Fwd: Some temples in Maharashtra

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A freind of mine happened to visit some ancient

shrines with his family in Maharashtra and sent me a

brief account of his trip.

 

I am forwarding it here as it might be of interest to

people.

 

sa.

 

 

[edited for relevancy]

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> Mon, 21 Nov 2005 07:52:52 +0000

> Last month ie., on deepavali i went on pilgrimage to

> Nashik and

> Trayambakeshwar. From there i proceeded to Wani, a

> place which is 60 kms

> away from Nashik. One has to climb seven hills like

> Tirupathi (bus facility

> is available). And on the top of the seventh hill,

> there is an ancient

> temple dedicated to Ashtadasha Bhuji (18 handed)

> Maha Chandi (Sapthashringi

> Devi) consecrated by Markandeya muni. I had the

> fortune of having the

> darshan of sapthashringi devi. It is the same devi

> which has been described

> in Devi Sapthashathi (Madhyama Charitra) having

> taken the form of

> Mahalakshmi. It is in this place, King Suratha &

> Merchant Samadhi met Medha

> Rishi and performed Tapas. The dhyana sloka of

> mahalakshmi (Akshasrak

> parashum gadeshu kulisham........... Mahalakshmeem

> Sarojasthitham) in

> Sapthashathi exactly matches with the Sapthashringi

> devi along with the

> weapons she was holding. You can also visit the

> site nashik.com and search

> for sapthashringi devi for her picture.

>

> Tears trickled down my eyes at the sight of the

> devi. I medidated there for

> an hour. It was a beautiful experience. Daily

> chandi parayana & homa is

> performed to devi. There is a beatiful temple of

> dattatreya and Markandeya

> and from here the belt of sahyadri hills start. And

> there is a samadhi

> dedicated to Yogi Matsyendranath who was a adi guru

> of Nath cult.

>

>

> Out of three and half shaktha peetas in

> Maharashtra, this is the last

> peeta. Other three peetas are Mahurgadh (Eka veera

> or Renuka), Tuljapur

> (Bhavani), Kolhapur (Mahalakshmi). And the last one

> is Sapthashringi

> (Chandi). In microcosm, this three and half shaktha

> peetas are in Muladhara

> chakra in the form of serpant coiled with 3 and half

> inches. The last one

> is ardha matra which is in the form of Sapthasringi

> devi.

>

> It was really soul stirring experience.

 

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