Kali-kshetra Kalighat is a shakti peeth one among the 51 sites where the divine body of shiva's wife Sati fell , after being cut to pieces by vishnu's sudarshana chakra . the fingers of left foot fell at this place , which is presently located in the city of Kolkata ( Calcutta ) . Devi reside here with her Bhairav Nakuleshwar , in the form of Dakhshinakalika . The ancient temple has been built and rebuilt many times , the latest one being the construction of savarna chowdhurys of barisha . About three hundread years ago this area was frequented by dacoits and tantriks and incidents of human sacrifice was common . The site has been visited by numerous saints and imminent personalities like swami vivekananda , Ramakrishna Paramahamsa , S ri Aurobindo and Sister Nivedita . Maa's luminous presence continues to draw heavy devotees all year round ...
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Bahai Lotus Temple - National Capital Territory of Delhi, India
Bahai Lotus Temple National Capital Territory Of Delhi Travel blogs from Bahai Lotus Temple: Back in the car once again, this time rushing off to the Bahai Lotus temple - it was closed, but nighttime is a great time to go as the whole place is floodlight and it looks fantastic ..." - "... I met my new driver - Krishna and we went to the Bahai Lotus Temple which was lovely and also saw the Red Fort before taking dinner at his house cooked by a women who he would like to be ..." - "... We went to the Bahai lotus temple and the Indialn equivalent of the leaning tower of Pisa-how dd they thousands of years ago construct such monuments? The evening meal of ..." - "... Spent the rest of the afternoon at the Bahai Lotus temple before we met up with our mate Nitin, who Joan used to work with, in New Delhi ..." - "... We saw the India gate WW2 memorial, a huge mosque in old Delhi, a wonderful Hindu temple, the Bahai Lotus Temple, shopping in Connaught Place and some great curry restaurants ..."
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The Swaminarayan temple (Rajkot - Gujarat - India)
(EN) Rajkot is the 4th largest city in the state of Gujarat, India. Rajkot is the 28th urban agglomeration in India, with a population more than 1.43 million as on 2008.Rajkot is ranked 22nd in The world's fastest growing cities and urban areas from 2006 to 2020. Rajkot is a city of Gujarat state in India and administrative headquarters of the Rajkot District, located on the banks of the Aji River and Niari River. Rajkot was the capital of the then Saurashtra state from 15 April 1948 to 31 October 1956 before merging in bilingual Bombay State on 1 November 1956. Rajkot was merged into Gujarat State from bilingual Bombay state on May 1, 1960. Swaminarayan, the founder of the Swaminarayan Sampraday, established temples, known as mandirs , as part of his philosophy of theism and deity worship. These mandirs are known as Swaminarayan temples. He constructed nine temples in the following cities; Ahmedabad, Bhuj, Muli, Vadtal, Junagadh, Dholera, Dholka, Gadhpur & Jetalpur. In these temples he installed images of various Hindu gods, such as NarNarayan Dev, LaxmiNarayan Dev, RadhaKrishna Dev, RadhaRaman Dev, Revti-Baldevji, Madan Mohan Dev etc. Each of these nine original temples fall either under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi, Ahmedabad or the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi, Vadtal depending on their geographical location. One of the most prominent features of the heritage of Swaminarayan is temple architecture. The images in the temples built by Swaminarayan are the evidence of the priority of Krishna. All of the temples constructed during his life show some form of Krishna, and all temples since have such worshipable murtis. In the temples of the dioceses of Ahmedabad and Vadtal, they are predominantly a central altar or a shrine. Human forms are predominant for an known exception of a Hanuman temple at Sarangpur, where Hanuman is the central figure.The temples have accommodations for sadhus built next to them. Stones were quarried in far places and carried to the temple sites. Swaminarayan temples, like other Hindu temples, have walkways around the central shrine to allow worshipers to circumambulate the shrine. These are often decorated with designs and inlaid marble. The main shrine area is divided by railings. One side of the railing is reserved for women, as Swaminarayan propagated that men and women should be separated in temples to allow full concentration on god. Men do a specified number of prostrations (as decided by themselves). In front of the men's section, there is a small section reserved for ascetics and special guests. There is great variety in form and nature of the central images, in front of which are gold- or silver-plated doors that open during darshan. Today there are over a thousand Swaminarayan temples, spread across five continents, which come under the above two Gadis (seats) of the Swaminarayan Sampraday.
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