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  • Hindu Temples In Pakistan And Those Destroyed

    Pakistan inherited about 300 Temples at the time of partition and only about a dozen remain today.

    Destroyed Hindu TemplesHindu Temples Destroyed.Pakistan.
    Further archaeological work and exploration was begun at the Salt-Range site of Amb, in association with the Department of Archaeology and Museums, Government of the Punjab.
    Hindu Temple destroyed
    Martand Sun Temple was dedicated to Surya (Sun) god and is now in ruins. The ruins of the temple are located near Anantnag in Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.[1] Martand is another Sanskrit name for Hindu Sun-god.
    The
    Martand temple is one of the important archaeological sites of the country. It was built around 500 AD. The Martand temple (coordinates 33°44′44″N 75°13′13″E) or 33.7456817°N and 75.2203792°E is situated at Kehribal, 9 km east-north-east of Anantnag and south of Mattan.
    The Martand Sun Temple was built by King of Karkota Dynasty – Lalitaditya Muktapida in 8th century AD.[2][3]It is said to have been built during 725-756 AD.[4]The foundation of the temple is said to have been around 370-500 AD., and also some attributed the construction of the temple began with Ranaditya.[5][6]
    The temple was completely destroyed by Sikandar Butshikan in early 15th century. It took one year for Sikander Butshikan to fully damage and destroy this Martand temple Image Credit.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martand_Sun_Temple

    List of Hindu temples in Pakistan.

    ”

    • Araya Temple, Nawanshehr area, Abbottabad (ruined)
    • Shiva Temple and Dusehra House (old)- Abbottabad (ruined)
    • Krishna Temple (old)–Abbottabad (destroyed/no building longer exists)
    • Shiva Temple (ancient)- Mansehra, Chitti Gatti/Gandhian location (in use)
    • Shiva Temple (former, now a public library)– Mansehra town (no longer a temple)
    • Bareri Mata/Durga Temple and Shrine, on Bareri hill–Mansehra (destroyed/no longer in regular use,location sometimes visited by pilgrims and tourists)
    • Nandi Mandir – Peshawar
    • Balmiki (Valmiki) Mandir – Peshawar
    • Shiv Mandir – Nowshera
    • Laxmi Narain Mandir – Mardan
    • Kali Mandir – Dera Ismail Khan (being used as a hotel)
    • Aditya Sun temple – Multan
    • Jagannath Temple – Sialkot
    • Katasraj temple, Katas Village – Chakwal
    • Krishna Temple, Ravi Road, Lahore
    • Old Temple – Sialkot (not used)
    • Sri Narasimha Temple – Multan
    • Suraj Kund Temple – Multan

     

     

     

    • Samadha Ashram, Shikarpur, Sukkur
    • Shankaranand Bharti, Shikarpur, Sukkur
    • Khat Wari Darbar, Shikarpur, Sukkur
    • Sadh Belo, Rohri
    • Wasan Shah Darbar, Rohri
    • Baba Garib Das Darbar, Gospur, Kandhkot
    • Jhulay Lal Mandir, Bagarji, Sukkur
    • GURU Nanik DASS Mandir, Shahdad Kot
    • Baba Khat wala shahib Mandir, Shahdad Kot
    • Shiv Mandir, Shahdad Kot
    • Baba Hiradaram Mandir, Shahdad Kot
    • Bhagnari Shiv Mandir, Kakri Ground – Karachi
    • Darya Lal Sankat Mochan Mandir (also called Jhoolay Lal Mandir), Custom House – Karachi
    • Devi Mandir, Bombay Bazar – Karachi
    • Hanuman Mandir, Doli Khata – Karachi
    • Hanuman Mandir, Frere Road – Karachi
    • Hinglaj Mata Mandir, (also called Jagannath Akhra Mandir), Bhimpura – Karachi
    • Kali Mata Temple – Umerkot
    • Shiv Mandir – Umerkot
    • Krishna Mandir – Umerkot
    • Shri Laxmi Narayan Mandir, Native Jetty – Karachi
    • Manhar Mandir Kathwari Mandir, Rancho Line – Karachi
    • Mata Mandir, Doli Khata – Karachi
    • Malir Mandir, Shah Faisal Colony – Karachi
    • Narsingh Mahadev Mandir, Risala – Karachi
    • Panjmukhi Mahraj Hanoman Mandir, Soldier Bazar – Karachi
    • Pamwal Das Shiv Mandir, Baghdadi, Saddar – Karachi
    • Purana Mandir, Saddar, – Karachi
    • Rat Nageshwar Mahadev Mandir, Clifton – Karachi
    • Ramchandra Mandir, Saddar – Karachi
    • Ramswamy Mandir, Ramswamy – Karachi
    • Sheetala Mata Mandir, Bhimpura, Karachi
    • Shiv Mandir, Islamia College, Karachi
    • Shri Laxmi Narayan Hanuman Mandir, Native Jetty – Karachi
    • Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Muhammad Ali Jinnah Road – Karachi
    • Shri Devi mata mander Chelhar Distt: Mithi Thar
    • Shri murli mander chelhar Distt: Mithi Thar
    • Shri Ramapi mander chelhar Distt: Mithi Thar
    • Shiv mander chelhar distt: Mithi thar
    • Kathwari Harijan MANHAR MANDIR
    • Shri Punch Mukhi Hanuman Mandir, Garden East – Karachi
    • Shri Varun Dev Mandir, Manora, Karachi, Pakistan
    • Krishna Mandar kantio Tharparkar
    • Shri Hanuman Mandir, JPMC Karachi
    • Shri Mari Amman (Mata)Temple, JPMC F/Type Karachi
    • Shri Mari Maata Mandir, Korangi Karachi
    • Shri Murlidhar Mandir Mithi Tharparker
    • Shri Krishna Mandar Mithi Tharparker
    • Shri Hanuman Mander Mithi Tharparkar
    • Shri Pir Pithoro Mander Mithi Tharparkar
    • Shri Ramapir Mander Mithi Tharparkar
    • Shantoshi Maa Mander Mithi Tharparkar
    • SHIV parvati Mander Mithi tharparkar
    • Lokesh mander Mithi tharparkar
    • Guri Mandir, Guri, TharParkar
    • Shri Ramapir / Shri Hanuman Mandir – Cantt, Karachi

    Present State:

    Of the 300 Hindu temples that Pakistan inherited in 1947 atthe time of partition, hardly three dozen have managed to survive,many of whom are in ruins and set to disappear with the passage of time if due attention is not paid to their maintenance.

     

    Following the demolition of the historic Babri Mosque in India in 1992by Hindu extremists, over 200 Hindu temples were destroyed across Pakistan by angry Muslims. Many of the Hindus living in Sindh andNorth West Frontier Province lost their homes as the largest outward migration of the Hindu community since Partition took place during these years. But despite all that, Hindus still exist in Pakistan,numbering more than 2 million. The Hindu population is largest in the Sindh province followed by the North West Frontier Province of the country, but there are Hindu communities dotted all over Pakistan who continue to suffer constant threats against their security, property and lives by extremist Muslims.

     

    Together with the apathy of the public, the Hindus of Pakistan remain a forgotten and voiceless people who have to live a low profile existence and have to put up with many insults to their honour and dignity, without any safeguards. The Pakistani authorities rarelyintervene to help their Hindu nationals, despite the fact that there are frequent reports of the kidnapping of Hindu women and children and looting of Hindu property, besides other forms of discrimination and persecution.

     

    As things stand, most Hindu temples in Pakistan are non-existent while idols in many ancient temples of historical importance are missing.The famous Temples at Katas, near Kalar Kahar, are in a dilapidated condition and require renovation.

    Source:

    http://www.metransparent.com/spip.php?page=article&id_article=7551&lang=en

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  • Shrinkala Devi, Second Shakti Peetam Sringeri?

    Adi Shankarahara mentions Shrinkala Devi as the second Shakti Peeta.

    “Pradyumne Shrinkhala devi, Chamunda Krouncha patane /”

    This is where the Stomach was reported to have fallen.

    This Temple was destroyed by the Muslim invader and what is remaining is under the custody of The Archeological Survey of India

    The First Shakti Peetam Shankari Devi at Trincomalle is was also destroyed and what we have there is only the Murthy and some portions of the old building.

    Shrunkala Devi, Second Shakti Peeta
    Shrunkala Devi, Second Shakti Peeta,Destroyed By Islam
    Shrinkala Devi, Shakti peetam
    Minar of Shrinkala Devi, under ASI.
    Second Shakti Peeta,Shrinkala Devi
    Window at Shrinkala Devi Temple< West Bengal

     

    What is left of Shrinkala Devi Temple
    Pillar remains at Shrinkala Devi temple.
    Shrinkala devi Temple
    New Shrinkala Devi temple

    Location:

     

    Shrinkala Devi temple is located in Pandua, Hoogly district, West Bengal. Pandua is 66 kms from Howrah railway station.

    It is also believed that the temple is in Sringeri, Karnataka.( I am unable to locate this, I am not sure if this is Sringeri Sharada)

    There is also another temple dedicated to Hanseshwari Devi near Shrinkala temple.

    At present there is no temple in Pandua. During Muslim rulers’ invasion, the temple was destroyed and in its place a Minar is built.

    The entry to the temple is barred for security reasons. The temple is maintained by the Archaeological survey of India.

    “Regarding the temple of Shrinkhala devi near calcutta:
    It is said to be situated as u said in Hugli dist in a place by name Pandua.
    Just for your information I myself had been to the place with my friends where the temple of Shrinkhala devi was supposed to be in the past.
    At present there is no temple in the place, a minar was built there by muslim invaders and at present the place is under the protection of Archeological society of India, the door was locked and when we enquired the way inside we came to know that entry was banned into the temple (the so called minar) because of security reasons, but there were clear cut and significantly distinguishable features at the main door of the construction showing that it was once the main entrance of a Hindu temple probably of Shrinkhala Devi. There were ruins of temple infront of minar.
    Another supportive evidence about the temple was obtained when we enrquired local residents, Every year during magha maasa (Around February) a festival by name MELA TAALA of about 30 days duration is celebrated in the premises of the minar which is attended by local hindu and muslim communities in large numbers (More than 1 lakh). It is one of the important celebration of that place.
    Another interesting fact is that near to Pandua there is a temple of Hanseswari mata which is regarded as Shakti peetha.
    Taking into consideration all the above facts observed and collected it could be a possibility that it was the place where there was Shrinkhala devi temple.
    Regarding the story of Rushya srunga it is said that he was grown up by his father from his child hood without exposure to the external world away from everyone except his father himself in the forest.This sage was pure at heart that he had a soul of an infant who does not get into the wordly joy. This made him a devotee of Shrinkhala devi .
    There is also a contest in great epic of hindus ”The Ramayana” about this sage that he was the one who conducted the Putrakaameshti yaaga for king Dasaradha.
    King Romapada a friend of Dasradha adopted Santha devi who was the sister of Sri Rama.He requested this sage to conduct a yagna to get relief of very long famine which was relieved after the yagna.On the request of the king this sage married Santha devi and conducted the above metioned Yagna .
    After some time this great sage as was a great devotee of Shrinkhala devi brought her in the sense his mother to Sringeri and distributed the energy around the Srunga parvatha and there he constructed temples to the deity. These places are also regarded as Shakti peethas…

    Shrinkala devi was supposed to be in West bengal, hoogly district.But as such there is no temple also.A story says that Sage Rishya Shringala has brought to her to shringeri in karnataka.Any further light on this story?

    Saraswati devi of sharada peetham was supposed to be at 120 kms from Mujjafarrabad in POK.But as such the temple is completly ruined by the localites.Anticipating the future Saint Sankaracharya has brought her to Shringeri in Karnatak.The present deity of Sharada is none other than Saraswati devi.Any further light on this story?

    There are remnants of the existence of a temple earlier.

    The temple is built by Sage Rhusya Shrunga..

    Source:

    http://www.shaktipeethas.org/ashtadasa/topic153.html

    http://www.shaktipeethas.org/ashtadasa/topic21.html

     

     

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  • Spaceship Technology Hinduism Vaimanika Shastra Text Demo

    Recently I posted an article on how the Axle of the Puhpaka Vimana,Spaceship/Aeroplane was found in Sri Lanka.

    This is a follow-up of the article.

    Hinduism had developed advanced Aircraft designing technology.

    The Vaimanika Shastra was revealed in the twentieth century to Sri.Subbaraya Sastry and was translated into English by G.R.Joseyar.

    There are four variants of the original.

    They are,

    .Vymanika Prakaranam,

    2.Vymanika Shastra,

    3.Vimana Shastra,

    4.Bruhat Vimana Shastra.

    All the four are based on the revealations to Subbaraya Sastry and recorded by G.Venkachala Sharam, his associte,in 1903-1918 in Sanskrit.

    “ Manuscript copies of this were sent as Vymanika Prakaranam to two Oriental Institutes in India. One was sent to Oriental Library at Baroda on 3rd June 1919 and the second sent to Oriental Research Institute, Poona on 19th August 1919. Hence the work has been referred to by many as Vymanika Prakaranam even though only Sanskrit parts of the published versions carry this title. These exercise books suffered long hibernation. A work called “Vymanika shastra” in Sanskrit alone seems to have come out from Dayanand Bhavan, Delhi in 1943. This is the second variant.

    The third variant is based on the copy of “Vymanika prakaranam” sent to Baroda Oriental Library. A Hindi translated version of this book titled ‘Brihad Vimana Shastra’ was edited by Swami Brahma Muni Parivrajak Gurukul Kangdi, Hardwar and published by Sarvadeshika Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, Dayanand Bhavan, New Delhi in the year 1959. In the publication of this Hindi version, the initiative taken by Air commodore S. N. Goyal of the Indian Air force has been particularly appreciated. ‘Bruhad Vimana Shastra’ became the reference work for many researchers in North India.”

    ”

    In 1991, the English portion and the illustrations from the Josyer book were reprinted by David Hatcher Childress in Vimana Aircraft of Ancient India & Atlantis as part of the Lost Science Series. According to Childress, the 8 chapters treat the following:

     

    1. The secrets of constructing aeroplanes, which will not break, which cannot be cut, will not catch fire, and cannot be destroyed.
    2. The secret of making planes motionless.
    3. The secret of making planes invisible.
    4. The secret of hearing conversations and other sounds in enemy places.
    5. The secret of retrieving photographs of the interior of enemy planes
    6. The secret of ascertaining the direction of enemy planes approach.
    7. The secret of making persons in enemy planes lose consciousness.
    8. The secret of destroying enemy planes.

     

    The propulsion of the Vimanas according to Kanjilal (1985) is by a “Mercury Vortex Engines”,[7] apparently a concept similar to electric propulsion. Childress finds evidence for this “mercury vortex engine” in the Samarangana Sutradhara, an 11th-century treatise on architecture.”

    These Aircraft/ Spaceships were used fo Warfare also.

    These treatises contain detailed information on the various types of Spaceships,Astronaut’s/Pilot’s Clothing,Food to be taken,Power source and Operation of the Vehicle.

    Detailed analysis has been done on this by wg. Cdr. M.P.Rao, etc. of Aeronautical Society of India on behalf of Aerospace Information Panel of Aeronautics Research and Development Board, B-Wing, Sena Bhavan, New Delhi –110011, India.

    The work is published and is  available online.

    As it is Copyrighted material . please read it online.

    Technolgy developed by The Hindus for Spaceships.
    Vimana,Air Craft/Space ship Technology in Hinduism..For more images check the Link.image Credit.http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/vimanas/vs/vs02.htm

    Link provided at the end of the Post.

    How The Book was revealed.

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    Subbaraya Shastry was a mystic from Anekal, who was reputed to speak out verses (slokas) whenever he got inspiration, described by Josyer as “a walking lexicon gifted with occult perception”. According to Josyer, he dictated the text to G. Venkatachala Sharma in the early 1900s (completing it in 1923).

     

    Subbaraya Shastry died in 1941, and Venkatachala took his manuscripts into keeping. The Vaimanika Shastra manuscript appeared at Rajakiya Sanskrit Library, Baroda by 1944.[3] The text was published in Hindi in 1959[4] and later in English by G.R. Josyer, titled Vymanika Shastra. Josyer’s edition also added illustrations drawn by T. K. Ellappa, a draughtsman at a local engineering college in Bangalore, under the direction of Shastry, which had been missed in the 1959 edition.[5]

     

    Its existence was first announced publicly in a 1952 press release by G.R. Josyer, who had founded his “International Academy of Sanskrit Research” in Mysore the year before. In the foreword to the 1973 publication that contained the full Sanskrit text with English translation, Josyer quotes a 1952 press release of his which was “published in all the leading dailies of India, and was taken up by Reuter and other World Press News Services”:[6]

     

    Mr. G. R. Josyer, Director of the International Academy of Sanskrit Research in Mysore, in the course of an interview recently, showed some very ancient manuscripts which the Academy had collected. He claimed that the manuscripts were several thousands of years old, compiled by ancient rishis, Bharadwaja, Narada and others, dealing, not with the mysticism of ancient Hindu philosophy of Atman or Brahman, but with more mundane things vital for the existence of man and progress of nations both in times of peace and war. […] One manuscript dealt with Aeronautics, construction of various types of aircraft for civil aviation and for warfare. […] Mr. Josyer showed some types of designs and drawing of a helicopter-type cargo-loading plane, specially meant for carrying combustibles and ammunition, passenger aircraft carrying 400 to 500 persons, double and treble-decked aircraft. Each of these types had been fully described.

    Josyer then tells how he was visited by “Miss Jean Lyon, journalist of Toronto and New York” for an interview, and how Lyon in her Just Half a World Away (1954) concluded that he was “guilty of a rabid nationalism, seeking to wipe out everything since the Vedas”

     

    2.The Technolgy was tested  and the spaceship was  flown at a height of 1500 feet by Shivakar Bapuji Talpade.

    He seems to have had the original from the Rig Veda.-Vaimanika Shastra of Mahrishi Bharatwaja.

    Spaceship Technology by the Hindus
    Hinduism Space Technology Talpade.Image credit.http://talpade.blogspot.in/

    He was born in 1864

    Source:

    http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/vimanas/vimanas.htm#menu

    http://talpade.blogspot.in/

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaim%C4%81nika_Sh%C4%81stra

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  • TIMES NOW ‘Arnab Goswami’ At His Best

    I receive good forwards from my son-in-law.

    They are generally informative and some times really funny.

    I could not resist sharing one here.

    I do not want to mar it by my comments.

     

    Thanks Vikram.

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  • Temple 64 Yoginis Dance Around Shiva Hirpur India

    Shakti or Devi worship is very ancient in Hinduism.

    Goddess Uma is worshiped in Her various Forms.

    Yogini Temple
    64 Yogini Temple Hirpur Yogini Temple
    Image credit.
    http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/india/hirapur/cyt01.html

    This, with some esoteric Principles, forms the basis for the Tantra Shastra.

    ”

    There are various ways one can worship these Gods and Goddesses.

    Goddess Lalitha is worshiped in Four different ways

    The worship of Goddess Lalitha is called Sri Vidya.

    The Sri Vidya is to be practiced by any of the following Four ways,traditions

    1.Samayacharam. Worshiping in The Mind

    Worship is done mentally, internally and no object is used in this tradition

    2.Dakshinacharam,Worshiping through an Object, Sri Chakra or an Idol.

    3.Vamacharam  is worshiping through the terrible aspects of The Divine, Laya Pradhana

    Kaulacharam is worshiping through the Human Body/parts.

    This includes Rituals some which are erotic in nature.

    It is Tantra Shastra”.(www.ramanan50.wordpress.com)

    There are Temples devoted to this form of worship and the activity of Tantra Shastra was at its peak in the  Central and Eastern part of India.

    Worship of  Yoginis started in Odisha in 800 AD and flourished till 1300 AD.

    “64 Yoginis come into focus when references are made to the dark side of Tantricism. The cult of tantrics profusely flourished in the 8th century where it reached its peak. Today we have just 4 of these temples scattered across our indian landscape. Two of these are located in Orissa at Hirapur and Ranipur Jharial, one is in Madhya Pradesh in Bheraghat temple and one supposedly in Tamil Nadu.”
    64 Yoginis appear like they are in a wild trance with Lord Shiva. Here the rhythms are quite different, the music is stranger and the flavour is wild. Bhavabhuti once expressed in the Malathi Madhava, the very same beauty of these Kanyas in the rituals of tantricism associated with the Mother Goddess, though the tantric played a villainous role of attempting human sacrifice. This is not a celebration of the infamous ritual practice but a poetic peep into this world of Gods and Goddesses, a part of our better known Shiva and Kali.

    How to reach Hirpur,Odisha

    Distance from Bhubaneswar 15km

    Railway Station;Bhubaneswar.

    Airport:Bhubaneswar.

    Source:

    http://ramanisblog.in/2014/02/14/lalitha-sahasranama-introduction/

    http://indiatemple.blogspot.in/2007/11/64-yoginis-dance-with-bhairava.html

    http://eodisha.org/64-yogini-templehirapur-odisha/

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