SOMNATH TEMPLE

SOMNATH TEMPLE
 

THE SOMNATH TEMPLE OR DEO PATAN IS A HINDU TEMPLE LOCATED IN  PRABHAS PATAN, VERAVAL IN GUJARAT, INDIA. IT IS UNCLEAR WHEN THE FIRST VERSION OF THE SOMNATH TEMPLE WAS BUILT WITH ESTIMATES VARYING BETWEEN THE EARLY CENTURIES OF THE 1th MILLENNIUM AND ABOUT THE 9th CUNTURY CE.

                                                                                   INTRODUTION

THIS IS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION OF SOMNATH TEMPLE TO VISIT TWO MOST VISITING PLASES IN SOMNATH TEMPLE , BHALKA TIRTH TEMPLE, SOMNATH BEACH, BAAN STAMBH, SOMNATH SEA, GETA MANDIR.

BY ROAD:- ONE OF THE MOST CONVENIENT WAYS TO REACH SOMNATH IS BY ROAD  THE MOST COMMON ROUT IS VIA THE NH47 AND NH27 THROUGH PICTURESQUE TOWNS AND VILLAGES.

BY TRAIN:- VERAVAL  RAILWAY STATION IS THE CLOSEST RAILWAY STATION TO SOMNATH. THIS RAILWAY STATION IS WELL LIKED TO MAJOR INDIAN CITIES INCLUDING MUMBAI AND AHMEDABAD.

BY AIR:- THE NEAREST AIRPORT BY DISTANCE IS THE DIU AIRPORT, THERE ARE  REGULAR TAXI SERVICE FROM DIU TO SOMNATH.

        BALKA TEERTH

BALKA TEERTH  IS THE ONE OF THE MOST MAGNIFICENT TEMPLE OF SOMNATH CITY. THE TEMPLE AT BALKA TEERTH IS KNOWN AS MAHAPRABHUJI A TULSI TREE HAS BEEN PLANTING IN LORD KRISHNA'S HONOUR.

          SOMNATH BEACH

ALONG WITH THE WORLD- FAMOUS SOMNATH TEMPLE, THE SOMNATH BEACH ALSO FORMS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE ITINERARY OF A TORIST VISITING GUJARAT.  ONE CAN ALSO FIND MANY JOGGERS RUNNING ALONG THE PATH IN EARLY MORNING AND EVNING.

       BAAN - STAMBH

BAAN STAMBH ( ARROW PILLAR), SOMNATH MANDIR, GUJARAT. OF WONDER AND HISTORICALLY AND RELIGIOUSLY VERY ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE EVEN 1500 YEARS AGO, A PILLAR IN THE PEEMISES OF THE SOMNATH TEMPLE KNOWN AS THE BAAN STAMBH ( ARROW PILLAR).

         GEETA MANDIR

THE GITA MANDIR, ALSO KNOWN AS THE BIRLA  GROUP. THE GEETA MANDIR IS FAMOUS FOR ITS DEPICTION OF BOOK BHAGAVAD GITA AND WALL PAINTING OF LORD KRISHNA.

   SOMNATH- SEA

SOMNATH BEACH IS KNOW FOR ITS SPARKLING WAVES, CLEAR WATER, AND LONG STRETCHES OF FINE SAND

TIRUPATI BALAJI

 

TIRUPATI-BALAJI

TIRUPATI IS KNOWN FOR LORD VANKATESHWARA TEMPLE ONE OF THE WORLD'S RICHEST TEMPLES KNOWN BY DIFFERENT NAME- TIRUMALA TEMPLE, TIRUPATI TEMPLE, AND TIRUPATI BALAJI TEMPLES. ONE OF THE SEVEN HILLS IN TIRUPATI, THE TEMPLE IS BELIEVED TO BE WHERE LORD VENKATESHWARA TOOK THE FROM OF AN IDOL AND IS HOME TO THE DEITY GOVINDA.

                                                             INFORMATION

THIS IS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION OF TIRUPATI BALAJI TO VISIT TWO MOST VISITING PLACES IN TIRUPATI BALAJI,( VEDADRI NARASIMHA SWAMY TEMPLE, CITY SHOPPING, SWAMI PUSHKARINI LAKE, SILATHORANAM, AKASAGANGA TEERTHAM, SRI VENKATESWARA TEMPLE)

BY TRAIN:- INDIAN RAILWAYS RUNS DIFFERENT PACKAGE TOURS FROM DIFFERENT PLACE ACROSS INDIA TO TIRUMALA.

BY ROAD:-THE TEMPLE IS LOCATED AT 40KM FROM AIRPORT AND 27KM FROM THE CITY BUS STATION. ENTRY FEE- INR 300, FREE FOR CHLIDREN UNDER 12 YEAR.

BY AIR:- A NUMBER OF REGULAR FLIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE TO TIRUPATI FROM OTHER CITIES IN THE COUNTRY.

 VEDADRI- NARASIMHA

TIRUPATI AND WAS CONTRUCTED BY SIR KRISHNA DEVA RAYA. IT HOLD GREAT MY THOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE IS BELIEVED TO BE THE SITE OF LORD VISHNU BATTLED WITH RASKSASH SOMAKADU.

             CITY- SHOPING

SITUATE IN THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE SEES NOT THROUSANDS MILLIONS OF PILGRIMS AND TOURISTS EVERY YEAR, IT IS ALSO AN AMAZING SHOPPING DETINATION FILLED WITH WONDERFUL HARIDICRAFT. SAREES, EATABLES OF ANDHRA PRADESH.

      swami pushkarini lake

THE FAMOUS HOLY LAKE, NEAR SWAMI VENKATESHWARE TEMPLE, PILGRIM TAKE A HOLY DIP IN THE LAKE BEFOR PROCEEDING VENKARTESHWARA TEMPLE.

         VENKARTESHWARA TEMPLE IS SWAMI PUSHKIRINI LAKE. A BEAUTYFUL TEMPLE IS NEAR THE LAKE. THIS HOLY PLACE IS VISITED BY A LARGE NUMBER OF PILGRIMS AND TAKE A HOLY DIP .

 SILATHORANAM

NATURAL ARCH, TIRUMALA HILLS, A NATIFIED NATIONAL GEO-HERITAGE IS A DISTINCTIVE GEOLOGICAL FEACTURE 1 KM ( 0.6 ML) NORTH OF THE TIRUMALA HILLS TEMPLE,THE CHAKRA TEERTHAM IN TIRUPATI DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA.

KASHI VISHWANATH TEMPLE

 

       KASHI- VISHWANATH- TEMPLE

THE KASHI-VISHWANATH-TEMPLE IS A HINDU TEMPLE DEDICATION TO SHIVA. LOCATED IN  UJJAIN. THE TEMPLE IS A HINDU PILGRIMAGE SITE IS ONE OF THE TWELVE JYOTIRLINGA SHRINES. THE TEMPLE HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED SEVERAL TIMES, MOST RELATED BY MUGAL EMPEROR AURANGZEB,  CONSITUDED THE GYANVAPI MOSQUE ON ITS SITE.

                                                                                INFORMATION

THIS IS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR KASHI-VISHWANATH-TEMPLE TO VISIT TWO MOST VISITING PLACES IN (KASHI-VISHWANATH) , MANIKARMIKA GHAT, SANKAT MOCHAN HANUMAN,  DASHASHWAMEDH GHAT, SHIVALA GHAT.

BY TRAIN:- ONCE YOU REACH THE RAILWAY STATION, YOU CAN HIRE AN AUTO-RICKSHAW, TAXI, OR USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO REACH THE KASHI VISHWANATH TEMPLE.

BY ROAD:- SEVERAL STATE-RUN AND PRIVATE TRANSPORT BUSES PLY TO AND FRO VARANASI AND OTHER TIER 1 AND TIRE 2 CITIES OF INDIA TO REACH VARANASI.

BY AIR:- FLIGHTS ARE AVIABLE FROM DELHI AIRPORT. SO, TOURISTS COMING FROM OTHER INDIAN CITIES OR ABROAD CAN REACH THE DELHI DOMESTIC AIRPORT AND BOARD A FLIGHT FOR VARANASL.

    MANIKARNIKA- GHAT

MANIKARANIKA GHAT IS ONE OF THE HOLIEST GROUNDS AMONG THE RIVER FRONTS LOCATED ON THE GANGES, IN THE CITY OF VARANASI  IN THE INDIAN STATE OF UTTER PRADESH. IT' IS BELIEVED THAT A  HUMAN'S SOUL  ATTAINS MOKSHA.

SANKAT-MOCHAN-HANUMAN

SANKAT MOCHAN TEMPLE  DEDICATED TO THE LORD HANUMAN. THIS TEMPLE IS ALSO CALLED MONKEY TEMPLE OF THE PRESENCE OF LOT MONKEYS INSIDE THE PREMISES. IT IS ONE OF THE HOLY TEMPLE OF THE LORD HANUMAN THE MAIN LOCATION FOR HINDUS. THERE MANY RELIGIONS AS WELL AS CULTURAL FESTIVALS. ( THE FOUNDER OF THE BHU ) IN THE EARLY 1900s. THE HANUMAN JAYANTI ( BIRTHDAY OF LORD HANUMAN).

            SHIVALA-GHAT

SHIVALA GHAT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST GHATS IN VARANASI, BUILT BY KING  BALWANT SING IN HONOUR OF HINDU GOD SHIVA. A 19th CENTURY PALACE BY NEPALESE KING SANJAY VIKRAM SHAH LIES NEAR THE GHAT.

                DASHASHWAMEDH

THE PRESENT GHAT WAS BUILT BY PRESHWA BALAJI BAJIRAO IN THE YEAR 1748. DASHASHWAMEDH GHAT IS A MAIN GHAT THE GANGES RIVER IN UTTER PRADESH. THERE ARE TWO HINDU LEGENDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GHAT. 

VRINDAVAN

 

                          VRINDAVAN

VRINDAVAN IS A CITY IN INDIA, LOCATED IN THE STATE OF UTTERPRADESH . IT IS SITUATED ON THE WEST BANK OF THE YAMUNA RIVER, ABOUT 15 KILOMETER NORTH OF MATHURA . IT HAS AN ELEVATION OF 170 METRES. IT IS LOCATED 125 KM AWAY FROM DELHI AND 15 KM IN FROM MATHURA  CITY.

                                                                       INTRODUCTION

THIS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION OF VRINDAVAN TO VISIT TWO MOST VISITING PLACES IN VRINDAVAN ( PREM  MANDIR, NIDHIVAN,  SHRI- SHRI KRISHINA  BALARAM MANDIR)

BY AIR:- THERE IS ON AIRPORT IN VRINDAVAN SO THE TOWN HAS NO FLIGHT  CONNECTIVILY . THE NEAREST AIRPORT IS IN AGRA , YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE LOCAL BUSES.

BY TRAIN:- THESE ARE PASSENGER LOCAL TRAINS THAT RUN FROM MATHURA TO VRINDAVAN MAKING IT EASY TO TRAVEL TO THE CITY ONCE YOU'VE REACHED MATHURA.

BY ROAD:- VRINDAVAN HAS A RAILWAY STATION , BUT NOT ALL TRAINS STOP HERE CLOSEST MAJOR  RAILWAY STATION IS AT MATHURA , AROUND 14 KM AWAY, TAXIS BUSES AND HIRED AUTO - RICKSHAWS ARE  AVAILABLE FROM MATHURA TO VRINDAVAN.

       NIDHIVAN 

NIDHIVAN  IS ONE OF THE SACRED SITES OF VRINDAVAN  SITATED IN THE MATHURA DISTRICT, UTTERPRADESH, INDIA IT IS CONSIDERED AS THE MOST PROMINENT SITE TO THE PASTIMES OF THE HINDU DEITIES RADHA AND KRISHNA AND THEIR COWNERD COMPANIONS, THE GOPIKAS. NIDHIVAN IS CLOSED WITH BARRICADES DURING THE NIGHT.

              PREM MENDIR

THE PREM MANDIR IS A MASSIVE TEMPLE THAT WAS SHAPED BY JAGADGURU SHRI KRIPALUJI MAHARAJ IN THE YEAR 2001. TEMLE OF GOD'S LOVE" THIS GRAND RELIGIOUS PLACE IS DEDICATED TO RADHA KRISHNA AS WELL AS SITA RAM . LOCATED IN VRINDAVAN , THE HOLY CITY IN THE DISTRICT OF MATHURA IN UTTAR PRADESH, THE TEMPLE IS ENVELOPED WITH PIOUSNESS AND SERENITY.

        SHRI-SHRI KRISHNA TEMPLE MANDIR

SHRI- SHRI KRISHNA  BALARAM MANDIR, IS ONE OF THE MAJOR ISKCON TEMPLE IN THE WORLD. IT IS A GAUDIYA VAISHNAVA TEMPLE LOCATED IN THE CITY OF VRINDAVAN, MATHURA DISTRICT, IN THE INDIA  STATE OF UTTER PRADESH. TEMPLE IS DEDICATED TO THE HINDU GODS KRISHNA  AND BALARAMA.

   MAA- VAISHNO DEVI DHAM

THE MAA VAISHNO DEVI DHAM STANDS TALL IN ONE OF THE MOST REVERED HOLY CITIES OF INDIA, MAA VAISHNO DEVI TO WORSHIP THEIR DEITY WHILE ALSO CARRYING OUT THEIR DUTIES OF SERVING THE UNDERPRIVILEGED. THE HINDU MOTHER GODDESS.

     GOVERDHAN - PARVAT

GOVERDHAN HILL IS CONSIDERED A SACRED SITE BECAUSE IT IS THE FOR MANY LEGENDS RELATING TO THE LIFE OF LORD KRISHNA.DEITY BELIEVED TO BE EMBODIED IN THE EARTH OF THE HILL.

                                                                                                   KESI GHAT

KESI GHAT is the main ghat of vrindavan, THE ONLT ONE STILL REMAINING. IT IS BELIVED THAT IN DWAPARA YUGA, LORD KRISHNA KILLED KESHI HERE WHO WAS A HOURS DEMON  SENT BY KANSA.

MAHAKAL

 

                  MAHAKAL

MAHAKAL IS A DHARMAPALA("PROTECTOR OF THE DHARMA") AND A WRATHFUL MANIFESTATION OF A BUDDHA, WHILE IN HINDUISM , MAHAKALA IS A FIERCE MANIFESTATION OF THE HINDU GOD SHIVA  AND THE CONSORT OF THE GODDESS MAHAKALI, HE MOST PROMINENTLY APPEARS IN THE KALIKULA SECT OF SHAKTISM. MAHAKALA  APPEARS AS A PROTECTOR DEITY IN THE VARIOUS TRADITION OF VAJRAYANA BUDDHISM, LIKE CHINESE ESOTERIC BUDDHISM, SHINGON, AND TIBETAN BUDDHISM.

INTRODUTION

THIS TO PROVIDE INFOMATION OF MAHAKAL TO VISIT TWO MOST VISTING PLACES IN MAHAKAL ( RAM GHAT,  CHINTAMAN GANESH TEMPLE, KAL BHAIRAVA TEMPLE, HARISIDDHI TEMPLE.

BY AIR:- NEAREST AIRPORT IS INDORE (53K.M ). FLIGHTS ARRIVING FROM MUMBAI, DELHI, AHMEDABAD , GWALIOR .

BY TRAIN:- UJJAIN IS DIRECTLY CONNECTED BY RAILWAY LINE TO AHMEDABAD, RAJKOT, MUMBAI, FOUZABAD, LUCKNOW, DEHRADUN, DELHI, KOCHIN AND MORE.

BY ROAD:-  THE YOU"RE GOING TRIP FROM NEW DELHI TO UJJAIN IS 487MI ( 784KM), AND SHOULD HAVE A DRIVE TIME OF 9hrs 27mins IN NORMAL TRAFFIC.

            RAM GHAT

Ramghat is the place near harsiddhi temple, the most popular place in ujjain.it is the place where Lord Ram take bath when he was along with his consort sita and brother laxman.the Most frequented religious site  in ujjan.

           CHINTAMAN GANESH TEMPLE

SITUATED CLOSE TO THE SHIPRA RIVER ON THE FATEHABAD RAILWAY LINE, CHINTAMAN GANESH TEMPLE IS ONE OF THE OLDEST TEMPLE IN UJJAN, HOUSING A LARGE IDOL OF ONE OF THE MOST WORSHIPPED GOD OF INDIA, LORD GANESH. AND OPEN TIMING:- 5:30AM TO CLOSE TIMING:- 8:30PM

        KALBHAIRAVA TEMPLE

This temple is supposed to associated with tantra cult of hinduism, the religious sect who is related to Black Magic. It is belived that lord shiva and kalbhairava is the most sacred amoung the eight bhairavas.

             HARISIDDHI TEMPLE

HARSIDDHI, A CONTRACTED FROM OR, AT ITS VERY LEAST,A FROM OF " HARSHAD AMBA"- THE HAPPY MOTHER, IS A CONSIDERED ONE OF THE ASPECTS OF AMBA AND KALIKA , THE HINDU DEVI.