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  • Where Shiva Sacrificed Moon Chandra Mouleeswara Chandanbadi

    There is dearth of information about Shiva as Chandramouleswara.

    I came to know of Chandramouleeswara, when I was ver young, during the visit of Sringeri Jagadguru His Holiness Abhinava Vidya Theertha Swamigal, Sri Sringeri Sarada Mutt, to my Home at Srivilliputhur.

    The name was quite different and many did not know much about it.

    Shiva as Chandramouleeswara.

    Shiva without Moon on the Forehead.jpg Shiva without Moon on the Forehead.

    Our Puranas have it that Lord Shiva sacrificed Moon, Chandra from His Head on His journey to Amarnath.

    And the Moon awaited His return.

    This place is Chandanpadi, Jammmu & Kashmir, on the way to Amarnath.

    “the next place after Pahalgam is Chandanbadi. It is 16 kms from Pahalgam. According to beliefs, Lord Shiva did a very unique thing here. Also known as Chandramauli, Lord Shiva sacrificed the moon from his head here. The moon then waited for Lord Shiva to return here. This is how the name of this place became Chandanbadi’.

    Scroll down for Sivasarana Chandra Mouli Stotra.

    Chandanbadi, Pahalgam.jpg Chandanbadi, Pahalgam.

    How To reach Chandanbadi.

    Situated 16-km from Pahalgam, Chandanwari is the starting point of the Amarnath Yatra, which takes place every year in the month of Sawan (Rain). It is famous for snow sledging on a snow bridge.Taxi cabs can be hired from Pahalgam for a roundtrip. The trip takes about four-five hours on a semi-road that has the Lidder river meandering on the one side, and lofty, snow-capped mountains on the other. Some people prefer to do a day hike to Chandanwari.At Chandanwari, the Sheeshnag river is captivating with its sheer force and clear waters. You can get an opportunity to do sledge riding and get up to some heights, upto the fifth point which is also a route that yatris take to reach the Amarnath Cave. “Snow fights” is what people generally indulge in here before they sledge back down. Many prefer to sip a cup of tea of snack at the near by dhabas.Hajan, on the way to Chandanwari is an idyllic spot for a picnic. Filmgoers will recognize it instantly as it has been the location of several movie scenes.”Betaab Valley” is the place where they shot the famous scenes from movie Betaab.

    Chandanwari is also known for its natural attractions. It has some of the best picnic spots and is reachable by road. Mini buses operate from Pahalgam to Chandanwari. The weather can be very unpredictable at the place so do carry some warm clothes and rain coats as well.

    • Special Features : The Pony ride and the Palanquin rides are a must do however, if you do like trekking then a walk to the caves is a must do. The place is also famous for its picnic spots and its natural beauty.
    • Connectivity : The place is connected by road however, to go up to the caves you need to either walk or take a pony ride or a Palanquin ride.
    • Dressing restrictions : Carry something for rain and cold weather as the weather can be very unpredictable at the place.
    • Nuisance : The place is calm and free of irritants
    • Best time to visit : During the summers from the mid April to mid June is good time to visit the place.
    • Entry fee : No entry fee is charged
    • Suggestions : Do be well prepared for the weather changes.

    There is a Temple near Unkal circle and Unkal Lake on Old NH4 between Hubli and Dharwad.

    Chandramouleshwar is a 900-year-old temple from the Badami Chalukyan era. It was built on the lines of Badami, Aihole and Pattadakaltemples, is a Monument of National Importance, and is designated as a Protected Monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites (Act (1958)) by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

    • Unlike other Shiva temples in the North Karnataka region, the Chandramouleshwar Temple has four doors in as many directions, altogether accounting for twelve doors in the temple besides two Shivalingams and two Naandi statutes at the entrance. One of the two lingams is the ‘Chaturmukha Lingam’, a four-faced Shiva lingam, which is the speciality of the temple.

    Chaturlingam

    Four faced Shiiva Linga, Hubli Dharwad.jpg Four Faced Lingam at Unkal, Hubli Dharwar. “Chaturmukhalingam” by Chetuln – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons – https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chaturmukhalingam.JPG#/media/File:Chaturmukhalingam.JPG
    • The temple has sculpted walls and pillars of black granite stones. Images of dancing Lord Ganesha and jaalandhra at are a visual delight.

    Citation.

    http://www.jktourism.org/chandanwari.html

  • Why Moon Is Not Bathed In Earth-shine In Solar Eclipse?

    A solar eclipse is a natural event that takes place on Earth when the Moon moves in its orbit between Earth and the Sun (this is also known as an occultation). It happens at New Moon, when the Sun and Moon are in conjunction with each other. If the Moon was only slightly closer to Earth, and orbited in the same plane and its orbit was circular, we would see eclipses each month. The lunar orbit is elliptical and tilted with respect to Earth’s orbit, so we can only see up to 5 eclipses per year. Depending on the geometry of the Sun, Moon and Earth, the Sun can be totally blocked, or it can be partially blocked.

    Solar Eclipse.Image.jpg
    Solar Eclipse.

    Lunar Eclipse.

    A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes directly behind the Earth into its umbra (shadow). This can occur only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are aligned (in “syzygy”) exactly, or very closely so, with the Earth in the middle. Hence, a lunar eclipse can only occur the night of a full moon. The type and length of an eclipse depend upon the Moon’s location relative to its orbital nodes.

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    On a full moon night you can very clearly see everything. Of course it is not as bright as the sunshine, but everything is very clearly visible. And if you were to view the earth from space on a full moon night it would not be dark. It would be illuminated by the moonshine and all the features of the earth would be clearly visible.

    As there is ‘moonshine’ there must also be ‘earthshine’. Much of the earth is covered by water which is a good reflector of sunlight. In fact the scientists say ‘earthshine’ is much brighter than ‘moonshine’. And according to our understanding the earth is enormous in comparison to the size of the moon. So if the moonshine can completely illuminate this earth on a full moon night then the earthshine can completely illuminate the moon.

    The ‘earthshine’ bombarding the moon at the time of a total solar eclipse would be at least ten times brighter than the moonshine on the earth on a full moon night.

    If Western astronomers are correct the solar eclipse would be the prefect time to see the moon illuminated by earthshine. The shadow created which causes the solar eclipse on earth is, according to NASA, at most 167 miles wide. So if you were sitting on the moon during a solar eclipse you would see an extremely bright earth planet with a dark circle of only 167 miles wide. This is not enough to diminish the earthshine in any significant way. So  even though the sun is behind the moon, the full force of the sunshine is hitting the earth and reflecting off those shiny blue oceans and reflecting off the land also’

    On checking up I found that earth shine is not much and hence not visible.

    Science talks about Albedo and distances, but that does seem to me a lot of suppositions and wishful thinking.

    Earthshine is a soft, faint glow on the shadowed part of the moon caused by the reflection of sunlight from the Earth.

    Specifically, Earthshine happens when the light from the sun is reflected from the Earth’s surface, to the moon, and then back to our eyes. Because of this double reflection of light, Earthshine is many, many times dimmer than the direct light of the sun on the moon. Earthshine is even more faint because the moon’s “albedo” (a specific kind of reflectivity) is less than Earth’s. Even though this dim light is only a reflection it can still illuminate some features of the moon.

    Earthshine can be best seen during the crescent phases (the 1-5 day period before or after a New Moon). During this time the sun is mostly behind the moon from our perspective and bathing the Earth in a lot of direct light that is reflected onto the shadowed parts of the moon.

    Moons orbiting other planets can also experience this phenomenon, generally called “planetshine”

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    Albedo (/ælˈbiːdoʊ/), or reflection coefficient, derived from Latin albedo “whiteness” (or reflected sunlight) in turn from albus “white”, is thediffuse reflectivity or reflecting power of a surface.

    It is the ratio of reflected radiation from the surface to incident radiation upon it. Its dimensionless nature lets it be expressed as a percentage and is measured on a scale from zero for no reflection of a perfectly black surface to 1 for perfect reflection of a white surface.

    Albedo depends on the frequency of the radiation. When quoted unqualified, it usually refers to some appropriate average across the spectrum of visible light. In general, the albedo depends on the directional distribution of incident radiation, except for Lambertian surfaces, which scatter radiation in all directions according to a cosine function and therefore have an albedo that is independent of the incident distribution. In practice, a bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) may be required to accurately characterize the scattering properties of a surface, but albedo is very useful as a first approximation.

    The albedo is an important concept in climatology, astronomy, and calculating reflectivity of surfaces in LEED sustainable-rating systems for buildings. The average overall albedo of Earth, its planetary albedo, is 30 to 35% because of cloud cover, but widely varies locally across the surface because of different geological and environmental features.[1]

    The term was introduced into optics by Johann Heinrich Lambert in his 1760 work Photometria.

    Will some one clarify in simple terms?

    Or is this the same as what Science calls as Axioms, not to be questioned?

    Citation.

    http://space-facts.com/solar-eclipse/

    http://krishna.org/astronomy-debunked-solar-eclipses-are-not-caused-by-the-moon/

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albedo

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  • Narada Mountain In Russia Urals Narodnaya

    I had posted earlier that the Rig Veda was compiled in the Arctic,There was a Kingdom of Women in Russia and Tripura, destroyed by Lord Shiva was in Russia.

     

    Now evidence has surfaced that

    Narodnaya mountains,Ural.image
    Narodnaya mountains,Ural

    “Twenty of the spiral-shaped settlements, believed to be the original home of the Aryan people, have been identified, and there are about 50 more suspected sites. They all lie buried in a region more than 640km long near Russia’s border with Kazakhstan. The cities are thought to have been built 3500-4000 years ago, soon after the Great Pyramid in Egypt. They are about the same size as several of the city states of ancient Greece, which started to come into being in Crete at about the same time.

    Plan of Arkaim.jpg
    Plan of Arkaim, Russia, Shiva’s City? Image credit.http://revelationarchives.blogspot.in/2012/02/arkaim-ancient-aryan-city-and-russian.html

    The shape of each of the cities, which are mainly in the Chelyabinsk district, resembles an ammonite fossil, divided into segments with a spiral street plan. The settlements, which would each have housed about 2000 people — the same as an ancient Greek city such as Mycenae — are all surrounded by a ditch and have a square in the middle.

    The first city, known as Arkaim, was discovered in 1989, soon after the soviet authorities allowed non-military aerial photography for the first time.

    The Russians knew about these settlements for about 20 years.

    This information was revealed by historian Bettany Hughes on the BBC program “Tracking the Aryans”.

    And there is a Mountain named after the Hindu Sage, Narada.

     

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    According to Bulgarian linguist Vladimir Georgiev, geographical names are the most important source for determining how a group of people acquire their ethnicity. This can originate through a process of self-identification or it could be the result of outside identification.

    Georgiev says the most stable – or longstanding – names are that of rivers. “But in order to preserve the names it is necessary to maintain the continuity of the population, transmitting these names from generation to generation. Otherwise, new people may come and give it their own name,” he says.

    Georgiev illustrates that in 1927 a detachment of geologists “discovered” the highest mountain in the Urals. The mountain was called Narada by the local population, and interestingly the ancient Indian epics describe the great sage Narada as living in the north. But since it was the 10thanniversary of the October Revolution, the geologists decided to mark the event and rename the mountain as Narodnoy – or People. And that’s what it is now called in all geographic references and on all maps.”

     

    And,

     

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    In the meanwhile I read a Book where the author, a Scholar in Sanskrit, Tatyana Elizarenkova in her Book ‘Language and Style of the Vedic Rsis’ states that the Rig Veda was written in Russia!

    This is based on the language construction, Grammar and the affinity between Sanskrit and Russian.

    Based on a Study of Indo-European Languages and cross checking with other scholars of the West who knew Sanskrit she seemed to have arrived at the conclusion.” Rig Veda composed in Russia

    and Tripura Rotating City Destroyed by Shiva

     

    Reference and citations.

    Image. Britannica.

    http://in.rbth.com/blogs/2014/11/01/sanskrit_and_russian_ancient_kinship_39451.html

     

    http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.in/2010/10/unearthed-aryan-cities-rewrite-history.html#.VNIVONKUdGR

  • Lalita Shodasi Fiftten Nithya Devis List Explanation

    The Moon is considered as a Devata in Hinduism.

     

    It is reckoned as a Planet in Indian Astrology.

     

    Moon rules the mind and is responsible for the soundness of mind.

    Fifteen Nitya Devis.jpg

     

    If the Moon sign is not favorable, one is assailed by doubts,indecision, confusion ans depression.

     

    Moon waxes and wanes.

     

    From the New Moon day(Amavasya), it waxes.

     

    This period of waxing till the Full Moon (Poornima) is called the Shukla Paksha, Shulka means white.

     

    Waning from the Full Moon to New Moon is Krishna Paksha, Krisha mans black

     

    There are 1 5 Days in between Poornima and Amavasya.

     

    Each day, the Moon’s effulgence(Kala) is ruled by a Devi

     

    They are sixteen .

     

    They Kalas are,

     

    1.Amrita,
    2.Manada,
    3.Poosha,
    4.Tusthi,
    5.Pusthi,
    6.Rati,
    7.Dhruti,
    8.Sasichini,
    9.Chandrika,
    10.Kanta,
    11.Jyostna,
    12.Shree,
    13.Preeti,
    14.Angada,
    15.Poorna and
    16.Poornamruta.

    The sixteenth Kala is invisible.

     

    Each of these Kalas is ruled by a Devi.

     

    These ae Shodasa(16) Nithyas,

     

    1.Maha Tripura Sundari,
    2.Kameswari,
    3.Bhagamalini,
    4.Nityaklinna,
    5.Bherunda,
    6.Vanhivasini,
    7.Maha Vajreswari,
    8.Shivadooti (Roudri),
    9.Twarita,
    10.Kulasundari,
    11.Nitya,
    12.Neelapataka,
    13.Vijaya,
    14.Sarvamangala,
    15.Jwalamalini and
    16.Chidroopa (Chitra).

     

    The first one, Maha Tripura Sundari is the Devi Para Shakti herself, and hence the kala ruled by her is not visible to the normal mortals.

    Sree Lalithambika Temple Complex Hemalapuram Telengana
    Unique Features of the temple

     

    In the Sri Chakra these 15 nityas are present in the innermost circle, and the Devi is in the central Bindu.

     

    These 15 Nityas rule the famous 15 letters Devi mantra known as Panchadasakshari Mantra.

     

    Ka E Aie La Hreem Ha Sa Ka Ha La Hreem Sa Ka La Hreem
    These 15 Nityas in the form of the 15 Tithis (Phases) have two aspects each – Prakashamsa, which rules the day portion of the Tithi, and Vimarshamsa,

    which rules the night part of the Tithi. At night they collect the divine nectar and during the day they release it.
    On Poornima or full moon day all the 15 Nityas are in the moon and the moon is shining brightly. On the 1st Thithi after the Poornima, i.e., Pratipada,

     

    one Nitya leaves the moon and goes to the sun and the moon is reduced slightly in size.

     

    This goes on till New Moon.

     

    After Amavasya they return one by one on each Tithi and the moon starts shining again till its full on the Poornima when the last Nitya returns to it.

     

    This is called Shukla Paksha. Kameswari to Chitra are the Nityas ruling the Krishna Paksha Tithis from Pratipada to Amavasya.

     

    In Shukla Paksha the order of the Nityas is reversed, i.e., Chitra to Kameswari.

     

    The Nitya of the Asthami or 8th Tithi, Twarita, is common and constant to both the Pakshas. Hence she adorns the crown of Devi.

     

    The inner triangle of Sri Chakra is known as the Sarva Siddhiprada Chakra and the Nityas are next only to Tripura Sundari in importance.

     

    Kameswari is Goddess Parvati, Vajreswari is Maha Lakshmi and Bhagamalini is Goddess Saraswati.

     

    One Year has 360 days and 360 nights(720)

     

    There are 720 aspects of Devi in a Year.

     

    Each Devi rules 100 Nadis in our body.

     

    Our Body has 72, 000 Nadis.

     

    The Nityas or Eternities of Lalitha represent the fifteen lunar days or Thithis of the waxing Moon.

     

    Each has her own Yantra, mantra, tantra and Prayogas or ritual applications.

     

    The full circle of the Nithyas also represents the 21,600 breaths a human being takes in a full day and night.

     

    As such, the Nithyas are the Kalachakra, or Wheel of Time.

     

    The 15 Nityas are modifications of Lalita with her three Gunas and her five elements of aether, air, fire, water and earth.

     

    As the moon remains itself, though appearing differently according to phase, so too does Lalita.

    Lalita or Tripurasundari is the 16th day or full moon, with her 15 digits.

     

    Each of the Nityas has a certain number of arms, the totality of arms (= rays) of the whole circle being 108.

    Because any unit of time is taken as a microcosm or parallel of any other valid unit, each of the fifteen Nityas thus has 1,440 breaths.

    This identity between space, time, Tripurasundari and the individual is elaborated at great length in the Tantraraja Tantra.

    The Nityas are the vowels of the Sanskrit alphabet and are identical with both time and space.

    For example, if the number of tattvas or consonants (36) are multiplied by the 16 Nityas the number of letters is 576

    The multiples of this number provide the number of years in the different Yugas. So the circle of the matrikas and the Nityas is identical with the sidereal zodiac as well as mantra.

     

    This is the primary reason why Poornima Pooja is performed for Devi.

     

    Pooja performed on a Full Moon Day will yield  thousand fold effects.

     

    Citation.

    http://www.astrojyoti.com/lunarphasesandthenityadevis.htm

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  • Ganesha Pierces Moon

    Once Ganesha had his belly full of Modaka and mounted His Mount,Mouse.

     

    His stomach was so full of Modakas , his belly burst open and the Modakas spilled out.

     

    Ganesha with Modaka..jpg
    Ganesha with Modaka.Image credit. http://a2zvegetariancuisine.blogspot.in/2009/08/churma-ladoo-for-ganesha-healthy-whole.html

     

    He jumped down from His Mount, collected the Modakas and climbed back to His mount.

     

    Moon, on seeing this , laughed at Ganesha.

     

    Angry at being ridiculed, Ganesha plucked out His Tusk, pierced the Moon causing Moon to lose its brightness.

     

    Later at the request of th Devas He restored Moon to its early splendour with the condition that the Moon shall wax for Fifteen days and wane for fifteen days.

     

    There is another version which says that Lord Shiva took Moon and kept Moon on His head after informing Ganesha and Moon was back with waxing and waning.

     

    References.

     

    Brahmanda, Brahma Vaivartha Purana.

     

    Mudugale Upa Purana

     

     

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