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Search for darshan options at Guruvayur Temple and you will encounter four seemingly distinct terms — VIP Darshan, Special Darshan, Ghee Lamp Darshan, and Neyvilakku Darshan. They are not four different services. All four names refer to exactly the …
According to one of the most consequential legends in the entire Jyotirlinga tradition, Ravana, the demon king of Lanka, performed severe penance to win Lord Shiva’s favor and was granted permission to carry the sacred Atmalinga back to his kingdom …
Of the twelve Jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva spread across India, Bhimashankar is the only one located entirely within a protected wildlife sanctuary — the 131 sq km Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary, deep in the Sahyadri hills of Maharashtra’s Western Ghats. This …
Mysore takes its name from this hill. Before the British anglicized it, before the Maharajas built their palace at its base, the city was called Mahishooru — “the place of Mahisha” — after the demon king Mahishasura, who ruled this …
Sri Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy Temple at Annavaram, perched on Ratnagiri Hill in Kakinada district, Andhra Pradesh, is the second most visited temple in the state after Tirumala — and unlike many temples of comparable scale, almost every service a …
A cowherd’s daughter named Anandavalli, also remembered as Gollabhama, spent her youth in unbroken devotion to Lord Shiva, climbing repeatedly to the old shrine on what is now called Rudra Shikharam, one of the three distinctive peaks of the Trikuta …
thin the human soul that obscures the path to devotion.
Annamaya Sankirtanas (devotional compositions by the saint-poet Annamacharya) and Vedic hymns are sung to the newlywed God and Goddesses throughout the ritual, and on occasion, group folk dance performances — …
In a village called Bholad, near Ahmedabad in Gujarat, stand the samadhis (memorial shrines) of two men who, according to local tradition, sacrificed their lives nearly 900 years ago defending cows, women, Brahmins, and dharma itself: Veer Tejaji Dada and …
If you visited Tirumala in previous years and secured your ₹10,000 VIP Break Darshan ticket at the JEO Office, the Vijaya Bank counter, or one of the other familiar physical booths near the temple, plan for a different experience in …
Walk into the inner sanctum of Vadakkunnathan Temple in the heart of Thrissur, Kerala, and you will not see a Shiva Linga in the way you would at almost any other Shiva temple in India. What you will see instead …
