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A very unique Shivalinga,Mahadev Shiva standing on Apasmara in the Parasurameswara Temple in Guddimallam, Near Tirupati is consider as one of the oldest Shivalaya built in 3rd century BC.
Do you know the significance of Shiva Dancing on the Dwarf Demon Apasmara.
Apasmara also known as Muyalaka is a demon who represent ignorance,selfishness & nonsensical speech.He was dwarf but powerful in his malingnity , small-mindness & greediness.
Shiva wanted to kill Apasmara but he realised to preserve knowledge in the universe Apasmara must
be subdued not to k!ll. In a world without ignorance, all the knowledge would come to everyone with out any effort & dedication & hard work & would become valueless.
So instead of vanquish him Mahadev suppressed Apasmara by crushing him with his foot.
Apasmara is immortal but can be suppressed with good education & knowledge. Thus the ignorance & unintelligible speech can be kept in check.
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This is how Kedarnath temple has been constructed by our ancient architectures.
Imagine how strong the architecture is that the Temple stands high even after the most powerful Uttarakhand Disaster.
The ashlar style is used where stone slab are interlocked to each other without the use of any joining material.
📹vedio is created by Cortex Costructuion Solution on the basis of their research after the Uttarakhand Disaster.
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MANIKARNIKA GHAT is one of the oldest and most sacred Ghat on the bank of Ganga in Varanasi.
Mani means Gem & Karnika mean ears rings.
It is believed that one can attain Moksha after the Daha Sankar at Manikarnika Ghat.And also said that the death becomes painless here.
The earliest Historical reference found in Gupta inscription.
According to Purana the when Mata Sati sacrifices herself in the Yagnya Kunda of Daksha Prajapati Mahadev Shiva roamed in the entire universe with the body of Mata sati.
To decrease his sorrow of Shiva Shree Vishnu
Cut the body of Sati with Sudarsan Chakra.
And the places where the body part of Mata fell ,that becomes a Shakti Peeth.
Manikarnika Ghat in Kasi is one of the 51 Shakti Peeth where the Mata Sati's Ear Ornament had fallen.
Kal means Time as well as Space & who is beyond time & Space is known as Mahakal.Mahakal recides in the city of Ujjain on the bank of Kshipra River also Known as Avantika.
The Bhasma Aarti of Mahakaleswar is an age-old tradition.
This unique rituals is performed with the open of the temple in very early morning.The first aarti of the day performed with Bhasma. In past these Bhasma was from the ashes of the funeral pyre (Chita Bhasma)
Now this practice has changed & the Bhasma is prepared from by burning
the Cow dung with the wood of Sami,Pippal,Palash and Ber & Priests perform Mantra uccharan during this preparation of Bhasma
There is a beautiful legend behind the Bhasma Aarti.
In ancient time Ujjain was ruled by king Chandrasena who was a great devotee of Mahadev.The residents
The 24 wheels of Konark Sun Temple are very popular beautifully balanced sculptures.
The wheels are 9.9 feet in diameter with 9 inch rim.Each one has 8 thick spokes & 8 thin spoke.The spokes joining the hub with rim are 3.3 feet in length
Out of these 24 wheel 2 wheel shows time accurately.
The distance between wider spoke is 3 hour .the thinner spoke between two wider thicker spoke is 1.5 hour i.e 90 min.The 30 beads between the thicker & thinner spokes represents 3 minutes.
If one puts its finger at the center of the axle then its shadow shows exact time of the day
the 12 pair of wheels represents 12 month of the year .and 24 wheals signifies 24 hour of a day & 8 major spokes signifies the 8 prahara of a day.
Situated in a serene backdrop of Dhauladhar Himalayan Range amazing Baijanath temple is the 13th century architectural beauty built in Nagara style by two marchant brothers dedicated to Mahadev
Located in BaijanathTown,Kangra Dist,Himachal Pradesh.
The temple of Bhgwan Shiva was there much before the present day structure.
In Treta Yuga Ravana performed
severe Tapasya to please Mahadev. In order to get imdomitable power he offered his ten Head in the Yagna Kunda.Please with Ravana's Devotion Shiva appeared before Ravana
and gave him the boon.
Mahadev also fixed his ten head & healed the injury of Ravana as a Vaidya.Hence Mahadev Shiva is worshiped as Vaidyanath here.