CHANAKYA Posted March 5, 2013 Report Posted March 5, 2013 Somnath Jyothirlinga Significance: Ancient Indian traditions maintain a close relationship of Somnath with release of Chandra (Moon God) from the curse of his father-in-law Daksha Prajapati. Moon was married to Twenty-Seven daughters of Daksha. However, he favoured Rohini and neglected other queens. The aggrieved Daksha cursed Moon and the Moon lost power of light. With the advice of Prajapita Brahma, Moon arrived at the Prabhas Teerth, built a Shivlinga and worshipped Bhagvan Shiva. Pleased with the great penance and devotion of Moon, Bhagvan Shiva blessed him and relieved him from the curse of darkness partially letting the periodic waning of the Moon. Lord Shiva decided to rest in that Lingam till eternity, and hence called Jyotirlingam. Pauranic traditions maintain that Moon had built a golden temple, followed by a silver temple by Ravana, Bhagvan Shree Krishna is believed to have built Somnath temple with Sandalwood. another version: The crescent moon is shown on the side of the Lord's head as an ornament. The waxing and waning phenomenon of the moon symbolizes the time cycle through which creation evolves from the beginning to the end. Since the Lord is the Eternal Reality, He is beyond time. Thus, the crescent moon is only one of His ornaments. The wearing of the crescent moon in his head indicates that He has controlled the mind perfectly. 2
CHANAKYA Posted March 5, 2013 Author Report Posted March 5, 2013 [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Somnath_temple_ruins_(1869).jpg[/img] Somnath temple: The Somnath Temple is known as "the Shrine Eternal", having been destroyed [b]sixteen times by Muslim invaders[/b]... [size=4] [/size][size=4] [/size]
cool_dude Posted March 5, 2013 Report Posted March 5, 2013 Good Post..... Tnq Chankya bhaiyya for the this post...Ohh so daksha is father in law of moon god aa... How beautifully Amish potrayed the DAKSHA character as father in law to SHIVA in The Immortals of Meluha.. History ni add chestu fiction ni imaginary prespective lo baga cheppadu AMISH.... ..Transforming totally into Shiva Smarana trans....... 1
CHANAKYA Posted March 6, 2013 Author Report Posted March 6, 2013 [quote name='cool_dude' timestamp='1362521858' post='1303371072'] Good Post..... Tnq Chankya bhaiyya for the this post...Ohh so [b]daksha is father in law of moon god aa...[/b] [b]How beautifully Amish potrayed the DAKSHA[/b] character as father in law to SHIVA in The Immortals of Meluha.. History ni add chestu fiction ni imaginary prespective lo baga cheppadu AMISH.... ..Transforming totally into Shiva Smarana trans....... [/quote] According to our puranas: Daksha -- not jut for moon god... He is also father-in-law for Shiva. Sati married Shiva. Other than Sati, daksha has some 62 or more daughters. Of them, 27 were married to Moon-god. And yes - Amish is basically re-writing our mythology with his own version. Not just Daksha-Shiva-Sati... Mostly everyone we come across d book. If I'm right, in the 3rd book we are going to see a war btn Daksha and Shiva. 'll see...
summer27 Posted March 6, 2013 Report Posted March 6, 2013 I thought you are asking for info..parugu paruguna vacha..you giving info aa..ok..ok..carry on
CHANAKYA Posted March 6, 2013 Author Report Posted March 6, 2013 [quote name='summer27' timestamp='1362582542' post='1303374138'] I thought you are asking for info..parugu paruguna vacha..you giving info aa..ok..ok..carry on [/quote] Shivudi medalo paamulu endukuntaay? daaniki answer plz... parugu paruguna..
Maximus Posted March 6, 2013 Report Posted March 6, 2013 [img]https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-kQUlcKnZGIA/TdL3g_3EQnI/AAAAAAAACdM/0zcHnIVmw5U/s167/Bunny-7.gif[/img] Daksha's curse on Chandra is the reason. Along with this legend, some more explanations and attributes are presented below for their beauty, devotion and enlightment! Lord Shiva's names based on this concept are Chandrachudan, Chandrakaladharan and Chandrasekaran. 1) Chandra and Somanatha: Twenty-seven of Daksha’s daughters were married to the moon-god Chandra. One of these wives was named Rohini and Chandra loved Rohini more than he loved the other wives. The other wives felt neglected and they complained to their father. Daksha repeatedly warned his son-in-law to devote himself equally to all twenty-seven wives. But Chandra was in no mood to listen. Daksha thereupon cursed Chandra that he would gradually fade away. Chandra didn’t know what to do. He went and sought advice from Brahma and Brahma told him that the only rescourse was to pray to Shiva. Chandra went to Prabhasa tirtha and made a linga on the banks of the river Sarasvati. He prayed to Shiva for six months. At the end of the tapasya Shiva appeared before Chandra and offered to grant him a boon. Chandra explained what the problem was. Well, said Shiva, Daksha’s curse cannot be entirely ignored. Let us have a compromise. During krishnapaksha you will wane. And during shuklapaksha (the bright part of the lunar fortnight) you will wax. That should satisfy everybody. Thus being the graceful Almighty, Lord Shiva wore the moon crescent on His head, making him grow for 15 days and decay for 15 days periodically. Chandra was delighted. The linga to which Chandra prayed is Somantha, the first of the jyotirlingas. 2) Soma and Rudra: Crescent Moon: Shiva bears on his head the crescent of the moon. The epithet Chandraśekhara ("Having the moon as his crest" - chandra = Moon, śekhara = crest, crown) refers to this feature. The placement of the moon on his head as a standard iconographic feature dates to the period when Rudra rose to prominence and became the major deity Rudra-Shiva. The origin of this linkage may be due to the identification of the moon with Soma, and there is a hymn in the Rig Veda where Soma and Rudra are jointly emplored, and in later literature Soma and Rudra came to be identified with one another, as were Soma and the Moon. 3) Time Cycle: The crescent moon is shown on the side of the Lord's head as an ornament. The waxing and waning phenomenon of the moon symbolizes the time cycle through which creation evolves from the beginning to the end. Since the Lord is the Eternal Reality, He is beyond time. Thus, the crescent moon is only one of His ornaments. The wearing of the crescent moon in His head indicates that He has controlled the mind perfectly at all times.
Spartan Posted March 6, 2013 Report Posted March 6, 2013 [quote name='cool_dude' timestamp='1362521858' post='1303371072'] Good Post..... Tnq Chankya bhaiyya for the this post...Ohh so daksha is father in law of moon god aa... How beautifully Amish potrayed the DAKSHA character as father in law to SHIVA in The Immortals of Meluha.. History ni add chestu fiction ni imaginary prespective lo baga cheppadu AMISH.... ..Transforming totally into Shiva Smarana trans....... [/quote] FYI...all Gods and the seven rushis...are the son-in-laws of Daksha... Daksha was responsible to spread culture and human behaviour and how a person shud live in this world ani.. so he was a powerful person with all Gods under his control except Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu... Shivudu Brhama di 5th head lepestadani..Daklsha ki kopam (being Brahmas Son) so revenge penchukuntadu... tanaki ichina responsibilitites saaku to..Shivudu ala bairagi la untadu....Shavala madhyalo tintadu ani...propaganda chesi..he tries to get his grudge...
littlemoon Posted March 6, 2013 Report Posted March 6, 2013 [quote name='CHANAKYA' timestamp='1362519271' post='1303370874'] Somnath Jyothirlinga Significance: Ancient Indian traditions maintain a close relationship of Somnath with release of Chandra (Moon God) from the curse of his father-in-law Daksha Prajapati. Moon was married to Twenty-Seven daughters of Daksha. However, he favoured Rohini and neglected other queens. The aggrieved Daksha cursed Moon and the Moon lost power of light. With the advice of Prajapita Brahma, Moon arrived at the Prabhas Teerth, built a Shivlinga and worshipped Bhagvan Shiva. Pleased with the great penance and devotion of Moon, Bhagvan Shiva blessed him and relieved him from the curse of darkness partially letting the periodic waning of the Moon. Lord Shiva decided to rest in that Lingam till eternity, and hence called Jyotirlingam. Pauranic traditions maintain that Moon had built a golden temple, followed by a silver temple by Ravana, Bhagvan Shree Krishna is believed to have built Somnath temple with Sandalwood. another version: The crescent moon is shown on the side of the Lord's head as an ornament. The waxing and waning phenomenon of the moon symbolizes the time cycle through which creation evolves from the beginning to the end. Since the Lord is the Eternal Reality, He is beyond time. Thus, the crescent moon is only one of His ornaments. The wearing of the crescent moon in his head indicates that He has controlled the mind perfectly. [/quote] GP.. [size=4] [/size][size=4] [/size]
Avataar Posted March 6, 2013 Report Posted March 6, 2013 [quote name='CHANAKYA' timestamp='1362519560' post='1303370891'] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Somnath_temple_ruins_(1869).jpg[/img] Somnath temple: [/quote] evaru em chesina........ LORD SHIVA......ultimate GP
cool_dude Posted March 6, 2013 Report Posted March 6, 2013 [quote name='ChittiNaidu' timestamp='1362593323' post='1303375399'] FYI...all Gods and the seven rushis...are the son-in-laws of Daksha... Daksha was responsible to spread culture and human behaviour and how a person shud live in this world ani.. so he was a powerful person with all Gods under his control except Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu... Shivudu Brhama di 5th head lepestadani..Daklsha ki kopam (being Brahmas Son) so revenge penchukuntadu... tanaki ichina responsibilitites saaku to..Shivudu ala bairagi la untadu....Shavala madhyalo tintadu ani...propaganda chesi..he tries to get his grudge... [/quote] Kottha vishayam telusukunna.Tnq fr the info Chitti bhaiyya..
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