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Tuljabhavani
Tuljabhavani is an important goddess of Hindus. She is Kulaswamini (family female deity) of all Maharashtrians in India. The main temple of Tuljabhavani is situated in the Usmanabad district in the Tuljapur Subdistrict of Maharashtra, India. It is one of the three and a half Shakti Peeths (Saadetin Shakti Peeths). The mountain in which it is located is known as Yamunachal. Tuljapur is about 45 km away from the nearest city, Solapur. Tuljabhavani Temple is a very big temple made up of big black stones. The entry gate is named as Shahaji Maharaj Entry Gate, who was the father of…
Narmada Parikrama
Narmada Parikrama is a Hindu pilgrimage where the devotee has to complete a round of the river Narmada, which is a highly revered river by Hindus. The Narmada is also known as Reva. This tradition has been ongoing since the last thousands of years and there is no tradition of Parikrama around any other river other than the Narmada. Parikrama means to go around a thing or a person in a clockwise direction starting from a point and stopping at the same point. Some people do Narmada Parikrama for spiritual reasons while some people do it to accomplish some earthly things…
Prati-Pandharpur
The word Prati here means the replica. Prati-Pandharpur is a place near Pune which is being constructed as the replica of Pandharpur. There is a handful of Prati-Temples around Pune like Prati-Balaji and Prati-Shirdi. Pandharpur is a very famous pilgrimage in Maharashtra, India. Lord Vitthala who is considered as the incarnation of Lord Vishnu is the main deity in Pandharpur. Millions of people visit Pandharpur every year. Prati-Pandharpur is being constructed to give the same look and feel of Pandharpur by Baba Maharaj Satarkar who is a famous speaker on Dnyaneshwari and is well known for his devotion to Lord…