by sudharsun | Aug 9, 2015 | Meditation Techniques
Excerpt from what life has taught me By Kanchi Paramacharya Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi swamigal 1929, I met a Sannyasi in a border village of North Arcot. He knew neither Tamil nor Telugu. He knew only Marathi and Hindi. He told us that he traveled to...
by sudharsun | Aug 7, 2015 | Saint's associated place
There is a very famous temple of Baba Gorakhnath in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha. Legend says that the saint also visited this place and performed ‘Tapashya’ under a banyan tree. Gradually he was surrounded by white ant mound. In this place, the deity...
by sudharsun | Aug 7, 2015 | Jainism, Saint's associated place, Samadhi, Tirtha
Pawapuri was at this place that Lord Mahavira, the twenty fourth Tirthankar attained “Nirvana” or eternal salvation from the cycle of death and birth in the year 527 BC. Pawapuri (Hindi: पावापुरी, Urdu: پوا پوری) or Pava is a holy site for Jains located in the...
by sudharsun | Aug 7, 2015 | Jainism, Saint's associated place, Samadhi, Tirtha
Sonagiri (Hindi: सोनागिरी) about 60 km from Gwalior, has scores of Jain temples of 9th & 10th century on little hills. This sacred place is popular among devotees & ascetic saints to practice for self-discipline, austerity and to attain Nirvana since the time...
by sudharsun | Aug 7, 2015 | Tirtha
Courtesy: Nirdesh Singh http://www.ghumakkar.com/morena-magic-the-temples-of-bateshwar-padawali-and-mitawali/ This is another Bateshwar near the vicinity of the Bateshwar Dhaam in UP but the temple is more ancient than the present Bateshwar although Bateshwar dhaam...
