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Begin forwarded message: > From: "pgk murthy murthy...@yahoo.com [sss-global]" > <sss-glo...@yahoogroups.com> > Date: March 3, 2019 at 6:31:48 AM GMT+5:30 > To: Society for Serving Seniors – Global <sss-glo...@yahoogroups.com>, > Yahoogroups <telugubhaktipa...@yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [sss-global] Whose Kashmir is it Anyway? > Reply-To: sss-glo...@yahoogroups.com,pgk murthy <murthy...@yahoo.com> > > Best Forwarded Message from Whatsapp group only for Information and > Appreciation Pl > > " > Whose Kashmir is it Anyway? > > It is Rishi Kashyap's Kashmira > > How this place got it's name... > > Kashyap's Mira.. mira in Sanskrit means a huge lake, Sarovar. > > Rishi Kashyap is one of the Saptarishis....seven sages of the present > Vaivasvata Manvantara. > > Those who belong to Kashyap Gotra are said to be the progenies of this rishi. > > Prajapati Daksha gave away thirteen of his daughters in marriage to Kashyap > rishi. Devatas, Danavas, Yakshas, Nagas etc, all are progenies of Kashyap. > > > > There was a huge, beautiful lake amidst the Meru Parvat range. > > Lord Shiva along with his consort Sati were very attracted by the beauty of > the lake and were the regular visitors to the lake. > > Kashyap presented this lake to Sati. The lake was then called Sati Sar. > > A demon called Jalodbhava started residing in the lake and started > terrorising the people around the lake. People living in the vicinity went to > Kashyap complaining and sought help. Kashyap called his Naga son Ananta naga > to plan a strategy to eliminate Jalodbhava. They decided to empty the lake > and expose the demon and asked Lord Vishnu to destroy him. > > Accordingly, a valley in the western side, called Varaha Mukh, (presently > Bara mullah) was cut to let the lake water to drain off in to a land locked > sea which then later called Kashyapa's sea (presently called Caspian sea). > The demon then came out of the lake and Lord Vishnu killed him. > > > > Partly emptied lake was then developed into a learning center for study of > holy scriptures, Vedas, upanishads. The place developed into a rich city of > cultural heritage and thus named Srinagar. Anantnag, the Naga son of Kashyap > built an other city in the neighborhood of Srinagar which is now a district > Headquarter Anantnag. > > > > The entire Srinagar became very famous. Devi Gauri and Ganesh were the > frequent visitors. The route through which they were using was known as > "Gauri Marg"...the present day Gulmarg! > > Based on Nilamata Purana, Kalhana wrote > > " Rajatarangini" which is an historical authority on Kashmir. All over the > world the researchers on Kashmir use this great work as reference. > > The most simplified version of this book available in English is written by a > British archeologist M A Stein. It is in three volumes. > > Whose Kashmir is it Anyway? > > Kashmir belongs to the Presiding Deity Devi Sharada. > > > > "Namaste Sharada Devi, Kashmira pura vasini, > > Tvamahe Prarthye nityam Vidya daanincha dehime". > > > > Devi Sharada is addressed as 'Kashmira Pura Vasini'. The script for the > Kashmir was once called 'Sharada", innumerable learning centers of Kashmir > were called 'Sharada Peethas'. > > The entire Kashmir was called "Sharada Desha" once! > > Adi Shankaracharya visited Kashmir in the ninth century. Kashmir was then the > prominent seat of Shaivism. Atop Gopaladri hill he Composed "Soundarya > Lahari", expounding the union of Shiva and Shakti. This hill in Srinagar is > now called Shankaracharya hill. > > > > Shankaracharya also visited Sharada temple on the Banks of Krishna ganga > river (now in PoK). He was so impressed with the beauty of the temple on the > bank of the river, he got inspired to establish a similar temple in Sringeri > on the Banks of Tunga river. > > The sandalwood moola vigraha of Sharada in Sringeri was brought from Kashmir. > > > > There is an interesting episode that occurred while Shankaracharya was > traveling in Kashmir along with his disciples. A Kashmiri Pandit couple > invited Shankaracharya to be their guest for couple of days. Shankaracharya > agreed to be their guest on one condition that they prepare their own food. > The couple slightly felt offended though, agreed and gave all the items > required to prepare the food and retired for the day. They forgot to provide > fire to cook. Shankaracharya told the disciples not to disturb them and slept > without eating dinner. > > Next day the couple got shocked on learning that they all didn't eat anything. > > Disciples said that there was no fire > > The lady took some water and sprinkled on the firewood. Lo and behold the > wood caught fire instantly. This was a great revelation to Shankara. He > realized that there is lot to learn from ordinary people of Kashmir. > > > > In the 11th Century Ramanujacharya visited Kashmir. Here he wrote > > "Sri Bhashya" based on Brahma Sutra which was available only in Kashmir. The > book was shown to them only in the library and they were not allowed to make > any notes. > > Every day Ramanujacharya and his disciple Kurutthalwar would sit and read in > the library remember word by word and come back to Sharada Peeth and > reproduce in a book. This went on for three months and then finally "Sri > Bhashya" was completed. This became the Moola grantha of Srivaishnavas. > > Kashmir the Goddess of learning Sri Sharada appeared before Ramanuja and > blessed him by presenting an icon of Hayagreeva. > > Whose Kashmir is it Anyway? > > Kashmir belongs to Bhattas..Pandits and scholars. > > As per Nilamata Purana, Kashmir has a recorded history of over 5100 years. > Entire population consisted of Hindus and Buddhists. > > While the Islam was making forced entry elsewhere around the world, it was > kept away from the western borders of India, thanks to brave Kings of Lohana > dynasty. Lohanas were the great sword fighters in the army of king Lava. The > present day Lahore was Lavapuri of Ramayan. > > "Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it" > > ✍....Wing Commander Sudarshan > > > > __._,_.___ > Posted by: pgk murthy <murthy...@yahoo.com> > Reply via web post • Reply to sender • Reply to group • > Start a New Topic • Messages in this topic (1) > > Have you tried the highest rated email app? > With 4.5 stars in iTunes, the Yahoo Mail app is the highest rated email app > on the market. What are you waiting for? Now you can access all your inboxes > (Gmail, Outlook, AOL and more) in one place. Never delete an email again with > 1000GB of free cloud storage. > > VISIT YOUR GROUP > • Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use > > SPONSORED LINKS > > > > . > > > __,_._,___ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to thatha_patty+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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