Mr Rajaram, Admit you were wrong in including Ayodhya temple. Just now Mr Madras Sivaraman former IAS responded it would take 4-5 years for Ayodhya temple to be come a regular temple.
Your nature is always not admitting your mistakes and argue for what you wrote and prolong arguments as far as possible and use abusing words in course. My spacious time is not for further arguing with you. Even you have not given any reference to your response. As long as reference is not there, your response is null and void.Gopalakrishnan On Sunday, 29 September, 2024 at 11:20:36 am IST, Rajaram Krishnamurthy <keyarinc...@gmail.com> wrote: My dear Gopalkrishnan I know and that is what I also write then and now, that you do not verify anything as you do not either read or you don't understand the Jargon, but wants to push your elements as if they have learned. A learned is not one that reproduces 1921 in 2024 and still says the reader did not notice. Is that not funny? Had he asked a Q and answered on Jan 11th, you are writing it on 28 9 24. Latest facts alone shall be rendered or else you lag in your knowhow. And fools may live in Quora paradise whom you have every right to worship as you generally do for some years and then throw him out as useless. That is your personal right. But here Jargons like atoms and molecules are known to almost all. And asking a Q and A between O2 and C O is unpardonable. Similar blatant erroneous Q and A were earlier ones too and that is why I do the explanation part which you foolishly attribute as error! Funny fellow. Do not write the richest temples next from Quora. Today the highest visitors of temples are not in TNK(Tammilnadu and kerala); in both state atheism rules; west bengal is next in line. But Right from AP Karnataka, up north Bhakti cult is higher. Had you seen Telugu films you would have heard sanskrit mantras spelt so beautifully. Thank you change or else you may become less than the change. KR IRS 29924 On Sun, 29 Sept 2024 at 07:06, gopala krishnan <gopa4...@yahoo.in> wrote: Perhaps Mr Rajaram criticizer failed to note that the Ayodhaya temple was re- consecrated on January 22 2024 and the answer is written on January 11 by Srivatsan. Without looking in to facts, Mr Rajaram simply responds as if he is right. There are a few who blinds supports Mr Rajaram as if he is always right.Gopalakrishnan On Saturday, 28 September, 2024 at 09:14:19 pm IST, Rajaram Krishnamurthy <keyarinc...@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks for your observation K. Rajaram On Sat, Sep 28, 2024, 9:11 PM APS Mani <m...@manijpn.in> wrote: Interesting exposure of facts. Thanks, Mani On Sat, Sep 28, 2024 at 9:03 PM Rajaram Krishnamurthy <keyarinc...@gmail.com> wrote: Mr Gopala krishnan writes as written in Quora without checking facts and when I write gets wild. Aug 2024 stat shows average per day as under and where many temples written by Mr G goes out of board as usual. THE HIGHEST FOOT FALL Indian temples per day: 1 Ayodhya Ram Janmabhoomi. Ram Janmbhoomi Mandir, AyodhyaDham. 100000 to 1 50000 PD (as on aug 2024 stat) 2. TirupatiTirumala Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala, India 60-70000 perday 3. SiddhivinayakTemple, Mumbai, India 75000 to 90000 p d 4. Shirdi Sai Baba Temple, Shirdi, India 30000 to 100000 PD 5. GoldenTemple, Amritsar, India 75000 to 90000 PD 6. Somnath Temple,Gujarat, India 30000 to 90000 (aug 2024 stat) PD 7. Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple, Kerala, India 30000to 90000 PD in season 8.Jagannath Temple, Puri, India 50000 to 100000 PD 9. Kashi VishwanathTemple, Varanasi, India 1,50,000 average P D 10 Vaishno Devi Temple, Jammu, India 37000 to 44000 P D 11 AKSHARDHAMTEMPLE New delhi 25000to 40000 p D 12 Vaishno Devi Temple (Jammu) Mata Vaishno DeviTemple, Jammu.25000 13 Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Thiruvananthapuram, India789 to 15000 P D 14 Meenakshi Temple, Madurai, India 15000 to25000 P D 15 Ramanatha swamy temple 10000to 20000 P D xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx K RAJARAM IRS 28924 ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 <iyer...@googlegroups.com> Date: Sat, 28 Sept 2024 at 18:49 Subject: [iyer123] CULTURAL QA 09-2024-28 To: Iyer <iyer...@googlegroups.com> CULTURAL QA 09-2024-28 TEMPLES –Base Quora QA- Compiled Q Which 10 Indian temples get the mostvisitors each year?Can you provide legend about the temples in nutshell? A Srivathsan, Best place in the world areTEMPLES Jan 4 MADURAIMEENAKSHI TEMPLE The story of the figure of Meenakshi is alsolegendary. It describes a Pandya king, Malayadhvaja, who hoped for a son andheir. He carefully performed a fire ceremony requesting that the gods fulfilthis wish. Instead, he was granted a daughter, Meenakshi, whowas born with three breasts. The gods told the king not to worry, but to raiseMeenakshi as a brave warrior, just as he would a son, and that when she grew upand met her true lover, her third breast would disappear. Meenakshi provedherself gifted in battle, conquering armies in all directions. When she soughtto attack the north, however, she was confronted by the god Shiva, who dwellson Mount Kailasha, deep in the Himalayas. Upon seeing him, one of her breastsfell off and the prophecy was realized. Kumaraguruparar, a great seventeenth-century Tamilpoet and devotee of Shiva, described this moment: When you saw Shiva on the battlefield, your thirdcurving breast disappeared. You bowed to him shyly and were amazed to see thatsuddenly you had only two breasts. Your heart was filled only with him. You looked athim sweetly with a nectar-like side glance, and felt shy. Another principal god in the Hindu pantheon, Vishnu(in the guise of Meenakshi’s brother), presided over the wedding of Shiva andMeenakshi, and the divine couple made their home in Madurai, where they ruled(and continue to symbolically rule) as queen and king. SABARI MALA The Pandya dynasty, expelled by Thirumala Naicker,found refuge in places like Valliyur, Tenkasi, and Sivagiri, later gaininginfluence in parts of Travancore. King Rajashekara, foster father of LordAyyappa, belonged to this lineage. Desperate for an heir, Rajashekara and his queenprayed to Lord Shiva. Simultaneously, demons caused havoc, leading to battleswhere deities sought Durga's help. Mahishi, seeking revenge, obtained a boon allowingonly Vishnu and Shiva's offspring to defeat her. Vishnu, as Mohini,orchestrated the birth of a child, Manikandan, raised by Rajashekara. Manikandan, growing up exceptionally gifted, facedopposition, particularly from the ambitious Diwan. Amid plots and attempts onhis life, Manikandan sustained an unhealable injury, cured by Lord Shiva. The Diwan, aspiring for his own candidate,manipulated the queen into feigning illness, claiming only tigress' milk couldcure her. Manikandan fetched it, defeating Mahishi along the way. Returning, Manikandan revealed his divine nature toRajashekara. Realizing the truth, the king sought forgiveness. Manikandangranted the boon of a temple, leading to the establishment of Sabarimala, arevered pilgrimage site for Lord Ayyappa devotees of all backgrounds. KEDARNATH TEMPLE Legend of Pandavas: It is said that thePandavas, the heroes of the Hindu epic, the Mahabharata, built the Kedarnathtemple as a way to atone for their sins. According to the legend, Lord Shivatried to evade the Pandavas by taking the form of a bull, but was finallycornered by the Pandavas at Kedarnath. Lord Shiva then disappeared into theground, leaving only his hump on the surface. The temple is believed to bebuilt on the spot where Lord Shiva disappeared into the ground. Legend of Nara and Narayana: It is believed that thesages Nara and Narayana meditated at Kedarnath for many years, and Lord Shivawas so pleased with their devotion that he granted them a permanent dwellingplace at the temple. Legend of the Lingam: The lingam, a symbol of LordShiva, at the Kedarnath temple is said to have been formed naturally by theelements of earth, air, water, and fire.Also the great ADI SHANKARACHARYA attained moksha here. VENKATESHWARATEMPLE, TIRUMALA Srimad-Bhagavatam describes the history of Tirumalathat during Satya yuga, Hiranyaksha, due to his exploitative activities createda situation where the earthwas drowned to the bottom of the Garbhodaka ocean. At that time, thedemigods approached Lord Brahma who prayed to Lord Vishnu. Lord Vishnu then appeared from thenose of Brahma in the form of Sri Varahadev. He killed Hiryanaksha and liftedthe earth, ‘Bhudevi’ with His tusks, and brought her to a safe position on topof the Garbhodaka ocean. Bhudevi, the goddess of the earth, being an expansionof Goddess Laxmi was very much pleased to be reunited with Her Lord, Hereternal consort in the form of Sri Varahadev. In Vaikuntha ‘BhuVaraha’ resides eternally,so Bhudevi, who is the goddess of this earth, pleaded Lord Varahadev to remainwith Her on this earth planet. Sri Varahadev decided to satisfy her desire andcalled for Garuda to fly to Vaikuntha and bring one of His favourite mountainsdown to the earth, so that He and Bhudevi could reside here together on thatmountain. That mountain was brought down, and it is today called ‘Tirumala’. It is the mountainthat was carried from Vaikuntha by Garuda himself. There is also a story of Sesa, the divine expansionof the Lord who sometimes appears as His couch, sometimes as His bed, andsometimes as His slippers, the same Adisesha incarnated on this earth as theseven hills in which Tirumala is situated. Therefore the seven hills are calledSeshadari. Knowing thatthe Supreme Lord would come to live on these hills, Sesha wanted to be there tosupport His divine pastimes. As the narration continues, Narada Muni onceapproached great sages who performed yagna. Narada Muni enquired from them, “Towhom are you offering the fruits of yagna? Of all the devathas or demigods, whois the greatest?” Some rishis considered Brahma to be the greatest of the gods,some considered Vishnu, and some considered Siva to be the greatest. In anintriguing dialogue that followed among them, to decide who is the greatest,they all concluded that the greatest of the persons must be one, who iscompletely transcendental to the modes of material nature. Thus they allunanimously elected Bhruga Muni to test these guna avatars, to see the greatestof the three. Bhruga rishi first went to the abode of Brahma.Brahma, the father was very happy to see his son, Bhruga Muni. But Bhruga Munidid not say anything to honour his father. In fact he outright ignored him. When Brahmaunderstood that his son was completely breaching all etiquette and basic humanmanners, he became very angry. Still, somehow or other he contained his angerand didn’t say anything. But Bhruga Muni noticed that his father was veryangry, and he left the place. Lord Brahma had failed the test, being come under the influenceof anger. Then Bhruga Muni went to mount Kailash where LordSiva sat with Mother Paravati. When Siva, Bhruga Muni’s elder brother, saw hisyounger brother, he came up saying, “Oh, Bhruga , I am so happy to see you.Welcome to Kailash.” He came to embrace Bhruga Muni but Bhruga Muni stopped himsaying, “Get away from me. Don’t touch me. You smell terrible. You have ashesfrom dead bodies smeared all over your body. You wear skulls as garlands. Youassociate with ghosts and untouchables. If you were to touch me, I would haveto immediately take bath in the Ganges, just to purify myself from the intensecontamination. Lord Siva, upon hearing Bhrgu’s insulting wordsbecame very angry. He picked up his trident and was about to punish Bhrgu whenParavati intervened and said, “No, my Lord, he is your brother.” Lord Siva thencooled himself down and Bhrgu Muni left the place. Even Lord Siva had failed the test. Vishnu began to very gently massage the lotus feet ofBhrgu Muni, who being so treated began to weep, and tears flowed from his eyesas he spoke “You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead. You are completelytranscendental to the modes of material nature. You are all merciful,allcompassionate even to an offender like me, please forgive me.” According to SriCaitanya Bhagvat, after begging forgiveness, Bhrgu Muni seeing the qualities ofLord Vishnu, began to dance in ecstasy. He danced and wept and cried as hishairs stood on end and he went on loudly chanting theholy names Hare KrishnaHare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama HareHare. Bhruga Muni then blissfully returned to all the sages and narrated hisreport. Everyone from that day on wards consistently worshiped Lord Vishnu byconstantly hearing His glories and chanting His Holy Names. Everything wasblissful, but Laxmi devifelt very depressed and angry. Although Lord Vishnu had tolerated theoffence committed by Bhruga Muni with a very gracious heart, Laxmi devi being achaste and faithful wife, could not tolerate the offence that was done to herhusband. She said to Lord Narayana,“You may forgive this person for that isyour nature. But I have seenthis Brahmana whimsically kicking You right in the chest. And because I have seen thisabominable act, I have incurred a very heavy unforgivable sin and the sin ofwitnessing You accepting this offence is so great that I cannot live here anylonger. I must go away from here. I must perform severe penances in order towash away the sin that was incurred by my seeing this offence to You. KASHI VISHWANTHTEMPLE It is believed that Varanasi is the firstjyothirlinga to manifest itself. According to the legend, it was at this placethat shiva (the Hindu god of destruction) manifested as an infinite column oflight (Jyotirlinga) in front of Brahma (the Hindu god of creation) and Vishnu(the Hindu god of preservation) when they had an argument about theirsupremacy. In order to discover the origin of the luminouscolumn, Vishnu took the form of a boar (Varaha) and tracked the column beneaththe ground, while Brahma, who assumed the shape of a swan, scoured the heavensin an attempt to locate the apex of the column. However, both of them wereunsuccessful in identifying the source of the luminous column. Yet, Brahmadeceitfully asserted that he had discovered the summit of the column, whileVishnu humbly admitted his inability to find the starting point of the radiantcolumn. Due to Brahma's deceit over the discovery of the originof the luminous column, Shiva penalised him by cutting his fifth head andplacing a curse upon him.This curse entailed that Brahma would no longer receive reverence,whereas Vishnu, being truthful, would be equally venerated alongside Shiva andhave dedicated temples for eternity. Hindu scriptures describe Vishweshara as the sacreddeity of Varanasi, holding the position of king over all the other deities aswell as over all the inhabitants of the city and the extended circuit of thePanchkosi, an area (the sacred boundary of Varanasi) spreading over 50 miles. RANGANATHSWAMYTEMPLE, SRIRANGAM (TIRUCHIRAPALLI) According to the REGIONAL LEGEND, the deity Rama isregarded to have performed pooja to Vishnu's idol. He is regarded to havegranted the idol to Vibhishana to take back with him to Lanka. Rama informed him that he could notset the idol upon the earth; if he did so, the idol would become boundupon the site. While travelling towards Lanka, he came upon the banks of theriver Kaveri. He placed theidol on the banks while an utsavam was in progress. When the utsavam gotover, the idol refused to move, according to some accounts because Vishnu grewfond of Srirangam. When Vibhishana requested the deity to come alongwith him, Vishnu refused, but promised to bless Vibhishana by always facing thesouth (the direction of Lanka, home to Vibhishana). It is due this reason the idol of the deity (in areclining posture) is believed to face the south. The Cholakings Dharmavarcholan and Killivalavan developed the shrine into the presentsize of the temple, with the contributions of Thirumangai lawar. They built thebasic foundations and main buildings. After the rise of the Vijayanagara empire, theemperor Krishnadevaraya offered his patronage to the city,treating it on par with Tirupati and bequeathing plenty of treasures, jewelsand lands to the Srirangam temple. During his period the Srirangamtemple was restructured, and many plans were executed for its growth andwelfare of the people. KANCHI KAMAKSHITEMPLE, KANCHIPURAM Counted among one of the Shakti Peetha’s, this is theplace where the Navel or Nabhiof Goddess Sati fell when Lord Vishnu’s Sudarshana Chakra touched GoddessSati’s body. The temple is also believed as the center of theearth or eastern hemisphere. There is a belief that after taking birth for killingAsur Bhandasur, Devi sat here taking “Kanya Swarup.” The idol is “Swayambhu,”which signifies it has appeared and not created. She is believed to have threeSwarups in the temple. These include Sthula, Sukshama, and Shunya. Goddess Kamakshi created the mud idol of Lord Shivain Kanchi to worship him. To test her worship, Lord Shiva incarnated himself asKamba River that has high tides. But the Goddess did not let the mud idol erodeaway in tides. She grasped it closely with her hands. She also prayed on a needle tip that is surrounded by5 fires (Panchakagni) to free her from the livelihood interest. Lord Shivabecame happy with her worship and married her. There are various Shiva temples in Kanchi, but “SriKamakshi Amman Temple” is the only one with the Goddess Sanctorum. Eight ShaktiGoddesses also surround the temple. There was astanding image of Kamakshi Devi in Gold. This is a pose in which she prayed and is calledBangaru Kamakshi. An attack was expected at the temple, so the image in Goldgets shifted to Thanjavur. Lord Shiva and Vishnu surround Kamakshi templesituated in the heart of Kanchipuram. On one side, there are various Shivatemples and few Vishnu temples and is referred as big or Shiva Kanchi. Theother side of the Kamakshi temple has big Vishnu temples and some Shiva templestoo. This side is known as small or Vishnu Kanchi. PADMANABHASWAMYTEMPLE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The origin of the Temple of Sree Padmanabhaswamy islost in antiquity. It is not possible to determine with any exactitude, fromany reliable historical documents or other sources as to when and by whom theoriginal idol of Sree Padmanabhaswamy was consecrated. The Temple has references in Epics and Puranas.Srimad Bhagavatha says that Balarama visited this Temple, bathed inPadmatheertham and made several offerings. Nammalwar, 9th century poet and one among the 12Vaishnavite saints of the Alvar tradition, has composed ten hymns in praise ofLord Padmanabha. Some well known scholars, writers and historians,like the late Dr. L.A.Ravi Varma of Travancore, have expressed the view thatthis Temple was established onthe first day of Kali Yuga (which is over 5000 years ago). The legendsof the Temple are handed down through the centuries. One such legend whichfinds a place in the old palm leaf records of the Temple, as also in the famousgrantha entitled “Ananthasayana Mahatmya”, mentions that it was consecrated by a TuluBrahmin hermit named Divakara Muni. On the 950th year of Kali Yuga a reinstallation ofthe idol was done. In the960th Kali year King Kotha Marthandan built the Abhisravana Mandapam. 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