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Temple
of bRHmaa-DEv
in Pushkar,
Rajasthan, India
THE ONLY ONE TEMPLE IN
THE WORLD OF
bRHmaa-DEv
GETS NATIONAL MONUMENT STATUS IN INDIA
From
India Monitor
&
Temples in India
:
Monday, May 09, 2005,Ajmer, Rajasthan, India:
The famous bRH`maa-DEv
temple in Pushkar, a Hindu pilgrimage
town near Ajmer in Rajasthan, has been declared a protected monument of
national importance in India. Ajmer is about 450 km south-west of New
Delhi.
The only temple in the world dedicated to grandfather of
all creations, pRjaapti bRHmaa, was notified a protected monument
through a Government of India Gazette notification.
This is the only standing temple in India dedicated to bRH`maa-DEv,
the creator of the universe. The structure around the temple was built in
the 14th century and stands on a high platform near Pushkar lake. Marble
steps lead up to the temple where a silver turtle lies embossed in the floor
facing the sanctorum. The marble floor around the turtle is littered with
hundreds of silver coins embedded in the floor, and so are the walls of the
temple. Images of the peacock, the vehicle of
bRH`maa’s consort srs`vti-DEvii,
adorn the temple walls. bRH`maa
here is shown in a life-size form with four hands and four faces, facing
four different directions. A HNs
(goose, the official carrier of bRH`maa
spans the gateway to the temple which is crowned with a red spire. A small
statue of the milk gaayTRii-DEvii
near bRH`maa’s idol is called
chaumuARti. Steps within the silver-doored
sanctuary lead down into a small cave which is a temple of
shiv-DEv.
bRH`maa-DEv
is one of the Holy Trinity in Hinduism ,which is the current
name for vEDik lifestyle,
sharing the honour with
viSH`ANu, the sustainer of all
creations and preserver of DHARm
and
shiv the power which helps in
creation and sustenance activities and provides the power to re-absorb the
entire creations at the end of every klp creation cycle of 4.32 billion
years..
Although a very large number of temples can be found all
over India dedicated to
viSH`ANu and
shiv, there are very few temples for
bRH`maa, this being one of the holiest one.
bRH`maa-DEv is one of the three primary trinity of the
manifested bRH`m's shktio. The other two of the trinity are
viSH`ANu-DEv and
shiv-DEv.
Pushkar town is also famous for its annual livestock fair.
A large number of devotees throng the temple to pay obeisance round the
year.
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BACKGROUNDER ON
bRHmaa-DEv
At the start of each klp
(veDik time span of
4.32 billion years) of each eternal creation cycle,
bRH`maa-DEv is self-born out of the
lotus in the navel of creator bRH`m
who manifests as a child in form of self-born
mHaa-viSH`ANu resting on a fig leaf on the waters of
the deluge that absorbed the entire creation into
bRH`maa-DEv at the end of the
bRH`maa-day of the previous klp cycle.
bRHmaa-DEv upon
self birth asks the 3 famous questions:
"WHO AM I?
"WHERE AM I?
"WHAT AM I TO DO?
And a divine voice was tells him that he is
bRH`maa and is in a
bRHmaaND (universe) to create all
creations as per creator bRH`m's
iCH`CHaa (wish)
which is TO BE MANY. This
iCH`CHaa is composed of bRH`m's
st`y-kaamnaa (desire based on
TRUTH) and st`y-sNkl`pnaa
(imagination based on TRUTH) to provide welfare to all the creations.
And bRH`maa
then creates all the creations and the shktio
(powers and forces of nature) in the form of
33
kror (330 million)
DEvtaao (gods and goddesses)
to empower all the creations to function as per their
ordained designs and functions. These 33 kror
DEvtaao resides in all creations in the form of voluntary and
involuntary powers and functions.
Thus bRHmaa is
also called grandfather of all creations. He is also called a
pRjaapti meaning lord of all
creations as He creates all creations.
SO THEN WHEY IS
bRHmaa-DEv
RARELY WORSHIPPED OR AS PER TODAY'S NEWS ITEM
THERE IS ONLY ONE TEMPLE ON THIS PLANET EARTH DEDICATED TO
bRHmaa-DEv?
The various puraaANo
(history of creation and life) states in one of the
kthaa (history documentation) of disagreements
between the primary trinity of bRH`maa,
viSH`ANu and
shiv because each of them try to
establish His own superiority over the other two, mainly due to the deadly
effect of aHNkaar (pride due to
self-ego). In one of these disagreements shiv
cursed bRH`maa
that the punishment and penance for his
aHNkaarik behaviour would be that
bRH`maa would not be worshipped by His
creations.
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(This column contributed by SHRii
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library with the humanity with a prayer that the
vED = knowledge of creation and life will given
understanding of peoples and kARm
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