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| Jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva |
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| According to Linga Purana once Brahma and Vishnu started fighting over who was the Supreme Being. Suddenly, there appeared a Shivalinga before them as a huge column of fire. Both of them decided to find one end each. Whoever returned first would be acknowledged as supreme. Vishnu assumed the form of a boar and went down. Brahma, in the form of a swan, flew upwards. They searched for days but in |
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vain. Then Shiva appeared in the fiery column. Brahma and Vishnu realized their mistake and acknowledged Shiva as the Supreme Being. The Shivalinga represents that column of fire as 12 Jyotirlingas.
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There are many important and famous temples of Lord Ganesha all over the world. Among these some places are more popular & important than the others. There are eight such te mples located in the state of Maharashtra (In India) called Ashtavinayaka.
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Buddhism returns to its birthplace as urban Indians find in it an emotional anchor for their troubled lives
Not perhaps since Buddhism's heyday, some 2,200 years ago, did such a power crowd gather to pay their tribute to Gautama Buddha in the land of his birth. Among the 6,000 of India's well-heeled and well –connected who assembled at the opening of the country's grandest monument in recent times to the Buddha –the Rs100-crore Global Vipassana Pagoda, “the largest dome in the world”.
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“The presence of the Devi saturates the sub-continent, informs the life of the Hindus and binds the myths and legends of the land together … and tinier, more intimate practices of daily life, where the co-exstent blessings of he various goddess such as Lakshmi and Parvati and Sarswati are constantly sought.”
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