Sthambheswar Sea Temple

The Sthambheswar Shiva Shrine, Jambusar, Gujarat is one of the ancient shrines, with a peculiar feature of submerging in the sea waters of the Arabian Sea and reappearing after the waters recede. The shrine is visible and accessible to devotees twice daily. This Swayambhu Linga was established by son of Shiva, Lord Kartikeya.

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𝒮𝓇𝒾 ℳℯℯ𝓃𝒶𝓀𝓈𝒽𝒾 𝒯ℯ𝓂𝓅𝓁ℯ, ℳ𝒶𝒹𝓊𝓇𝒶𝒾

𝒯𝒽ℯ 𝒽𝒾𝓈𝓉ℴ𝓇𝓎 ℴ𝒻 𝒮𝓇ℯℯ ℳℯℯ𝓃𝒶𝓀𝓈𝒽𝒾 𝒯ℯ𝓂𝓅𝓁ℯ ℊℴℯ𝓈 𝒶𝓈 𝒻𝒶𝓇 𝒶𝓈 1600 ℬ𝒞. 𝒫𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓎𝒶𝓃 𝒦𝒾𝓃ℊ, 𝒦𝓊𝓁𝒶𝓈ℯ𝓀𝒶𝓇𝒶 𝒫𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓎𝒶𝓃 𝒷𝓊𝒾𝓁𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 ℊ𝓇𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉ℯ𝓂𝓅𝓁ℯ 𝒾𝓃 ℳ𝒶𝒹𝓊𝓇𝒶𝒾.

ℒ𝒶𝓉ℯ𝓇 ℴ𝓃, 𝓋𝒶𝓇𝒾ℴ𝓊𝓈 𝓅𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓎𝒶𝓃 𝓀𝒾𝓃ℊ𝓈 𝓌ℯ𝓃𝓉 ℴ𝓃 𝒾𝓂𝓅𝓇ℴ𝓋𝒾𝓃ℊ 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒷ℯ𝒶𝓊𝓉𝒾𝒻𝓎𝒾𝓃ℊ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓉ℯ𝓂𝓅𝓁ℯ 𝒸ℴ𝓂𝓅𝓁ℯ𝓍 𝒷𝓎 𝒷𝓊𝒾𝓁𝒹𝒾𝓃ℊ 4 𝓉𝒶𝓁𝓁 ℊℴ𝓅𝓊𝓇𝒶𝓈 ℴ𝓃 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝒻ℴ𝓊𝓇 𝓈𝒾𝒹ℯ𝓈 - ℯ𝒶𝓈𝓉, 𝓌ℯ𝓈𝓉, 𝓃ℴ𝓇𝓉𝒽 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓈ℴ𝓊𝓉𝒽.

𝒯𝒽ℯ 𝓉ℯ𝓂𝓅𝓁ℯ 𝒸ℴ𝓂𝓅𝓁ℯ𝓍 𝒾𝓈 𝓋ℯ𝓇𝓎 𝓋𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝒽ℴ𝓊𝓈𝒾𝓃ℊ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓂𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝓈𝒽𝓇𝒾𝓃ℯ𝓈 ℴ𝒻 𝒮𝒾𝓋𝒶 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒫𝒶𝓇𝓋𝒶𝓉𝒾, 1000 𝓅𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒶𝓇 ℳ𝒶𝓃𝒹𝒶𝓅𝒶𝓂, 𝒯ℯ𝓂𝓅𝓁ℯ ℳ𝓊𝓈ℯ𝓊𝓂 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒶 𝓁𝒶𝓇ℊℯ 𝓅ℴ𝓃𝒹 𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁ℯ𝒹 𝒢ℴ𝓁𝒹ℯ𝓃 ℒℴ𝓉𝓊𝓈 𝒫ℴ𝓃𝒹. 𝒯𝒽ℯ 𝒮ℴ𝓊𝓉𝒽ℯ𝓇𝓃 𝓉ℴ𝓌ℯ𝓇 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓉𝒶𝓁𝓁ℯ𝓈𝓉 𝒶𝓂ℴ𝓃ℊ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒻ℴ𝓊𝓇 𝓉ℴ𝓌ℯ𝓇𝓈.

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𝓠𝓾𝓽𝓾𝓫 𝓜𝓲𝓷𝓪𝓻

𝓠𝓾𝓽𝓫-𝓾𝓭-𝓭𝓲𝓷 𝓐𝓲𝓫𝓪𝓴, 𝓪 𝓭𝓮𝓹𝓾𝓽𝔂 𝓸𝓯 𝓖𝓱𝓸𝓻, 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓠𝓾𝓽𝓾𝓫 𝓜𝓲𝓷𝓸𝓻'𝓼 𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓼𝓽 𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂 𝓲𝓷 1199. 𝓐𝓯𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓪 𝓵𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓲𝓷 1369 𝓭𝓪𝓶𝓪𝓰𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓽𝓸𝓹 𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂, 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓻𝓾𝓵𝓮𝓻 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮, 𝓕𝓲𝓻𝓾𝔃 𝓢𝓱𝓪𝓱 𝓣𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓵𝓪𝓺, 𝓻𝓮𝓹𝓵𝓪𝓬𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓭𝓪𝓶𝓪𝓰𝓮𝓭 𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪𝓭𝓭𝓮𝓭 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮.

𝓟𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓲𝓪𝓷-𝓐𝓻𝓪𝓫𝓲𝓬 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓝𝓪𝓰𝓪𝓻𝓲 𝓻𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓪𝓵 𝓠𝓾𝓽𝓾𝓫 𝓜𝓲𝓷𝓪𝓻'𝓼 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷.

𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓠𝓾𝓽𝓾𝓫 𝓜𝓲𝓷𝓪𝓻 𝓲𝓼 72.5 𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓼, 𝓶𝓪𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓲𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓽 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭 𝓫𝓾𝓲𝓵𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓫𝓻𝓲𝓬𝓴𝓼. 𝓠𝓾𝓽𝓾𝓫 𝓜𝓲𝓷𝓪𝓻 𝓲𝓼 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓦𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭 𝓗𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓪𝓰𝓮 𝓜𝓸𝓷𝓾𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓼. 𝓘𝓽 𝓪𝓵𝓼𝓸 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓪𝓷 𝓲𝓻𝓸𝓷 𝓹𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓪𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓷𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓻𝓾𝓼𝓽𝓼.

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𝓚𝓪𝓷𝓪𝓭𝓾𝓴𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓷 𝓟𝓪𝓵𝓪𝓬𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓼𝓲𝓽𝓾𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓭 15 𝓚𝓶𝓼 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓚𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓲𝓴𝓾𝓭𝓲, 𝓣𝓝. 𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓲𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓲𝓬 𝓹𝓪𝓵𝓪𝓬𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓫𝓾𝓲𝓵𝓽 𝓫𝔂 𝓡𝓪𝓳𝓪𝓱 𝓢𝓲𝓻 𝓐𝓷𝓷𝓪𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓪𝓲 𝓒𝓱𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓲𝓪𝓻 𝓲𝓷 1912. 𝓦𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓼𝓸 𝓶𝓪𝓷𝔂 𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓾𝓽𝓲𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓸𝓻𝓷𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓪𝓵 𝓭𝓮𝓽𝓪𝓲𝓵𝓼, 𝓲𝓽 𝓽𝓸𝓸𝓴 7 𝔂𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓮.

𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓹𝓪𝓵𝓪𝓬𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓪𝓻𝓽, 𝓪𝓻𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓽𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓻𝓪𝓭𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷, 𝔀𝓱𝓲𝓬𝓱 𝓮𝔁𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓬𝓾𝓵𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓪𝓵 𝓯𝓪𝓬𝓮𝓽𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓒𝓱𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓪𝓭 𝓹𝓮𝓸𝓹𝓵𝓮. 𝓞𝓻𝓷𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓪𝓵 𝓵𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼, 𝓽𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔀𝓸𝓸𝓭 𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓮𝓯𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓼, 𝓰𝓵𝓪𝓼𝓼𝓮𝓼, 𝓶𝓪𝓻𝓫𝓵𝓮𝓼, 𝓬𝓪𝓻𝓹𝓮𝓽𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓬𝓻𝔂𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓼 𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓲𝓶𝓹𝓸𝓻𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓮𝓪𝓼 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷.

𝓨𝓮𝓽 𝓪𝓷𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓿𝓮 𝓯𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓹𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓼 𝓬𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝔀𝓲𝓻𝓮 𝓶𝓮𝓼𝓱 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓻𝓪𝓲𝓷𝔀𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰!

𝓞𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓹𝓪𝓵𝓪𝓬𝓮 𝓰𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓿𝓪𝓼𝓽 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓽𝔂𝓪𝓻𝓭 𝓾𝓼𝓮𝓭 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓶𝓪𝓻𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓰𝓮, 𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓾𝓪𝓵𝓼, 𝓮𝓽𝓬.

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THE GREAT SANCHI STUPA

Chandragupta Maurya stands like a beacon among many emperors. He held sway over many regions of India. His son, Asoka built Sanchi Stupa in Madhya Pradesh. Stupa is a dome-shaped structure with mound to bury relics in it. Stupa has a diameter of 60ft and 25ft high. It has a walkway around it at an elevation of 16ft. A 3-tiered stone umbrella is installed on the top of the dome. They symbolize Buddha, Dharma and Sangam.

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Vietnam Rice Mountains

These stunning terrace-clad mountains bursting with colour is located in Sapa, Vietnam. These pristine, emerald green rice fields and mountains offer serenity.

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Brihadeeswara Temple, Tanjore

This massive 1000 year old temple, also known as Rajarajeshwara Temple, was built by Rajaraja Chola I, the greatest among Chola kings, in their Capital city, Tanjore. This marvelous masterpiece reveals the architectural greatness of the architects, sculptors and other artisans. The crowning glory of this temple complex is the pyramid tower over the Nandi shrine rising to some 190 feet on top of which is a domed capstone weighing about 80 tons.

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Avian Haven

The placid waters of Nanjarayan Tank, Tirupur is a haven for birds of various species & hues, both from Indian subcontinent and countries abroad viz Africa, Scandinavian countries, Russia & Siberia - throng this lake in the months of October, November, December & January every year, for safe breeding.

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Meet the MERLION myth

This iconic half-fish & half-lion statue is residing at the Merlion Park, Singapore. The Merlion Statue is standing tall at 8.6 metres & weighing 70 tonnes at an elevation of 37 metres. It is a must-see for all tourists visiting Singapore. Spouting water from its mouth, the statue was unveiled on 15th Sept. 1972 by then Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, at the mouth of the Singapore river, to welcome all visitors to Singapore.

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Kailasanath Temple, Ellora

The rock-cut temple at Ellora is built by Krishna I. It is one of the largest rock-cut complex in the world. The main shrine of Kailasanath temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva. The basement level of the temple features 12 episodes of childhood leelas of Lord Krishna. The temple consists of Nandi Mandapa and the victory pillar. This is a UNESCO world heritage site located in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, 300 kms from Mumbai.

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