Sri Sita Ramachandraswamy Mandir Bhadrachalam #Telangana
It is dedicated to Prabhu #shriRam It is considered one of the Divya Kshetrams of Godavari and is also revered as Dakshina Ayodhya.
The central icon, believed to be self-manifested, features the four-armed Vaikuntha Ram ji, the form Vishnu ji appeared to answer Bhadra'a prayers. Ram ji's consort mata Sita & brother Lakshman ji form part of the central icon.
The uniqueness of this mandir is that the murti of shri Ram has a bow & arrow in one hand along with Shanka & Chakra, also is 4 armed like Maha Vishnu (Narayana), he is named "Ram Narayana". Since Rama descended from Vaikuntha & manifested here, he is called Vaikuntha Ram.
Mandir is divided into 3 parts.
1st part is believed to be the head of Bhadra Inside on a rock structure, the supposed footprints of Ramji can be seen.The 2nd part of the mandir is the sanctum where the central icon resides on a place considered equivalent to Bhadra's heart.
The 3rd part is the Rajagopuram which is located at Bhadra's feet.
It has 4 entrances there are 50 steps to be climbed to reach the main entrance.
On top of the vimana of the sanctum is an 8 faced Sudarshana Chakra with a thousand corners.
Sri Lakshmi Narayani Golden Mandir, Vellore #TamilNadu
It is dedicated to devi MahaLakshmi.
It is located on 100 acres of land & has been constructed by the Vellore-based charitable trust, Sri Narayani Peedam, headed by Sri Sakthi Amma ji.
She is depicted as having 4 hands that represent the 4 objectives of human life.
It stands for Artha, Dharma, Moksha & Karma. The murti is installed at the mandir's Ardha Mandapam.
It is made of granite stone, and it is covered with various adornments & Golden Kavacham.
The char Dhams are Badrinath, Dwarka, Puri & Rameswaram. It is believed that every Hindu should visit the Char Dhams during one's lifetime. The Char Dham as defined by Adi Shankaracharya consists of four #Hindu pilgrimage sites.
It is also 1 of the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to Vishnu ji who is worshipped as #Badrinath It is open for 6 months every year between the end of April & the beginning of Nov because of extreme weather conditions in the region.
Kailash Parvat is located in western Tibet. At an elevation of 6,656 meters above sea level. Kailash Parvat is considered the axis of the universe, the center of the world.
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.
the presiding deity is Bhavatarini, a form of Parashakti Adya Kali, also known as Adishakti Kalika.
It was built in 1855 by Rani Rashmoni, a Zamindar, philanthropist and a bhakt of Maa Kali.
There are 12 shrines dedicated to Shiv ji—Kali maa's consort—along the riverfront, a mandir to Radha-Krishna, a bathing ghat on the river, a shrine dedicated to Rani Rashmoni.
It contains a large courtyard surrounding the mandir, with rooms along the boundary walls.
#ShriRam had been born to devi Kaushalya & King Dasharatha in Ayodhya, the ruler of the Kingdom of Kosala. His siblings included,Bharata, Lakshmana
& Shatrughna.
भये प्रकट कृपाला दीन दयाला कौसल्या हितकारी |
हरषित महतारी मुनि मन हारी अद्धुत रूप निहारी ||
Maha Rishi Vasishtha was his guru. Being the creator of the Universe he becomes the humble student of a Guru to learn the same knowledge he created and offered to the world.
गुरू ब्रह्मा गुरू विष्णु, गुरु देवो महेश्वरा गुरु साक्षात परब्रह्म, तस्मै श्री गुरुवे नमः
It is a sacred mandir for hindus which is dedicated to Mahadev. It is situated on a hill at a height of 1330 mtrs. It is surrounded by dense forests and is adjacent to the mountain ranges of Nar-Narayan.
When Samudra manthan were jointly done by asuras and devtas.
Many valuables emerged from the ocean, which were divided by the devas and the asuras. Then poison appeared and no one had that power to consume it.