Difference between revisions of "Walkeshvara Mandir"
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'''Location:''' On Malabar hill, Mumbai; near Banganga tank. | '''Location:''' On Malabar hill, Mumbai; near Banganga tank. | ||
| + | '''Kṣhetra Purāṇam:''' Once, during araṇyavāsam, Lord Rāma visited this place and wanted to worship His iṣhṭa-daivam, Lord Śiva. He then made a saikata-lingam (made of sand) and performed pūjā of it. It is this ancient lingam of which one can now have darsan of in this holy place. Also, Lord Rāma, shot an arrow into the ground bringing out the ganga and performed Śiva abhiṣhekam with this ganga. This water currently exists as the Bāṇganga tank. | ||
Revision as of 15:05, 18 December 2018
Location: On Malabar hill, Mumbai; near Banganga tank. Kṣhetra Purāṇam: Once, during araṇyavāsam, Lord Rāma visited this place and wanted to worship His iṣhṭa-daivam, Lord Śiva. He then made a saikata-lingam (made of sand) and performed pūjā of it. It is this ancient lingam of which one can now have darsan of in this holy place. Also, Lord Rāma, shot an arrow into the ground bringing out the ganga and performed Śiva abhiṣhekam with this ganga. This water currently exists as the Bāṇganga tank.