Kashi Varanasi Banaras: 2019

In Varanasi, the rivers Yamuna, Ganga, Saraswathi, Kirana and Dhutpapa flow as the Pancha-ganga under the shelter of Lord Bindu Madhav’s lotus feet. The Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswathi rivers together come from Prayag,

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whereas Kirana river which is a fierceful river originated from the sweat of Surya Deva who underwent rigid and unwavering penances to please Lord Vishnu. Dhutpapa river is the daughter of Sage Devsheera who worshipped and underwent penances to please Lord Vishnu, who on being satisfied with the penances gave a boon that anyone who has darshan of Lord Bindu Madhav after taking a bath in the Pancha-ganga rivers will be rid of all sins accumulated and will get liberated.

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The three presiding Deities of Kashi are

Lord Vishwanath,
Lord Kala Bhairava and
Lord Bindu Madhav.

Monday, August 19, 2019

Property

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https://property.mitula.in/property/land-kashi

Friday, August 16, 2019

Sacrosanct

Agastya who was not at all happy leaving his dearest Kashi was desperate to get there back as soon as possible. But, he knew that his wish was going to remain unfulfilled. While wandering about, he reached Kolhapur where he worshipped goddess Mahalaxmi. When goddess Mahalaxmi appeared, he asked her whether he would ever be able to reach Kashi in his present life. Goddess Mahalaxmi replied—“Your wishes will be fulfilled in the coming nineteenth dwapar, when you would incarnate as Vyas and would contribute a great deal to the propagation of the Vedas and Puranas. There is a sacrosanct place of Kartikeya not very far from here. Go there and pay your obeisance to Lord Kartikeya and he would unravel the mysterious aspects of Kashi to you.”

Sage Agasthya and his wife Lopamudra then went to the mountain called Sri Shail, where Kartikeya lived at that time.

KASHI -THE SACROSANCT PLACE OF PILGRIMAGE

After travelling for sometime, both of them arrived near Sri Shail mountain. Pointing his finger towards the mountain, Agasthya told his wife–‘One, who has a good fortune of seeing the peaks of this mountain, never takes a second birth.’

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Lopamudra replied in amazement–‘ If the sight of this mountain was capable of giving salvation then why do you long for Kashi?’ Sage Agastya then went on to clarify that there were many other holy places capable of giving salvation. Prayag is one such place. It is capable of bestowing all the four ‘Purusharth’ on man viz. Dharma, Arth, Kaam and Moksha.

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Apart from Prayag, there are many more holy places like Naimisaranya, Kurukshetra, Gangadwar, Avanti, Ayodhya, Mathura, Dwarka, Badrikashram, Purushottam kshetra

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Purushottam kshetra / Avanti, Ayodhya, Mathura, Dwarka
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Badrikashram
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which are capable of giving salvation to a man. But none of these places can match Kashi because Kashi is incomparable.

LORD KARTIKEYA DESCRIBES THE MAJESTY OF KASHI

Sage Agasthya and his wife Lopamudra circumambulated Sri Shail Mountain and climbed up Lohit mountain where they found Lord Kartikeya. Both of them eulogized Kartikeya by singing vedic hymns in his praise. Lord Kartikeya was extremely pleased with their devotion and said- O revered sage! You can understand Kashi’s importance by the fact that, though I am capable of reaching any place according to my wish but still, here I am doing this austere penance to attain Kashi. I must confess that I have not been successful in my efforts till date. If any body thinks that he can attain Kashi just by undergoing austerities then he is totally wrong. Kashi can never be attained until and unless one has the blessing of Lord Mahadeva. And one who is fortunate enough to have reached Kashi must under no circumstances leave it till he is alive. O Agastya! You are a blessed one because you had the good fortune of residing at Kashi. Please allow me to touch your body, which has acquired holiness due to its proximity to Kashi.’ Having said this, Kartikeya touched different parts of Agastya’s body as if he were touching the sacred soil of Kashi.

Kashi Khand, containing 100 chapters, goes on to describe various aspects of Kashi in detail, the various temples and deities as also how they came into existence.

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Chatur veda adhyayana

By reciting one lakh Gayatri in

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Kashi,

one is blessed with the merit of

Chatur veda adhyayana

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Madhav

According to various texts inherent in Kashi Khand itself, the incidents narrated therein pertain to Sat Yug. At one place Lord Vishnu stated that

He (Lord) was called as Aadi Madhav in Sat Yug,
He should be worshipped as Ananda Madhav in Tretha Yug,
He would present Himself in Dwapar Yug as Shree Madhav.
In Kali Yug the Lord should be known by the name of Bindu Madhav.

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Khand

Kashikhand , a section of the Skanda Mahapuran which has a detailed description of Kashi 's introduction, greatness and its ephemeral nature. Kashi is also known as Anandvan and Varanasi. Lord Vishwanath himself narrated its glory once to Bhagwati Parvati ji, which was heard by his son Kartikeya (Skanda) sitting on his mother's lap. Kartikeya later described the same glory to Agastya Rishi and the same story is narrated in Kashikhand under Skandpuran.

Kashikhand has 100 chapters and above 11,000 verses. Through this, the then geography of Kashi, the stories of the construction of ancient temples, the introduction of the gods and goddesses in the temples, the history of the city and its traditions can be well understood. In fact, it is a book written in ancient times which is nowadays called "Directory".

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Saturday, July 13, 2019

Raja ghat

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Prahlad Ghat

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Saturday, July 6, 2019

jayadev

Sri Jayadev spent his last life at Banaras and left his mortal body.

Once, Jayadev felt weak due to his old age on the way going to Ganga after performing the call of nature and took rest on the way. The king requested him to avail a conveyance to go to Ganga at this old age, but he declined and pleaded that according to his ability he will proceed to Ganga and take bath. At night, Jayadev dreamed Ganga in the form of a lady who approached him saying that henceforth from the morning for all the time, I will reside in the well, used by Jayadev. The fact became true. Next day, Jayadev narrated the story and with Padmavati, the king and the queen went to the well to take bath. Jayadev worshipped Ganga. He while reciting the Mantras before taking bath found that the water of the well swelled up high, the colour of the water changed and became as transparent as white as milk. People were surprised at this and Jayadev's eyes became filled with tears of joy, worshipped the Ganga and took his bath. This is the devotion of the great Jayadev.

At Kashi (Banaras) when he was residing and moving alongwith the king of Kasi, at Manikarnikar Ghat on the bank of sacred Ganga, a lady was found following her dead husband's body. Jayadev remarked that this is not sign of a chaste lady, because a chaste lady can not bear the life for a moment on the death of her husband. The king did not relish the words and made query whose wife is of this nature. Jayadev claimed that his wife Padmabati is like this. To test the veracity, the king sent a detective to observe the real fact. That messanger detective confided to Padmabati that her husband, the poet Jayadev was dead due to capsizing of the boat in the Ganga when he was making boat journey with king and got drowned in heavy current of the Ganga. On hearing the death news of her beloved husband Padmabati left her life out of severe sorrow due to separation. The queen of Kashiraj felt much. Jayadev, when knew the fact became unconscious. Jayadev, after gaining consciousness addressed the goddess of learning to be messenger to establish eternal love between them. Being appeased, goddess Saraswati went to Radha and Sri Krishna and told that both Sri Krishna and Radha are cupid affected. They require conjugation. She eulogized that chanting sacred name of Krishna can repeated to the ward off evil and to ensure sacred life. At this, Sri Krishna advised Saraswati to repeat the lines of Gitagovinda "Priye, Charusile" before Sri Radha as a messenger. Saraswati repeated this verse before Padmabati, who is recognised as Radha in another form incarnated. Then, Padmabati regained consciousness, got life, became reunited with Jayadev, the human incarnation of Lord Krishna (Jagannath) and both of them sang Gitagovinda while dancing in ecstacy before Lord and vanished from the world.

Thus, the miracle ridden life of the divine couple disappeared from human eyes at Kashi by having permanent union.

https://www.google.com/search?q=jagannath+kashi
http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/Orissareview/2008/May-2008/engpdf/miracle1-3.pdf

Dham

Chota Char Dham
Deity: Shiva (Kedarnath); Vishnu (Badrinath); Ganga (Gangotri); Yamuna (Yamunotri)

Kedar / Badri Ghats
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Ganga Yamuna
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Ghats Map / Short / Detail / Link

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http://www.asiaexplorers.com/india/varanasi_travel_guide.htm

Link
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Thursday, June 20, 2019

Pancha kroshi Yatra - Pilgrimage of Universe

The most elaborate and sacred Yatra procedure prescribed by the Puranas is the Pancha Krosha Yatra. On the day previous to undertaking the Pancha Krosha Yatra, one should take bath in Ganga, worship Sri Vishwanatha and Sri Dhundhi Vinayaka and perform a Sankalpa for the Yatra. The Yatra involves Tirtha Snana in the following Ghats and the worship of the following deities:

First Day

Manikarnika Ghat - Siddhi Vinayaka and Manikarnikeshwara

Lalita Ghat - Lalita Devi and Ganga Keshava

Mir Ghat - Jarasandheshwara

Manmandir Ghat - Somanatheshwara, Dalabhyeshwara

Dashashwamedha Ghat - Shulatankeshwara, Adi Varaheshwara, Dashashwamedheshwara

Sri Shitala Devi

Prayageshwara and Sri Bandi Devi

Pandey Ghat - Sarveshwara

Kedar Ghat - Kedareshwara

Hanuman Ghat - Hanumadishwara

Asi Sangama - Sangameshwara

Lolark Ghat and Bhadaini Ghat - Arka Vinayaka

Durga Kund - Durga Devi and Durga Vinayaka. One should offer Payasa Bhakshana to Brahmanas at the Durga temple.

Kandava village - Kardameshwara. One should offer Tilakshatas to Kardameshwara. One should also take bath in Kardama Tirtha and see one's face in Kardama Kupa. One should then worship Virupaksha and Nilakantheshwara.

Second Day

Amara Village - Naganatha

Chamunda Devi Moksheshwara and Karuneshwara

Delhana Village - Virabhadreshwara and Vikata Durga

Devura Village - Unmatta Bhairava

Nila Gananatha

Kalakuta Gananatha

Vimala Durga

Mahadeva

Nandikeshwara

Bhrngiriti

Ganapriya Gananatha

Gaura Village - Virupaksha

Yaksheshwara

Prayagapura - Vimaleshwara

Moksheshwara

Jnanadeshwara

Asavari Village - Amrteshwara

Bhimachandi Village - Bhimachanda Vinayaka

Ravi raktaksha Gandharva

Narakarnavataraka Shiva

Sri Bhima Chandi Devi

One should conclude the Yatra for the day by offering Naivedya to Bhima Chandika.

Third Day

Kachnar Village - Ekapada Ganapati

Harpur Village - Mahabhima Gananatha

Harsos Village - Bhairavanatha and

Bhairavi

Dindaspur village - Bhutanatheshwara

Somanatheshwara

Sindhorodhasa Tirtha

Jansa Village - Kalanatha and

Kapardishwara

Chaukhandi Village - Kameshwara

Ganeshwara

Virabhadra

Chaturmukha Ganapati

Bhatauli Village - Gananatheshwara

Dehali Vinayaka

Sixteen Ganeshas (Shodasha GanapatayaH)

Bhuyli village - Uddanda Vinayaka

Hirarampur - Rameshwara

Utkaleshwara and Rudrani Devi

Varuna Nadi Rameshwara - Offer Tarpanas here

Someshwara

Bharateshwara

Lakshmaneshwara

Shatrughneshwara

DyavAbhUmishwara

Nahusheshwara

One should conclude the day's Yatra by offering Shweta Tilakshata and bilva to Rameshwara.

Fourth Day

Varuna River - Innumerable Tirtha Lingas

Karoma Village - Devasandheshwara

Draupadi Kunda

Dharmeshwara

Bhimeshwara

Arjuneshwara

Nakuleshwara

Sahadeveshwara

Sadar Bazar - Pashapani Ganapati

Kahjuri Village - Prthvishwara and

Saranga Sarovara

Dinadayalupur - Yupa Sarovara

Kapiladhara Village - Kapiladhara Tirtha and

Vrshabhadhwajeshwara

Kapiladhara Tirtha is called Shivagaya and is considered more sacred than Gaya. ShrAddha, Tarpana and Brahmana Bhojana performed here grant Akshaya Shivalokavasa to one's ancestors.

Fifth Day

Katova Village - Jwala Nrsimha

Varuna Sangama - only Marjana here and not Snana

Adi Keshava

Sangameshwara

Kharva Vinayaka

Prahlad Ghat - Prahladeshwara

Trilochan Ghat - Trilochana Mahadeva

Pancha Ganga Ghat - Pancha Ganga Tirtha

Bindu Madhava

Gabhastishwara

Mangala Gowri

Sankata Ghat - Vasistheshwara and

Vamadeveshwara

Manikarnika Ghat - Maheshwara and Siddhi Vinayaka

Saptavarana Vinayaka

One should conclude the Pancha Krosha Yatra by taking a bath in Manikarnika, worshipping Sri Vishwanatha, Annapurna, Mahavishnu, Dandapani, Dhundhiraja and Kalabhairava.

One who thus completes Pancha Krosha Kashi Yatra is liberated even while living and attains Shiva Sayujya. By thus doing a Pradakshina of Kashi, one gets the merit of going round all the Tirtha Kshetras on earth.

kAshI pradakShiNA yena kR^itA trailokyapAvan |
saptadwIpA sAbdhishailA kR^itA tena pradakShiNA ||

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Friday, June 7, 2019

M.K.Vasantha kumar

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Wednesday, May 29, 2019

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VISHWANAR RECEIVES BOON FROM SHIVA

Once upon a time, there used to live a brahmin named Vishwanar who was a great devotee of lord Shiva. Shuchismati was his wife who was a devout wife. Being pleased by her sense of dutifulness, Vishwanar tried to reward his wife.

Shuchismati expressed her desire of having a son just like lord Shiva. Vishwanar went to Kashi to please Lord Shiva by his penance. He worshipped Vishveshwar linga with supreme devotion.

Lord Shiva became very pleased by his devotion and he appeared before Vishwanar from the Shivalinga. When Vishwanar expressed his desire, lord Shiva agreed to take birth as his Son. Vishwanar came back to his house happily.

SHIVA'S INCARNATION AS GRIHAPATI

In due course of time, Shuchismati became pregnant and gave birth to a beautiful child. The whole family celebrated the birth of the child. The name giving ceremony of that child was attended by all the deities and sages including lord Shiva and Parvati.

Lord Brahma named the child as Grihapati. When Grihapati attained the age of five, his sacred thread ceremony was performed. Within a year he became proficient in all the Vedas and other sacred texts.

When Grihapati attained the age of nine, Narada came and informed Vishwanar that death of Grihapati was imminent because of the evil effects of the planetary combinations. Vishwanar and Shuchismati were saddened and started crying.

Grihapati then consoled his parents and proceeded towards Kashi to do penance so that the 'death' could be conqured.

GRIHAPATI'S PENANCE

Grihapati commenced his penance at Kashi. The deity Indra arrived there and requested him to demand anything he wished but Grihapati refused. Indra became furious and tried to attack him with his weapon-Vajra. Grihapati was very terrified.

Right then Lord Shiva appeared and Indra had to retreat from the scene. Lord Shiva blessed Grihapati by saying – ''What to say about this lightning – Vajra, even Kaalvajra would not be able to kill you.''

Grihapati became very pleased. The Shivalinga which he worshipped, later on became famous as 'Agnishwar linga'. Lord Shiva made Grihapati the lord of all the directions.

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Wednesday, April 24, 2019

David

Thursday, April 18, 2019

Twin

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Mother of twins

Lakshmana and
Shatrughna.

Brihadratha was the king of Magadha (Nalanda Bihar Presently). His ancestor Uparichara Vasu had taken over the Chedi Kingdom and Brihadratha had taken over Maghada. His wives were the twin princesses of Varanasi. While he led a contented life and was a famed king, he was unable to have children for a very long time. Frustrated over his inability to have children, he retreated to the forest and eventually ended up serving a sage named Chanda kaushika.

The sage took pity on him and on finding the actual cause for his sorrow, gave him a fruit and told him to give it to his wife who in turn will soon become pregnant. But the sage did not know that he had two wives. Not wishing to displease either wife, Brihadratha cut the fruit in half and gave it to both of them. Soon both the wives became pregnant and gave birth to two halves of a human body. These two lifeless halves were very horrifying to view. So, Brihadratha ordered these to be thrown in the forest. A Rakshasi (demoness) named Jara found these two pieces and held each of these in her two palms. Incidentally, when she brought both of her palms together, the two pieces joined together giving rise to a living child. The child cried loudly which created panic for Jara. Not having the heart to eat a living child, the demoness gave it to the king and explained him all that happened. The father was overjoyed to see him who later became Jarasandh.

Jarasandha became the king of Magdha (Bihar). He was a descendant of the king of his ancestor and father Brihadratha, the founder of the Barhadratha dynasty of Magadha. He was also a great devotee of the Of Lord Shiva. But he was generally held in negative light owing to his enmity with the Yadava clan in the Mahabharata.

Jarasandh prevailed over many kings, and was crowned emperor in Magadha. Many powerful kings, like Narkasura, Pundru Vasedev, Shishupal, of Chedi, Shalva of Shuva and Vishmak became his allies. Even while Jarasandha's power continued to grow, he had concerns over his future & that of the empires, as he had no heirs. Therefore, on the advice of his close friend king Banasur, Jarasandh decided to get his two daughters Asti and Prapti married to the heir apparent of Mathura King Kansa. Jarasandha had also lent his army and his personal advise to Kamsa to create a coup d'état in Mathura.

When Sri Krishna killed his mama Kamsa in Mathura, Jarasandha become enraged because of Sri Krishna and the entire Yadava clan on seeing his two daughters being widowed. So, Jarasandha attacked Mathura and the Yadavas 17 times. Sri Krishna finished all his army in the battle 17 times and each time Lord Krishna fled away from the battle and so he was named as "Ranchod". Due to the blessing of Lord Shiva Sri Krishna could have not killed Jarasandh directly, so he would fled away from the war. Once his army included the Panchalas and the Kurus among other kings of India. While Sri Krishna and the Yadavas survived the attacks, sensing danger Lord Krishna had to relocated his capital city to Dwarka, Gujrat. Dwaraka was an island and it was not possible for anyone to attack it at all. Jarasandh was not able to attack Dwarka any more as it was in the mid of ocean also.

Lord Krishna began a campaign to diminish the power of Jarasandha, one by one eliminating his powerful allies like Kalyavana, Naraksura, Hansha, Dimbaka. Jarasandha participated in the Swaymvara of Draupadi , and after being unable to lift the bow, left the place.

To attain the capacity to invade Dwaraka, Jarasandha planned to conduct a Yagna to please the Lord Shiva. For this Yagna, He had imprisoned 95 kings and was in need of 5 more kings, after which he was planning to perform the Yagna, sacrificing all the 100 kings. Jarasandha thought that this Yagna will make him win the powerful Yadava Army.

The kings captured by Jarasandha wrote a secret missive to Sri Krishna to rescue them from clutches of mighty Jarasandha. Sri Krishna, not wanting to go for an all out war with Jarasandha to rescue the captured kings, in order to avoid a major loss of lives, devised a plan to eliminate Jarasandha.

The Pandava king Yudhisthira was planning to make a Rajasuya Yagna in order to become the emperor. Lord Krishna convinced his cousin Yudhisthira that Jarasandha was the only obstacle to oppose Yudhisthira from becoming an emperor. Sri Krishna planned a clever scheme to eliminate Jarasandha by making Yudhisthira's brother Bhima wrestle with the Jarasandha in a duel.

Jarasandha was also a great Daani. After performing his Lord Shiva pooja, every morning, he used to give whatever the Brahmins and poor asked for. On one such occasion Lord Krishna, Arjuna, Bhima in the guise of Brahmins met Jarasandha. Lord Krishna asked Jarasandha to choose any one of them for a wrestling match. Jarasandha did not recognize them first but when they asked for yudh, Jarasandh knew them easily and chose Bhima, the strongman, to wrestle.

Both of them fought for 14 days. Bhima lost hope to win the battle and sought help of Sri Krishna. Lord Krishna,who then knew of the secret of Jarasandha's weakness so he took a blade of grass or twig and spit it into two. Bhima understood the clue and split Jarasandha's body into two, slaying the king.

After his death, the Pandavas released all the 95 kings imprisoned by Jarasandha and crowned his son, Sahadeva as the king of Magadh . Thus, these 95 kings along with Sahadeva, the new ruler of Magadha became an ally of Pandavas who took part in the Mahabharata war later.

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https://www.quora.com/When-lord-krishna-defeated-jarasandha-17-times-then-why-did-he-vamose-from-the-battleground-the-18th-time

Thursday, April 4, 2019

chhoti

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Thursday, March 28, 2019

Boxing

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Prayag ghat

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