The purpose of a human birth is the Final Liberation (Moksha) and the Hindu Dharma has given the 7 cities of Ayodhya, Mathura, Maya (Haridwar), Kashi, Kanchipuram, Avantika (Ujjain) and Dwarikapuri as the means of attaining it.
The greatness of the Goddess is described in the Puranas. Vaishnodevi incarnated at the home of Ratnakar Sagar in South India. Vaishnodevi was called ‘Trikuta’ in her childhood; However, being born in the lineage of Lord Vishnu, she got the name ‘Vaishnavi’.
One of the 51 seats of Divine Energy (Shaktipeethas), the temple of Shri Hingalajmata lies in a thickly forested valley in the Lari Taluka of Balochistan in Pakistan. This temple situated in a mountain cavern of the Makran Desert on the banks of River Hingol is sacred to millions of Hindus. This is where the Brahmarandhra (aperture on the crown of the head) of Devi Sati had fallen.
‘5 out of 51 seats of Divine Energy (Shaktipeeth) viz. Bakureshwar, Nalhati, Bandikeshwari, Fuloradevi and Tarapeeth are in the Birbhum District of West Bengal. The pupil (tara) of Devi Sati’s third eye fell under a white silk cotton tree (bombax tree) in the premises of a crematorium on the banks River Dwarka. That is why it is known as the Tarapeeth.
Shri Baglamukhi is one of ten great vidyas (Sciences). The temple of Shri Baglamukhi Devi is situated in Kangada district in Himachal Pradesh in a village named Bankhandi. The Idol of the Devi is exactly as described in the Pandu script.
‘Kashi (Uttar Pradesh) has thousands of temples out of which 56 are those of Shri Ganesh, the special one being that of Shri Dhundiraj Vinayak.It is believed that one should pay obeisance to Shri Dhundiraj Vinayak after doing circumambulation (parikrama) at Kashi.
1. Causes for deterioration in Hindu temples 1A. Hindus who visit temples as tourists, for enjoyment, and not out of devotion One should visit a temple as a devotee. But Hindus go as tourists. Today many temples have been declared as tourist spots. Instead of meditating and chanting in a temple tourists are engrossed … Read more
Shivakhori cave is one amongst the five places of Shiva on the earth. Shiva never leaves Kailas.
There is a Shaktipeeth in the picturesque surroundings of Sitakund village in the Chitgaon District at the foothills of the mountain. Here Deity Durga is called Bhavanidevi. Devi Sati’s right hand had fallen at Sitakund.
Sati unable to bear the insult of Her husband Shiva at the yadnya (fire sacrifice) performed by Her father, Daksha Prajapati ended Her life by jumping into the fire of the same yadnya.