QUES ANSWER DIVINE 2022- 22 Dearfriends,
Theseare information posted by members compiled as QA by me in 1998’s-2004’s andstored in my computer. At this date I have no information of the membersposted. The number of questions are reduced toabout 15. This avoids a lot of strainon me for converting the QA prepared using colour letters and background to black and white and highlight. BEING COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS. Sincerely, R. Gopalakrishnan, 78, dated 21-01-2022 Q1 What is big and small kancheepuram? A1 It wasthe capital of Tonda-mandalam in the fourteenth century. It was originally thecapital of the Pallavas who ruled over South India between 4th and 8thcenturies A.D. It consists of two divisions—Saiva or Big Conjeevaram (Siva-Kanchi) and Vishnu orLittle Conjeevaram (Vishnu-Kanchi). Conjeevaram is one of the seven sacred cities ofIndia, the others being Ayodhya, Muttra, Hardwar, Benares, Dwaraka, andAvantika (Ujjain). A pilgrimage to Conjeevaram confers happiness in heaven. Q2 Where do we have the Kalighat temple inCalcutta? A2 Kalighat temple is three milesfrom Howrah railway station. The name Calcutta is a corruptedform of the name ‘Kalighatta’. AtDakshineshwara on the eastern bank of the Ganges, there is a temple dedicatedto Goddess Kali. It is four miles from Calcutta. It was built by a rich Bengalilady Rani Rasmani Q3 Who founded the city of Dwaraka? A3 Dwarakais one of the four dhamas or abodes of the Lord, the other three beingRameshwaram in the South, Puri in the East and Badrinath in the North. It isone of the greatest pilgrim cities of India. Lord Krishna founded the city of Dwaraka. There are 30 temples and 10kundas or tanks in and about Dwaraka. The most important temple isthe temple of Dwarakanath or Sri Krishna temple The Gomati kunda is the mostimportant tank. All pilgrims who visit Dwaraka must take a bath in this sacredKunda. Q4 Every body know aboutLakshmi Narayan temple at Delhi .Who built it? A4 The Lakshmi Narayan temple built by Seth Raja Baldeo DasBirla is a magnificent one. The inscriptions of verses andsayings from Vedas, Upanishads, Gita, Ramayana, poets and saints are indeedbeautiful. This is a quite novel feature Q5 Where is Gauhati temple? Do navagrahatemples are there in Gauhati? A5 Gauhati is the headquarters ofthe Kamrup district in Assam. It is the terminous station of the Bengaland Assam Railway. The town lies on both sides of the Brahmaputra river. The most celebrated Kamakhya temple issituated on the sacred hill of Nilachala, three miles west of the town. Siva carriedthe dead body of Sati and wandered from place to place. He went to 51 places. Aportion of Sati’s body fell in each place. One piece fell in Kamakhya also.Hence the place is very sacred. Yes.There is a temple dedicated to the nine planets (navagraha) near Gauhati Q6 What are the attributes of Gaya? A6 Gaya is oneof the most sacred cities of India, 57 miles by rail from Bankipore, near Patna.Old Gaya contains theresidences of the priests. The new Sahibganj is the trading quarter where thecivil offices and residences are situated. The town is on the leftbank of the Phalgu or Nairanjana river. The Vishnupada temple is situated in old Gaya orGaya proper. It is the largest and most important temple in Gaya. The VishnuPada temple is built over the foot-print of Lord Vishnu on a solid block ofstone. Gayasura gota boon from the gods that whosoever saw or touched him should be at once takento the heaven. Countless people touched his body and attained heaven. Yamathought that he would soon lose his office as his Kingdom soon emptied!!!. The godsdevised a plan to overcome Gayasura. They asked him to lend his pure body as aplace of Sacrifice. Gayasura agreed to this request of the gods. Gayasura laidhimself down. When thesacrifice was performed the asura tried to rise up. Yama placed a big rock onhis head. All the gods sat upon his body and tried to crush him. Gayasurasaid, “O Gods! I will not try to rise up again. Be pleased to grant me this boon that this spot shallbe named after me and that whosoever offers pindas here shall reach heaven withhis ancestors and offsprings.” Lord Vishnuagreed. He placed His feet on a pedestal that rested on the body of Gayasura. Thisis the origin of the Vishnupada temple. This legend comes in Vayu Purana. Pindas are offered on thesilver-encrusted pedestal marked with the foot-print of Lord Hari. Pilgrims offer pindas in Akshaya Bat, Pretasilaand Ramasila also. The offering of pindas at the Vishnu Pada confers long life,wealth, wisdom and final release on the performer. Q7 What are the attributes of Budda Gaya? A7 Buddha Gaya - This is at a distance of 7miles from Gaya. Motor cars run. This is the holy place where Lord Buddhaattained his enlightenment. There is amagnificent temple here. Theerection of the original temple is attributed to Ashoka. There is abig murty of Lord Buddha in a sitting pose. The place of enlightenment is onthe north side of the temple. Here stood the “Tree of wisdom” Boa tree. HereBuddha sat down in Padma-pose or cross-legged posture. Q8 What are the attributes of Haridwar? A8 Hardwar literally means the doorway toreach Lord Hari. Itis a railway station on the Northern Railway. It is situated in the Saharanpurdistrict, Uttar Pradesh. Those whowish to go to Kedarnath and Badrinath should come to Hardwar. It is a beautifulplace situated on the bank of the Ganges. It is a pilgrim centre for allHindus. Q9 We have heard of Gangothri.Whereis Yamunothri? A9 JamunotriThis is the source of the river Jamuna. It is 180 miles distant from Rikhikesh.Go to Tehri in the Tehri-Garhwal district. From Tehri you can proceed toJamunotri. Tehri is 44 miles from Rishikesh. There are 4 hot water Kunds in Jamunotri.Rice is boiled here in the hot water kunds The image ofAdi Sankaracharyais enshrined in one temple. The other temple contains the image of Saradamba.There is a temple dedicated to Lord Krishna. Q10 Which river flow through kalahasthi? A10 Kalahastiis a town in the Chittoor District. It is a Railway Station on theKatpadi-Renigunta Section. The river Suvarnamukhi flows on one side of the town. Itis bounded by hills on the other side. Q11 What are the attributes of Kumbhakonam? A11 The Mahamakham festival whichcomes once in twelve years like the Kumbha Melas of Prayag and Hardwar is themost celebrated one. Lakhs of pilgrims from all parts of Indiavisit Kumbhakonam to take bath in the holy tank The nine sacred rivers of India, viz.,The Ganesh, the Jumna, the Godavari, the Saraswati, the Narmada, the Indus, theKaveri, the Sarayu and the Payoshni appear on the Maha-makham day in this tank. He who takes a bath in this tank on that dayrealizes the benefits or merits of a combined pilgrimage to all those nine holyrivers. Thefollowing is the legend connected with Maha Makham festival. Brahma prayed to Lord Siva togrant a boon to the suffering humanity. Siva broke with an arrow the potwhich was full of divine nectar and was floating on the waters after the delugewhen it reached Kumbakonam. The contents fell at Kumbakonum. Hence, thesignificant name—Kumbakonam from Kumbha (pot). Lord Siva said that the ninerivers would appear in the holy tank and help the people to cleanse their sins. Q12 What was the foul play done by Naradaon Samba? What was the consequence?What was the orgin of konark temple? A12 Samba, one of the sons ofLord Krishna, once incurred the wrath of Rishi Narada. Naradawanted to take vengeance on Samba. He lured Samba to a bathing ghat, where SriKrishna’s wives were sporting themselves. He poisonedthe ears of Lord Krishna, that Samba was amidst his wives with evil intention.Lord Krishna cursed Samba with leprosy without waiting to know the truth. LordKrishna came to know that Samba was not guilty and repented for his action. Heasked Samba to propitiate Surya. Samba did rigorous austerity and pleased Surya. Oneday Samba took a bath in the Chandrabhaga river He found an image of Suryathrown there by Viswakarma. Samba built amagnificent temple for the image. He was cured of leprosy. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/846883268.312070.1642724769094%40mail.yahoo.com.
