Prachi valley is very famous for the worship of Dvadasa Sambhu, Dvadasa Madhava and Dvadasa Shakti. Narasinghpur is a relatively small village located at just 10kms from famous “Niali Madhava temple”, near Nayahat square, Puri. PC: Deepak Nayak
A beautiful statue of Lord Madhava is found inside a small temple in this village & considered as one of Dvadasa Madhavas. I visited this place, with Deepak Bhai & had a darshana of this magnificent shrine. Both of us never witnessed such beautiful image of Lord Vishnu. The image is about 6 ft in height & almost double the size that you see in “Niali Madhaba” temple. Sharing some of the images of the splendid temple. Outer View of temple PC: Deepak NayakImage of Lord Madhaba PC: Deepak NayakImage of Lord Madhaba PC: Deepak NayakImage of Lord Madhaba PC: Deepak NayakPC: Deepak NayakPC: Deepak NayakPC: Deepak NayakPC: Deepak NayakA Nabagruha panel in the complexA newly built Hanuman temple in the complexVimana of the LordDolamandap
Situated in such a serene place, this temple is a must for all heritage lovers.
This is very lesser known temple. I am also thankful to Deepak Bhai, who allowed me to use some of his pictures in the blog.
Thanks….
Khambeswari temple, Aska. PC: Debashish Dash https://twitter.com/TheDashDD Goddess Khambhesvari is originally an tribal Goddess worshipped by the tribes of hinterland Odisha. In course of time She was like many other tribal deities given a place in the Hindu pantheon and subsequently she was transformed from a nomadic cult to Shakti cult. Khambhesvari, the Goddess of the Post or Pillar is one of the famous formless autochthonous deities widely worshipped in the hill tracts of Bargarh, Sambalpur, Angul, Dhenkanal, Bolangir, Subarnapur, Boudh, Kalahandi and the Ganjam districts of Odisha. She is worshipped as a manifestation of Shakti in the form of wooden posts or pillars and also through stones. Legends: Khambeswari temple--Aska An interesting legend about the temple in Aska says that once Goddess Khambhesvari appeared in a dream before Khambamuni who lived in the forest and desired that she should be worshipped by the latter. As per the stipulation of Khambamun...
Chamunda is a fearsome aspect of Shakti, also known as chamundi, chamundeswari and charchika. She is one of the Saptamatruka or seven divine Goddesses. She is also one of the chief Joginis, a group of sixty-four or eighty-one Tantric goddesses. According to legend, Chamunda appeared from the frown of the benign goddess Parvati to kill demons Chanda and Munda. Here, Chamunda is viewed as a form of Parvati. Matsaya Purana tells a different story of Chamunda’s origins. She with other matrikas was created by Shiva to help him kill the demon Andhakasura, who has an ability — like Raktabija — to generate from his dripping blood. Chamunda with the other matrikas drinks the blood of the demon ultimately helping Shiva kill him. Ratnakara, in his text Haravijaya, also describes this feature of Chamunda, but solely credits Chamunda, not the other matrikas of sipping the blood of Andhaka. Having drunk the blood, Chamunda’s complexion changed to blood-red. The text further says that Chamund...
The outer wall of Lord Jagannath Temple has gates openings for the devotees in the four direction. These four gates are represented by the four animals. In the east there is lion and hence called lion’s gate or sinhadwar. In the west there is tiger hence tiger’s gate or Vyaghradwar. In the north, there is elephant and hence called as elephant’s gate or Hastidwar. In the south, there is horse and hence horse’s gate or ashvadwar. Eastern Gate/Lion’s Gate/Simha Dwara The two lions statues are there in this gate in the crouching position. The lion is a symbolic representation of MOKSHYA. Hence is is popularly said that if you enter in the temple through this gate, you will get mokshya. The deities present in simhadwar are Kasi Biswanath, Goudia Nrusimha and Bhagya Hanumaan. Southern Gate/Horse Gate/Aswa Dwara The horses symbolically represent the KAMA or lust. There are two galloping horses with Jagannath and Balabhadra on their back in the ma...
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