bhargavasarma {nirikhi krishna bhagavan}

Om! Gam! Ganapathaye! Namaha! Om! Sri Raghavendraya Namaha! Om! Namo! Bhagavathe! Vasudevaya! Om! Ham! Hanumathe! Sri Rama Doothaya Namaha! (Outside view of Somnath Temple) SOMANATH TEMPLE (Aadi Jyothirlinga Kshetra) Legend behind the Temple As per the pouranic scripts it is said that Daksha Prajapathi had 27 daughters in whose names the constellations in the Almanac starting from Aswini and ending with Revathi have come into existence. These 27 daughters of Daksha Prajapathi got married to Lord Moon (Chandra). Out of 27 wives, Chandra used to show more attention and love towards Rohini and neglected others. Pained with Moon’s action, the other wives complained to their father Daksha Prajapathi. Aggrieved by this, Daksha Prajapathi became angry with Moon and cursed him to lose his lustre and suffer from a dreadful disease. Gripped by the dreadful disease, Moon started waning (deteriorating) day by day and lost all his glory. All these development caused lot of perturbation and Moon wa...

Om! Gam! Ganapathaye! Namaha! Om! Sri Raghavendraya Namaha! Om! Namo! Bhagavathe! Vasudevaya! Om! Ham! Hanumathe! Sri Rama Doothaya Namaha! (Jyothirlinga Darshan at Somnath) PRABHASA KSHETRA (The Glory of Somanath) The holy place Prabhasa also known as Somanath is situated between 20.53’N latitude and 70.24’E longitude on the south west coast of India in the Sourashtra province of Gujarat State, on the shores of Arabian Sea. Port town of Veeraval is only 2 km away from Somnath. Sanctified with the presence of Jyothirlinga of Lord Shiva known as Somanath, this sacrosanct place Prabhasa, is in existence since time immemorial. Spiritually known as Prabhasa Theertha this place was called as Prabhasa Pattan in olden times and was famous as a town of temples. In olden times it was known as Arka Theertha or Bhaskara Theertha and Soma Theertha or Chandra Theertha. Over a period of time it came to be known as Prabhasa Theertha. Prabhasa is a Sanskrit word meaning glowing, luminous, shining, the...

( Image of Jyothirlinga at Nageshwar ) Among the holy places of Dwaraka outside the Jagat Mandir, Nageshwar is one of the most revered places worth visiting where the presiding Deity Lord Shiva is in the form of a Jyothirlinga. It is said and believed to be one of the Dwadasa Jyothirlinga Kshetras, twelve most sacred places for worshiping Lord Shiva. It is located at a distance of 15 km from Dwaraka on the way to Bhet Dwaraka. According to a popular legend behind the origin of this Kshetra it is said that, this place was originally known as Darukavana referred to as ‘Nagesham Darukavane’ . There used to live a demon called Daruka in this place who used to tyrannize people on their pilgrimage and make them his captives. On one such occasion an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva by name Supriya was waylaid by Daruka while she was travelling in a boat and held her in captive along with others. Supriya being a staunch devotee of Lord Shiva started praying Him with the holy Panchaksh...

Significance of Vaaranaasi (Kaasi) Varanaasi also commonly known as KAASI or Benares is a city situated on the left (west) bank of the river Ganga (Ganges) in the state of Uttar Pradesh. It is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world. Varanasi is a holy city in Hinduism, being one of the most sacred pilgrimage places for Hindus of all denominations. It has the holy shrine of Lord Kaasi Viswanath (manifestation of Lord Shiva) and also one of his twelve most revered Jyothirlingas. The name Vaaranaasi has its origin possibly from the names of two rivers Varuna and Assi for it lies with the confluence of Varuna with the Ganges being to its north and that of Assi and the Ganges to its south. Vaaranaasi is the Sanskrit name and Banaras is the common name. Through the ages, Vaaranaasi was variously known as Avimukthaka, Aanandakaanana, Mahaasmasana, Surandhana, Brahma Vardha, Sudarshana, Ramya, and Kaasi. Standing on the western banks of India's holiest river G...