Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple: Difference between revisions

| name = Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple

| image = Trimbakeshwar nj.jpg

| caption = Trimbak

| map_type   = India Maharashtra

 

| coordinates       = {{coord|19|55|56|N|73|31|51|E|type:landmark_region:IN|display=inline,title}}

| native_name = Tryambakeshwar Mandir

| district   = [[Nashik district|Nashik]]

| locale   = [[Trimbak]]

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| festivals= [[Mahashivratri]]

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|website=https://www.trimbakeshwar.net/}}

Kusavarta ''kunda'' (sacred pond) in the temple premises, built by Shrimant Sardar Raosaheb Parnerkar who was the Fadnavis of Indore State, is the source of the [[Godavari River]], the longest river in peninsular [[India]]. A bust of Sardar Fadnavis and his wife can be seen on the edge of the kunda. The current temple was built by Peshwa [[Balaji Baji Rao]].

The temple is located between three hills namely Brahmagiri, Nilagiri and Kalagiri. The temple has three [[lingams|''lingas'']] (an iconic form of Shiv) representing [[Shiva|Shiv]], [[Vishnu]] and [[Brahma]]. The temple tank is called Amritavarshini, which measured {{convert|28|m|ft|abbr=on}} bu {{convert|30|m|ft|abbr=on}}. There are three other bodies of water, namely, Bilvatheertha, Viswananthirtha and Mukundathirtha. There are images of various deities, namely, Gangadevi, Jaleswara, Rameswara, Gautameswara, Kedarnatha, [[Rama]], [[Krishna]], Parasurama and Lakshmi Narayana. The temple has also several monasteries and [[samadhi]]s of saints.<ref name=Ram>{{cite book|title=Hindu Pilgrim centres|last=Harshananda|first=Swami|isbn=978-81-7907-053-6|year=2012|publisher=Ramakrishna Math|location=Bangalore, India|edition=2nd|pages=149–50}}</ref>

As per the ''[[Shiva Purana]]'', once [[Brahma]] (the Hindu God of creation) and [[Vishnu]] (the Hindu God of preservation) had an argument in terms of supremacy of creation.<ref name="R.">R. 2003, pp. 92-95</ref> To test them, Shiva pierced the three worlds as a huge endless pillar of light, the ''jyotirlinga''. Vishnu and Brahma split their ways to downwards and upwards respectively to find the end of the light in either direction. Brahma lied that he found out the end, while Vishnu conceded his defeat.  Shiva appeared as the second pillar of light and cursed Brahma that he would have no place in ceremonies while Vishnu would be worshipped till the end of eternity. The ''jyotirlinga'' is the supreme partless reality, out of which Shiva partly appears. The ''Jyotirlinga'' shrines, thus are places where Shiva appeared as a fiery column of light.<ref>Eck 1999, p. 107</ref><ref name="Gwynne">See: Gwynne 2008, Section on Char Dham</ref> Originally there were believed to be 64 ''jyotirlingas'' while 12 of them are considered to be very auspicious and holy.<ref name="R."/> Each of the twelve ''jyotirlinga'' sites take the name of the presiding deity - each considered different manifestation of Shiv.<ref name="Lochtefeld">Lochtefeld 2002, pp. 324-325</ref> At all these sites, the primary image is ''[[lingam]]'' representing the beginningless and endless ''[[Stambha]]'' pillar, symbolizing the infinite nature of Shiv.<ref name="Lochtefeld"/><ref name="E. U. Harding">Harding 1998, pp. 158-158</ref><ref name="paris_congress">Vivekananda Vol. 4</ref> The twelve ''jyothirlinga'' are [[Somnath Temple|Somnath]] in [[Gujarat]], [[Mallikarjuna Swamy|Mallikarjuna]] at [[Srisailam]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga|Mahakaleswar]] at [[Ujjain]] in [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Omkareshwar]] in [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Kedarnath Temple|Kedarnath]] in [[Himalayas]], [[Bhimashankar Temple|Bhimashankar]] in [[Maharashtra]], [[Kasi Viswanath Temple|Viswanath]] at [[Varanasi]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], Trimbakeshwar in [[Maharashtra]], [[Vaidyanath Jyotirlinga, Deoghar|Vaidyanath]] at [[Deoghar]] in [[Jharkhand]], [[Nageshvara Jyotirlinga|Nageshwar Temple]] at [[Dvārakā|Dwaraka]] in [[Gujarat]], [[Ramanathaswamy Temple|Rameshwar]] at [[Rameswaram]] in [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Grishneshwar]] at [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]] in Maharashtra.<ref name="R."/><ref name="Chaturvedi">Chaturvedi 2006, pp. 58-72</ref>

'''Hindu genealogy registers at Trimbakeshwar''' are the [[Hindu genealogy registers at Haridwar|genealogy registers]] of pilgrims maintained here by [[pandit|panda]]s.<ref name=gen2>[http://www.overseasindian.in/2007/dec/news/20072712-183237.shtml Tracing your Asian roots] www.overseasindian.in.</ref><ref name=gen3>[http://www.movinghere.org.uk/galleries/roots/asian/countries/lds.htm Hindu Pilgrimage Marriage Records] ''www.movinghere.org.uk''.</ref><ref name=gen4>[https://www.indiatimes.com/culture/travel/10-places-across-the-world-that-help-you-trace-your-ancestors-249825.html 10 Places Across The World That Help You Trace Your Ancestors], India Times, 29 Jan 2017

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