2.Mahabali who was slain by Lord Vishnu in the Avatar of Vamana/Trivikrama.
3.Vyasa-who compiled the Vedas and wrote the Mahabharata,some consider him as an avatar of Vishnu, though his name does appear in the ten Avatars of Vishnu.
4.Hanuman-Disciple and devotee of Rama .
5.Vibheeshana-Brother of Ravana, who defected to Lord Rama.
6.Kripa-military guru of the princes in the Mahabharata.
7.Parashurama-Avatar of Vishnu.
The common criteria for all the immortals is Bhakthi, surrender to God.
All of them are the devotees of Lord Vishnu, except Parashurama, who was a devotee of Lord Shiva.
For Aswathama, Immortality has been granted as a Curse.
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In addition to this there are eight more Immortals.
They are,
Jambavan, Markandeya, Devapi, Maru, Saptarishis, Bhusunda (Crow),Banasur(son of King Bali) by Boon of Shiva, and Udal.
Of these eight Chiranjeevis, Udal seems to be an interpolation after 13th Century.
“Udal (full name Udai Singh) was a Rajput general in the army of Chandel King Maharaj Parimard Dev Burman (also known as Parmal or Parimal) of Mahoba in 12th-13th century AD. He was younger brother of Alha. Parmal raised Udal as his own son, since he was born after the death of his father Dassraj, who – a general himself – was killed in the service of Parmal(wiki)
The common legend I have been aware that Lord Ganesha broke hos tusk to write the Mahabharata at the bidding of Veda Vyasa.
There is another legend in Mudugala Purana.
Parashuarama is a Chiranjeevi, who lives forever, went to meet Lord Shiva , His Teacher in the Himalayas and was blocked by Ganesha who was guarding Kailasa.
Angry Parsashurama threw his axe at Ganapati and it broke His left Tusk.
Ganesha accepted this without making effort to stop it as the Axe was given to Parashurama by His father Shiva .
Furious Parvati, hurt at Ganesha being hurt,declared she would cut off the arms of Parashurama.
She took the form of Durga, becoming omnipotent, but at the last moment, Shiva was able to pacify her by making her see the avatar as her own son.
Ganesha without one tusk is considered as His second avatar by some.
Ganesha Gayatri gives importance to this aspect of single Tusk
‘Ekadanthaaya Vidhmahe Vakra Dhundaaya Dheemahi,
Thanno Danthi Prachothayaath’
Source.Mudugala Purana,which is classified as a Upapurana.
As the water level was low, he built a reservoir by holding down the water with his 1000 arms.
Unaware of this Ravana, who happened to be there a Lingam in the dried up area downstream and started praying .
As playtime was over, Karthaviryarjuna removed his hands of the water body and the dammed up water overflowed and sunk the Linga,
Furious Ravana picked up a fight with Karthaviryarjuna.
Ravana was defeated.
The mighty Sahasrarjuna with the 1000 arms pinned Ravana to the ground. Then he placed 10 lamps on his heads and one on his hand. After tying up Ravana, Sahasrarjuna dragged him home and tied him up to the cradle pole of his son. A humiliated Ravana stayed prisoner until his release was secured.
Even today, the Sahasrarjun temple at Maheshwar lights 11 lamps in memory of the event.
Festivals.
Maheshwar is full of festivals and celebrations, some are: Nag Panchami, Gudi Padava, Teez (New year celebrations according to the Hindu calendar), All Mondays of Shravan month, (DOLA of Kashivishwnath on last Monday, bhang is served as prasad of Shiva), Mahashivratri, Samoti Amavas, and all other Indian festivals. There are many visiting places like gold swing is also their and it is situated at Rajwada. Maheshwar also has the temple of Goddess Vindhyavasini Bhavani, one of the 24Shaktipeeths of Goddess Parvati.
Every year on the immediately preceding Sunday of Makar Sankranti (i.e. the Sunday just before the date when the Sun is about to enter the sign of Capricorn as per Indian Astrological / Sidereal calendar), Swaadhyaaya Bhavan Ashram (based at Mahalaxmi Nagar, Maheshwar) organizes Mahaamrityunjaya Rath Yaatraa in the town of Maheshwar. This Mahaamrityunjaya Rath Yaatraa was initiated by Shri Harvilas Aasopaa for the welfare of humanity, and is known to be the first of its kind in the world. The yaatraa intends to invoke blessings of Ayurved Murti Bhagwaan Sadaashiv Mahaamrityunjaya (who is regarded as the primordial and supreme doctor), and it starts from Swaadhyaaya Bhawan Ashram and culminates at the banks of the holy river Narmada.
By Air: The nearest airport is at Indore; located about 91 km from Maheshwar. The airport is well connected by flightsto cities like Mumbai, Delhi and Bhopal. From the airport, visitors can hire a taxi to reach Maheshwar.
By Rail: The nearest railhead is at Barwaha; located about 39 km from Maheshwar. Indore is the nearest major railhead. Trains from Mumbai, Delhi, Bhopal and many other Indian cities halt at the station. From the station, visitors can hire taxi for Maheshwar.
By Road: Maheswar can be reached easily by road. Several state-run buses do ply regularly from Indore, Bhopal, Khandwa, Dhar, Dhamnod and many other cities of Madhya Pradesh.
Proper signboards are available from the N.H.47 to the temple. Since the temple is very renowned, accessibility to the temple may not be a problem for the devotees.
Various cabs and auto rickshaws are available near the Haripad bus station and Railway station to reach Mannarassala at nominal fare.
Since located near the highway almost equidistant between the cities of Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi (approx.113 kms and 103 kms respectively), it is easy to reach Haripad via bus and train.
Mannarasala Sree Nagaraja Temple is a very ancient pilgrimage for the devotees of serpent gods (Nagaraja).
The famous Nagaraja temple “Mannarasala” is nestled in the forest (groove).The grove is spotted with the granite idols of serpents.
There are 2 main idols: ‘Nagaraja’ or the serpent king and his consort, Sarpayakshini. Mannarasala Temple has over 30,000 images of snakes along the paths and among the trees, and is the largest such temple in Kerala. A special turmeric paste which is available at the temple is credited with curative powers.
The story on the evolution of Mannarasala as one of the foremost places of worship of the Serpent Gods is associated with Lord Parashurama who is widely believed to be the creator of Kerala.
Main offerings:
For wealth and prosperity: A pot filled with gold or a gold pot filled with other things.
For education, prosperity and fame: Silk grains, divine ornaments.
For recovering health: Salt
For protection from poison: Turmeric
For curing diseases: Pepper, mustard, green peas etc.
For protection from damage: Serpent cave made of gold etc., images of serpents’ eggs, tree, earth etc.,
For long life: Melted butter (ghee)
For getting whatever one wants: Milk, ripe kadalai fruit, nilavarapayasam.
For having child: A vessel named Uruli made of brass, bronze etc. for performing ‘Nurum Palum’.
Offerings- details
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** It is mandatory to produce ‘prashnacharthu’ (directions from experts) for performing the Nurum Palum for sarppahimsa and eliminating sarppasthanam.
It is mandatory to book in advance for the offerings with the star mark *.
It is advised to source pooja materials like salt, turmeric, puttu (abode of serpents), Sarppavigraham, Uruli etc. from the outlet of Devaswom.
Sarppavigraham, Mutta ( egg), Puttu etc. should be made only of any four metals like Gold, Silver, Iron or brass
D.D./ or Money Order should for any offering should be addressed as –
THE MANAGER
Mannarassala Temple
Mannarassala P.O.
Harippad,
Kerala
India
Pin : 690550.
If my memory is correct, this is the only Avatar where one Avatar of Vishnu met another.
Parashurama met Lord Rama, who is also an Avatar of Vishnu met Ram after His marriage with Sita, while he was on His way to Ayodhya.
Parashurama.
Parashurama was a Man who vowed to wipe out Kshatriyas for 21 Generations for Karthaviryaarjuna, a Kshatriya having killed His father Jamadagni.
He was more angry at Rama for Rama had broken the Bow, Shiva Dhanus at Sita’s Swayamwar, which was given by Him to Janaka, Foster Father of Sita.
He challenged Ram and Ram strung the Bow and asked Parashuram as to what would be the Target he would assign for The Arrow.
Ram reminded Parashurama that He would not kill a Brahmin and as Parashurama had already donated the Kingdoms won by
Him to Sage Kashyapa, He could not offer any land.
Parashurma asked Ram to aim at the results of His Good actions,Punya.
Ram did so.
Then Parashurama prays to the Lord of the Ocean, Varuna/Samudra Raja to provide Him land for Him to Live.
Varuna asked Him to throw His Axe into the Ocean and that Varuna would make the Ocean to recede and Parashurama can live in the Land thus
created.
Parashurama threw His Axe and the Land between Gokarn (now in North Karnataka) and the coastal belt of land up to Kanyakumari, now called Kerala.
The original name of Kerala is Parashurama Kshetra.
Parashrama settled here and He built 64 Villages.
32 are now in Karnataka, rest in Kerala.
Parasurama had consecrated 108 Shiva temples and 108 Durga temples .
Among these 216 temples, the Lord Shiva of Gokarnam Mahabaleswara Temple in the north and Goddess Kumari of Kanyakumari temple in the south were considered as the protectors of Kerala.
The first Shivalaya created by Parasurama was the Thrissivaperoor Vadakkunnatha Temple and the last one was the Thrikkariyoor Mahadeva Temple.
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