Tara Tarini Temple

Maa Tara Tarini Temple is located at top of Kumari hill on the bank of the river Rushikulya. It is just 7 km away from Purushottampur and 30km away from Berhampur. Maa Tara Tarini temple is known as one of the four Adi Shakti Peethas like Bimala (Pada Khanda, Inside Puri Jagannatha Temple), Tara Tarini (Stana Khanda, Breasts, Near Berhampur, Orissa), Kamakshi (Yoni Khanda, Near Guwahati, Assam) and Dakhina Kalika (Mukha Khanda, Kalighat, West Bengal) originated from the limbs of the Corpse of Mata Sati.

Every Tuesday of Chaitra month ( lunar calendar ) is considered to be scared and heavy rush will be there for darshan of goddess Tara Tarini. These months falls in the March / April months of English Calendar.

Tara Tarini temple is considered as one of the most revered Shakti Peethas & Tantra Peethas and major pilgrimage centres of Hinduism. The Goddess Tara and Tarini has been the presiding deity in every house of South Odisha, a statue with gold and silver ornaments. Two brass heads are placed between the idols of Goddess Tara and Tarini representing as their living image. Both the dieties are about 10 feet high made up of stones, ornamented with gold and silver which looks like human faces represents goddess Tara and Tarini.

Legend:

The mythology says that Lord Shiva had a dance of destruction (Rudra Tandava) carrying half burnt body of goddess Sati after goddess Sati’s self-immolation. To stop the dance of destruction performed by Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu threw his Chakra (Sudharshan Chakra) on Goddess Sati’s body which dismembered her body into 52 parts. Each body part or ornament of Goddess Sati that fell on different places of the earth, and is the places where the Adi Shakti temples are built. It is believed that the breast of Goddess Sati fell at the Kumari hills where the Tara Tarini Peetha is situated.

On Tuesday, the shrine remains open for the Darshan of the deities from 1.00 AM (mid-night on Monday) till 11 PM (of Tuesday). During that period, Pahada (daytime rest) of the deities is confined to night-time only. Special Khechedi Bhogh is offered to the devotees during Chaitra Parbha.

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भगवान जगन्नाथ बीमार हो गए है

पूर्णिमा के अवसर पर भगवान जगन्नाथ जी को स्नान कराया गया। जिसके बाद भगवान जगन्नाथ जी बीमार पड़ गए अौर अब वे 15 दिनों तक आराम करेंगे। ज्येष्ठ महीने की पूर्णिमा को भगवान जगन्नाथ को स्नान कराया जाता है। जिसके बाद वे बीमार पड़ जाते हैं अौर 15 दिनों के लिए मंदिरों के कपाट बंद कर दिए जाते हैं। इन दिनों उनकी सेवा की जाती है ताकि वे शीघ्र ठीक हो जाएं। भगवान के ठीक होने पर उस दिन जगन्नाथ यात्रा निकलती है।

भगवान भक्तों द्वारा करवाए स्नान के बाद अर्द्धरात्रि को बीमार होते हैं। इस दौरान भगवान जगन्नाथ जी को आयुर्वेदिक काढ़े का भोग लगाया जाता है। मनुष्य पर लागू होने वाले सारे नियम भगवान पर भी लागू होते हैं। जिसके कारण वे बीमार होते हैं। 15 दिनों तक मंदिर में कोई भी घंटे नहीं बजते अौर न ही अन्न का भोग लगता है। इस दौरान भगवान को केवल आयुर्वेदिक काढ़ा अौर फलों का रस दिया जाता है। जगन्नाथ धाम में भगवान की बीमारी की जांच के लिए प्रतिदिन वैद्य आते हैं। दिन में दो बार आरती होती है लेकिन इससे पहले भगवान को काढ़े का भोग लगाया जाता है। इसके अतिरिक्त भगवान को प्रतिदिन शीतल लेप भी लगाया जाता है। भगवान जगन्नाथ को रात में सोने से पूर्व मीठा दूध भी अर्पित किया जाता है।

भगवान जगन्नाथ 24 जून को पूरी तरह स्वस्थ हो जाएंगे अौर मंदिरों के कपाट खोल दिए जाएंगे। इसके साथ ही भगवान के नव जोबन रूप के दर्शन श्रद्घालुओं को होंगे। भगवान को विशेष भोग प्रसाद चढ़ाया जाएगा। भगवान स्वस्थ होने के बाद 25 जून को अपने श्रद्घालुओं को दर्शन देने मंदिर से निकलेंगे। इसके लिए भगवान की गुंडिचा यात्रा निकाली जाएगी। वे अपनी बहन सुभद्रा व भाई बलभद्र के साथ अपने भक्तों को दर्शन देते हुए मौसी मां के घर जाएंगे। वहां वे 9 दिन रहेंगे। मौसी मां के घर उनके मनोरंजन के साथ ही विभिन्न धार्मिक और सांस्कृतिक कार्यक्रम होंगे। 3 जुलाई को भगवान की घर वापसी होगी, जिसे बहुणा यात्रा कहते है। भगवान रुठी हुई माता लक्ष्मी को मनाते हुए अपने घर वापसी करेंगे। मंदिर में उन्हें विधिपूर्वक स्थापित किया जाएगा। इसके बाद फिर से भगवान का दरबार भक्तों के लिए खुल जाएगा। भगवान मंदिर से साल में सिर्फ एक बार बाहर निकलते हैं। 

Thiruppampuram Rahu Kethu Temple

Thiruppampuram is situated in the parkway of Kumbakonam close to Karkaththi town. Karkaththi is situated in the middle of Kumbakonam and Peralam.

Thirupampuram is a temple where all kinds of Naga (Snake) Doshas are cured. This temple cures all Doshas that are created by Raghu & Kedhu. Naga King Aadhiseshan worshipped at this temple so this place is called as Thirupampuram. Thirunageswaram, Kalahasthi and “Keezha perumpallam” are the other three main Naga Dosha Parihara temples. Devotees worshipping at Thirupampuram will get a benefit of worshipping the above mentioned three Naga temples. At this temple Raghu & Kedhu were appearing in a single body. All the three important Shaivite sages Appar, Sampanthar, Sundarar sung about this temple. Mythological belief is, God is living in the form of snakes. Snakes used to visit this temple regularly and they don’t byte the devotees here. Devotees have witnessed many times the snakes visit the temples and removed their skins as a garland to Shiva and Parvathi. If the devotees have Kala Sarpa Dosha or if they are in 18 years of Raghu or in 7 years of Kedhu they should visit this temple. If they have some other Doshas like “Kalathira Dosha”, or obstacles in marriage or obstacles in having child or repeatedly they see snakes in their dreams they should visit this temple and perform pariharas as per pujari suggest here will help the devotees.

Aadhiseshan to worship the lord Shiva created a tank along with the help of Chitramala Ganesha which is called as Chitrambala Theertham. There are 15 stone scripts that are talking about this temple tank alone. Those are from the periods of Raja Raja Chola, Rajendra Chola. Thiribhuvana Veera Devan, Kulonthunga Chola III, Sundara Pandian and Saraboji Kings.

As per the stone scripts the Lord here is called as Pampuram Udayar, Ganesha is called as Raja Raja Pillayar, and Devi is called as Mamalayatti. During the King Raja Raja Chola’s period 2nd Prahara of the temple has been constructed and lands have been provided to maintain this temple. Vasantha Hall was constructed during the Saraboji Kings of Tanjore.

History:

Once Lord Vinayagar was offering prayers to Lord Shiva . At that time the serpent in the neck of the Lord thought that he too is worshipped by  Vinayagar . Knowing this Lord Shiva got angry and cursed the serpents to lose all their shakti. In order to retrieve it Aadiseshan and other serpents came to earth all the main Naga Kings worshipped first at “Kumbakonam Nageswarar”, “Thirunageswaram Naganathar”, “Thirupampuram Pampura Nathar” and then “Nagore Naga Nathar” on Shiva Rathri day and got rid of their curses.

who worshipped here : Anandhan, Vasuki, Datchan, Karkodagan, Sanga balan, Kuligan, padman, Maha padman are the main eight Naga’s and the Naga King Aadhiseshan.

Kalasarpa Dosha Nivarana Pooja:

Some people may be under Kalasarpa dosha hosroscopes, that is the serpent planets Rahu and Ketu shall be at two ends between which other planets would be caught. In some cases, the entire period of 18 years Rahu main period will run. There are also cases where Rahu or Ketu would be occupying the second house in the horoscopes. In some cases they will be in the eight house from the Lagna or ascendant house and running through the Rahu or Ketu sub-period under any main period. There are also horoscopes with Kalathra dosha (that will affect the longevity of the spouse) combined with problems in marriage and snakes appearing in dreams. Some would have killed a snake intentionally or unintentionally. Some may be facing debt burdens. Those facing any or such problems in life due to the placement of the snake planets and/or under their main ruling or sub-ruling time, have to come to this temple seeking relief through prescribed prayer procedures.

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Bhadra Maruti Temple

Bhadra Maruti Temple is famous temple dedicated to Lord Hanuman ji in Khuldabad village, Aurangabad district near Ellora Caves (4 kms). This is the rare temples where idol of Lord Hanuman is portrayed in a sleeping posture. It is one among the three temples where the idol of Lord Hanuman is found in sleeping posture; the other two temples are located in Allahabad and Madhya Pradesh.

History:

There are several stories attached to the temple. One legend states that during the era of Ramayana when Lord Hanuman set to get Sanjeevani booti for Lakshmana, this is the place where he rested for some time and graced it with his presence. This is the reason why the idol in the temple is in a reclining position.

Another legend, It is said that the ruler of the region Bhadrasena, a devotee of Sri Rama, used to sing songs in praise of the Lord Rama. These songs attracted the attention of Hanuman, who came here and on the request of the king, resided in the temple for devotees.

Yatra yatra raghunatha keerthanam, thathra thathra krithamstha kanchalim. No wonder that Sri Hanumanji – a pure Rambakth - was attracted by the sweet and melodious voice with which King Bhadrasena was singing in praise of Sri Rama. He followed the voice and descended on Bhadravati kshetra. He found Sri Bhadrasena singing those melodies, out of devotion from the bottom of his heart. Sri Hanuman was absolutely thrilled by the song, and was wonder struck at the Rama bhakti of the singer. The singing had its effect on the entire region. The birds will stop flying and listen to the mesmerising songs. The branches of trees will not move and will also listen to the song. As Sri Maruti was listening to the song for a long time, he without his knowledge took a reclining posture called ‘BhAvasamadhi’ [BhAvasamadhi is a yogic posture]. When Rajarishi Bhadrasena slowly came out of the trance –during which he was one with Sri Rama - he realised that Sri Hanuman was near him in ‘BhAvaSamadhi’. Rajarishi Bhadrasena was taken a back when he saw Sri Maruti in close quarters. He fell at the feet of the Lord Maruti with all reverence, he asked him to bless the site with his presence. Sri Hanumanji blessed the Rajarishi Bhadrasena and as per the wishes of Raja the Lord Sri Hanumanji even today is seen in ‘BhAvaSamadhi’ blessing the devotees with all Mangalam.

The temple is constructed with white marble and the idol of the sleeping Hanuman is placed in the centre. There are special offerings done at the Bhadra Maruti Temple on Saturdays. A Bhadra Maruti Pond is also situated near the temple.

Every year the holy site is flocked by a number of Hanuman devotees from all across the country majorly during Ram Navmi and Hanuman Jayanti.

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