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My today’s blog is on my visit to one of the most iconic temples in India, one of the 12 jyotirling, Trimbakeshwar, Nashik, Maharashtra.
I know not all people love to read the blogs on the sacred places in India, but I always thought of writing something on this topic as India has a very rich and cultural heritage. The architecture of these iconic temples depicts us that India too had great sense of architectural as well as engineering knowledge since inception. Talking about the Trimbakeshwar Temple, it is located in the town of Trimbak in the Nashik district.
Distance from Nashik Station : 37 kms.
Distance from Nashik Bus Depot: 34 kms.
You can reach there via sharing Auto Rickshaw.
The Temple building work was started in the year of 1755 by Peshwa Balaji Bajirao, the son of Peshwa Bajirao Ballal (Recently a Bollywood movie was made on Peshwa Bajirao Ballal, named Bajirao Mastani) and it was carved out of black stones. Every miniature on the temple’s building is worth appreciating( I’ve shared the pics below). The story behind Jyotirlingas: Talking about the Jyotirling, it is believed that once Brahma (the Hindu God of creation) and Vishnu (the Hindu God of preservation) had an argument in terms of supremacy of creation. To test them, Shiva pierced the three worlds as a huge endless pillar of light, the jyotirlinga. Vishnu and Brahma split their ways to downwards and upwards respectively to find the end of the light in either direction. Brahma lied that he found out the end, while Vishnu conceded his defeat. Lord Shiva appeared as the second pillar of light and cursed Brahma that he would have no place in ceremonies while Vishnu would be worshipped till the end of eternity. That is the only reason why Hindus do not include Brahma, the creator in their religious ceremonies and there is no temple of Brahma, the creator in the whole country, except in Pushkar, Rajasthan. The story behind Trimbakeshwar Jyotirlinga, Nashik, Maharashtra:
The Trimbakeshwar temple, is located between three hills namely Brahmagiri, Nilagiri and Kalagiri. The temple has three lingams (an iconic form of Shiv) representing Shiv, Vishnu and Brahma. This is the only temple among the other Jyotirlingas to have three lingams.
Due to the excessive use of water, which comes from the ground, the linga has started to erode. It is said that this erosion symbolizes the eroding nature of human society. The Lingas are covered by a jeweled crown which is placed over the Gold Mask of Tridev (Brahma Vishnu Mahesh). The crown is said to be from the age of Pandavs and consists of diamonds, emeralds, and many precious stones. The crown is displayed every Monday from 4-5 pm (You definitely should not miss this ceremony). P.S.: If you’re hungry after visiting the temple, you might visit the famous Misal House in Nashik, Sadhana-Chulivarchi Misal. Sharing the pictures of the same. Thank you so much for reading, I hope you’ve learnt something new from my blog. So keep reading, keep sharing and follow me for more such posts.
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