Spread the loveKasi Viswanathar Temple, Kumbakonam is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, located in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India. Here, Lord Shiva is worshipped as Kasi Viswanathar, and His consort Parvati is depicted as Visalakshi. The presiding deity is revered in the 7th-century Tamil Saiva canonical work, the Tevaram, written by Tamil saint poets…
Spread the loveMahabaleshwar Temple: Mahabaleshwar Temple is a highly revered Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, located in the Satara district of Maharashtra, India. It is one of the most popular pilgrimage sites in the state, and is believed to be more than 1200 years old and its ancient swayambhu (self-originated) Shiva lingam. Mahabaleshwar Temple…
Spread the loveThe Panch Kedar Yatra is a pilgrimage to five Shiva temples in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand, India. The temples are Kedarnath, Tungnath, Rudranath, Madhyamaheshwar, and Kalpeshwar. The yatra is considered to be one of the most challenging and rewarding pilgrimages in Hinduism. History of Panch Kedar Yatra: The history of the Panch…
Spread the loveKalpeshwar Temple (Sanskrit: कल्पेश्वर) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, India. It is situated at an elevation of 2,134 meters (7,001 feet) above sea level in the Urgam valley, about 30 kilometers from Joshimath. Kalpeshwar is one of the five Panch Kedar temples, the most…
Spread the loveRudranath Temple is one of the five Panch Kedar temples in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand, India. It is dedicated to Lord Shiva, who is worshipped in the form of his face (Ekanan). The temple is situated at an altitude of 3,550 meters above sea level, surrounded by dense forests of rhododendron dwarfs…
Spread the loveTungnath Temple, dedicated to Lord Shiva, is the highest Shiva temple in the world and the highest of the five Panch Kedar temples. It is located in the Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand, India at an altitude of 3,680 meters (12,106 feet). The trek to Tungnath Temple is a challenging one, but the views…
Spread the loveMadmaheshwar Temple (मध्यमहेश्वर) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, located in Gaundar, a village in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand, India. Situated at an elevation of 3,497 m (11,473.1 ft), it is one of the Panch Kedar pilgrimage circuits, comprising five Shiva temples in the Garhwal region. The other temples in…
Spread the loveThe Ananthagiri Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu, located in the Ananthagiri Hills of Vikarabad district, Telangana, India. It is one of the most important pilgrimage sites in Telangana, and is also a popular tourist destination. What is the history of Anantha Padmanabha Swamy Temple Vikarabad? The history of the…
Spread the loveShivoham Shiva Temple is located in Old Airport Road, Karnataka, and is one of the India’s most iconized landmarks of spiritual history. Having a statue so tall for Lord Shiva, soothing ambiance, deep spiritualism, and this temple became a place not only for devotees to visit but also for sightseers. It blends architectural…
