sandtest Posted January 22, 2009 Posted January 22, 2009 Mention of idols in some other thread, reminded me one of the greatest and often forgotten Lady in Indian history from land of Maharashtra. Starting from Malwa, Ahilyabai continued remaking many of the temples and places which were destroyed by looters and plunderers of Mughaliya invaders. She held idol of Lord Ganesha most of the time, even during war which she participated. Another proof that you can kill and subjugate a Hindu but you cannot take Hinduism out of a determined Hindu woman. Salutaions to Ahilyabai whose many of the great works extend from Maharshtra till as far as Varanasi in Uttarpradesh!!
Lurker Posted January 22, 2009 Posted January 22, 2009 I always though Ahilyabhai was from Indore for some reason. Also this thread is absolutely useless if it is not accompanied by pictures Autowaale Baba. I mean temple at Varanasi means ghanta to most of Indians who would quickly recognize a White House and Big Ben. Here is the temple created by Ahilyabai at Gaya, the only place on the entire planet Earth which has the footprints of Vishnu(and yes UPites can suck my ar$se as they never have quality temples).
Holysmoke Posted January 22, 2009 Posted January 22, 2009 the only place on the entire planet Earth which has the footprints of Vishnu Could you elaborate on the story/legend behind that?
Lurker Posted January 22, 2009 Posted January 22, 2009 Could you elaborate on the story/legend behind that? Sure. As is true for any mythology(Ramayana for example) there is more than 1 story behind this. There was this giant of an Asura(Demon) who was named GayaSura(Gaya derives its name from this Demon). He was a big bhakt of Lord Shiva. He pleased Shiva so much that the latter gave him all the blessings in the world. With those blessings he basically chased out the Gods from Heaven(as they are always in Hindu mythology story...damn good for nothing fellas). So the Gods went to Lord Vishnu. Gayasura meanwhile heard of Gods going to Vishnu and so he started praying Lord Vishnu himself. The latter appeared after a while and asked what Gayasura wanted, to which he replied - Make this place the holiest of all tirthas(Gaya is one of the holiest place for Hindus, apart from Vishnupad this is also the place where Lord Rama cremated Dashrath and Hindus come here to do pind-daan, rites for the dead). Vishnu asked him to sacrifice his life since he was asking for such a big blessing. Gayasura lay down and was beheaded, his body started to tremble in death and since he was a big statured guy that in turn meant the world started to tremble. Vishnu put his feet on his body to stabilize the world, other suggestion is Vishnu did so to give moksha to Gayasura. xxx
Guest dada_rocks Posted January 22, 2009 Posted January 22, 2009 I always though Ahilyabhai was from Indore for some reason. Also this thread is absolutely useless if it is not accompanied by pictures Autowaale Baba. I mean temple at Varanasi means ghanta to most of Indians who would quickly recognize a White House and Big Ben. Here is the temple created by Ahilyabai at Gaya, the only place on the entire planet Earth which has the footprints of Vishnu(and yes UPites can suck my ar as they never have quality temples). Wrong perception mate Anyone who has live in varanasi and particualrlry bene in BHu for a while would tell you each and every temple of varanasi gets daily visistor from all over India .. at least five ten busses from south come every day inside bhu campus for that vishwanath temple.. varanasi connect whole India from madras to kashmir people do know varansi and do flock to it if they can.
Lurker Posted January 22, 2009 Posted January 22, 2009 Wrong perception mate nyone who has live in varanasi and particualrlry bene in BHu for a while would tell you each and every temple of varanasi gets daily visistor from all over India .. at least five ten busses from south come every day inside bhu campus for that vishwanath temple.. varanasi connect whole India from madras to kashmir people do know varansi and do flock to it if they can. Not wrong really. I would be very surprised(pleasantly) if you asked the people at ICF if they knew about temples of Varanasi. As in their architecture etc. Can they differentiate between Sankat Mochan & Vishwanath temple.
Guest dada_rocks Posted January 22, 2009 Posted January 22, 2009 Not wrong really. I would be very surprised(pleasantly) if you asked the people at ICF if they knew about temples of Varanasi. As in their architecture etc. Can they differentiate between Sankat Mochan & Vishwanath temple. Architecture and all that is different matter altogether ( you need different kind of connisseur for that) but the majority wud know the relligious aspect of those temples.. BBut just letitng you know every day i used to see buses after buses with aline looking people with aline dress descanding on that temple.. Going by how they carried their own stove and cooking stuff and how they all used to cook in the ground there not buying anythign from shops to eat tells me they were quite fanatically religious people too.. I do believe Varanasi has india-wise charm..
Lurker Posted January 22, 2009 Posted January 22, 2009 ^^ not disputing that at all. Varanasi is pretty popular both within India and without. However my point simply was to an average Indian the sight of a Big Ben would be more recognizable that Kashi Vishwanath Mandir, which is why I asked Sandy to put some pictures of the temples as well.
Holysmoke Posted January 22, 2009 Posted January 22, 2009 Sure. As is true for any mythology(Ramayana for example) there is more than 1 story behind this. There was this giant of an Asura(Demon) who was named GayaSura(Gaya derives its name from this Demon). He was a big bhakt of Lord Shiva. He pleased Shiva so much that the latter gave him all the blessings in the world. With those blessings he basically chased out the Gods from Heaven(as they are always in Hindu mythology story...damn good for nothing fellas). So the Gods went to Lord Vishnu. Gayasura meanwhile heard of Gods going to Vishnu and so he started praying Lord Vishnu himself. The latter appeared after a while and asked what Gayasura wanted, to which he replied - Make this place the holiest of all tirthas(Gaya is one of the holiest place for Hindus, apart from Vishnupad this is also the place where Lord Rama cremated Dashrath and Hindus come here to do pind-daan, rites for the dead). Vishnu asked him to sacrifice his life since he was asking for such a big blessing. Gayasura lay down and was beheaded, his body started to tremble in death and since he was a big statured guy that in turn meant the world started to tremble. Vishnu put his feet on his body to stabilize the world, other suggestion is Vishnu did so to give moksha to Gayasura. xxx Thanks Lurker. I think I had read about this story, but I guess I had forgotten the name/place. I like apna Hindu mythology stories. :--D
cybervickey Posted January 23, 2009 Posted January 23, 2009 Architecture and all that is different matter altogether ( you need different kind of connisseur for that) but the majority wud know the relligious aspect of those temples.. BBut just letitng you know every day i used to see buses after buses with aline looking people with aline dress descanding on that temple.. Going by how they carried their own stove and cooking stuff and how they all used to cook in the ground there not buying anythign from shops to eat tells me they were quite fanatically religious people too.. I do believe Varanasi has india-wise charm.. dude .. that u in the avatar ?? u seem a lot younger then i perceived u ..
Guest dada_rocks Posted January 24, 2009 Posted January 24, 2009 dude .. that u in the avatar ?? u seem a lot younger then i perceived u .. looks are invaribaly deceptive.. I used to get asked whether I was in first year, when iIwas about to graduate in few months
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