on Indian sub-continent.
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The Padmanabhaswamy Temple Treasure - World's 'Richest' Mystery
Padmanabhaswamy Temple, one of the richest shrines in the world, has 6 underground vaults called Vault A, B, C, D, E , F.
Vault B has not been opened yet. It is expected that Vault B of temple is containing a large amount of treasures of unimaginable proportions.
Over 102,000 groups of objects (referred to as articles collectively) were recovered from Vault A alone.
According to various news reports some interesting findings in the treasurer are 👇👇
1.A three and a half feet tall pure gold idol of Mahavishnu with hundreds of pieces of diamonds and gold studded on it.
2 .18-feet-long pure gold chain, a gold sheaf weighing 500 kg.
Bhojshala, an educational centre and a historic temple of Vagdevi Saraswati turned into a Mosque
Raja Bhoj established Bhojshala making it the main centre of education for students and scholars.
ASI Bhopal Description
It is believed that it was originally a temple of goddess Sarasvati built by Parawara King Bhoja in circa 11th Century AD. The mosque is built using structural members of the temple.
The monument also retains some slabs inscribed with Sanskrit and Prakrit literary works. Noted as a great patron of art and literature, Bhoja is said to have established a school, now known as Bhojashala.
Harsiddhi Mata Mandir in Ujjain is one of the most revered Shakti Peethas of Bharata.
Vikramaditya, the greatest King of Ujjain was the ardent devotee of Mata Harsiddhi. The Pratima of Harsiddhi Mata is painted in dark Vermillion
(Sindur) colour.
She is also kuldevi of Bhagwan Sri Krishna & Yadava.
Her original temple is in Koyla Dungar near Porbandar.
Samrat Vikramaditya requested her to come to Ujjain.
Samrat Vikramaditya used to worship devi Harsiddhi and dedicated his head around eleven times in the feet of Maa Harsiddhi but every time she again brought him to life.
She was known as
Mangalchandiki in ancient time.
The Doors of these two temples remain open even during the solar eclipse.
1. Shree Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga.
2. Srikalahasti temple, Andhra Pradesh
There is no effect of eclipse in the temple of Mahakal as Swayam Shree Mahakal is beyond time , so there is no obstruction in the temple due to any eclipse, darshan in the temple is not stopped.
Srikalahastheeswara at Srikalahasti temple is having all the 27 Nakshatras (stars) & 9 Rashis (planets) in his kavacham thereby controlling the entire solar system.
Brihadisvara Temple is perhaps the only temple in the world where the King Raja Raja Chola has left behind detailed inscription of the temple's construction on the daily basis different kinds of poojas rituals,festivals,details of offerings such as jewellery, flowers & textile.
107 paragraphs from the base of the plinths goes on to describe how the temple's plan was executed & and all other details information about the temple.
There are many Inscriptions regarding a temple's information.But in Tanjore it is in large scale on the temple walls with each and every details about the temple.