Some time back I came across a post listing some curious and inexplicable facts about Puri, Orissa, India.
I wanted to write about it and promptly forgot to book mark.
Now I am unable to find the post.
However I came across similar information form Iskcondivinetree.
It lists some curious facts about Puri.
They are:
Story:
Wonders of the Jagannath Temple in Puri are as follows::
1.Flag always flaps in opposite direction of air.
2.From any place in Puri you will always find the Sudarshan Charka (Charka at top of Temple) facing you.
3.Normally during day-time, air comes from sea to land & during evening, the vice-versa occurs. But in Puri it’s totally opposite.
4.No bird or planes fly above the Temple.
5.The shadow of the main dome is invisible at any time of the day.
6.The quantity of cooked food inside the Temple remains same for the entire year. But that same quantity of prasadam can feed few thousand people & 20 lac people, Still it won’t get wasted.
7.In the Temple kitchen, 7 pots are kept on each other & cooked on firewood. In this process the contents in the top pot get cooked first & then the bottom one.
8.After entering from Singhadwara’s first step (from inside of the Temple), u can’t hear any sound produced by the ocean. But, when u cross the same step (from outside of the Temple) u can hear it. This can be noticed clearly during evening.
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As to the second “wonder” about that you will always find from any place of Puri the Sudarshan Charka (Charka at top of Temple) is facing to you, it is not right. I have many photos taken from many angles of the Sudarshan Charka in Puri, and I can see that Chakra is facing to different sides depending on from which side those photos are taken.
As to the shadow of the main dome is also the same: you can see from those photos that in the sunny day the shadow is clearly visible around that main dome. However, these facts do not in any way diminish the spiritual nature of the Sudarshan Chakra of Lord Vishnu! We don’t have to look for some physical evidences to prove the spiritual nature of the Sudarshan Chakra.
Does this mean that that the other features check out?
People residing in Puri may confirm this.
I had earlier posted some facts pertaining to Benares,Varanasi.
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- Flowers do not smell
- Cows do not knock you even if you touch them
- Eagles(Golden Eagle) Will not Fly over
- Corpses will nor Smell (while being burnt)
- Lizard(common Lizard) will not make sound.
Varanasi,Kasi is an important pilgrimage Center for the Hindus.”
I requested for feed back on the veracity of this.
Yet to receive the feedback.
Varanasi. please respond.
Let me add some more to this list.
Suchindrum,Kanyakumari District,Tamil Nadu.
Here all the three divinities Brahma, Vishnu and Siva are in the same Idol.
The holy place, which is 13 km from Kanyakumari, has a very big temple dedicated to the Trinity — Brahma, Vishnu and Siva. According to tradition, the top, middle and bottom portions of the image in the temple represent Siva (Sthanu), Vishnu (Maal) and Brahma (Ayan) respectively.
The place got the name of Suchindram, according to the Sthalapurana, as Indra was relieved of a curse. The term “Suchi” means purifying and the place where Indra was purified got the name of Suchindram. According to the believers, Indra even now visits the temple daily for performing “Ardhajama Pooja” in the night.
Another fact I came to know is that , if you insert a long iron string in the left ear of the Anajaneya Idol, it comes out through the other ear!
Navapaashanam, Ramanatahapuram District, Tamil Nadu.
Dharpasayanam/Thirupullani is a place where Lord Rama is reported to have worshiped the Lord Varuna, God of water and Navapaashanam is where Rama worshiped the Navagrahas before embarking on this journey to Srilanka to annihilate Ravana.
The Navagrahas are represented in stones in the sea, amidst water .
Whatever be the season and tide condition, the Navagrahas never get submerged though the area around it are, despite the ground level where these Navagrahas are located are at the same level.
Sources:
http://www.iskcondesiretree.net/profiles/blogs/eight-divine-wonders-of-sri-jagannatha-temple-puri
http://ramanisblog.in/2013/01/05/varanasi-eagle-wont-fly-flowers-corpse-dont-smellcows-dont-dash/
The food is prepared in earthen soiled pots, which resembles to French sauté pans. These pots are kept one over the other on an earthen furnace. The most interesting aspect of this cooking is that the topmost pot is cooked first and then the next below it. When the food is cooked, the wall of the pots gets hot and provides heat retention. Due to this, food remains hot for atleast 5-6 hours and tastes yummy. –
See more at: http://blog.onlineprasad.com/2013/07/11/lord-jagannaths-mahaprasad/#sthash.voy9yLBS.dpuf
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There is an ariel view of the temple in youtube taken by a drone and you can see the shadow of the temple.
Can you forward the link? Am unable to find.
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The Puri Jagannath temple located in Puri in the State of Odisha, is dedicated to God Jagannath in the symbol of universal love and brotherhood is worshipped in the Temple alongwith Balabhadra, Subhadra,Sudarshan, Madhaba, Sridevi and Bhudevi on a Ratnabedi platform. Learn more about the temple http://www.ishtadevata.com/blog/puri-jagannath-temple-facts-possibly-didnt-know.html
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