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Saptashrungi Devi Temple on top of hill range Kurma at Saptashrungi Devi Temple. Saptashrungi Temple is two storied shrine with the Devi enshrined in the top floor. The Devi image is carved in a cave at the base of a sheer scarp rock face. [2] [12] The Devi is said to be swayambhu (self-manifested) on a rock on the sheer face of a mountain.
The temple is also known popularly as one of the "three and half Shakti Peethas" of Maharashtra. The temple is also one among the 51 Shakti Peethas located on the Indian subcontinent and is a location where one of Sati's (first wife of Lord Shiva) limbs, her right arm is reported to have fallen. Its half shaktipeeth among three and half ...
English: This funicular train is built for devotees to reach Saptashrungi Mata Mandir which is located on a mountain.Due to this train devotees can go quickly to temple rather than by climbing stairs.
Trimbakeshwar Range is a mountain range in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra entirely situated in Nashik District. The range lies 30 km southwest [ 1 ] to the district headquarters Nashik . The saddle shaped depression of the Brahmagiri mountain protects Trimbak , a town considered holy by Hindus Devotees throng to this town to pay visit to the ...
[a] Various Puranas such as Srimad Devi Bhagavatam state the existence of a varying number of 51, 52, 64 and 108 Shakta pithas [2] [3] of which 18 are named as Astadasha Maha (major) in medieval Hindu texts. [2] Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Temple is one of the 64 and 108 Maha (Major) Shakta pithas and is also the most visited among all. It attracts ...
This is a list of major Hindu temples in India, by state.. This is a dynamic list. For example, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (self-described as "the world's richest temple trust") has an ongoing campaign to build a replica of the iconic Lord Venkateswara Swamy temple in Tirupati in every Indian state and union territory that does not yet have one.
Trimbak (also known as Trimbakeshwar Trayambakēśvara) is a city and a municipal council in Nashik District in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple is located here, one of the twelve Jyotirlingas , where the Hindu genealogy registers at Trimbakeshwar, Maharashtra are kept.
Kumbh Mela 2015, with expected participation of 30 million pilgrims from worldwide, [2] was inaugurated at the Trimbakeshwar temple [3] with prayer, the blowing of a shankhanad (conch shell),showering of flower petals [4] and the traditional flag hoisting at Ramkund in Nashik and at Kushavarat in Trimbakeshwar, both 45 kms away, amidst tight security.