This is a popular belief in our Indian culture that..the religious travel of these four pilgrimage places will lead them to the path of enlightenment...These places are well known as "Char dham",as Badrinath,Dwarka,Jagannath Puri,and Rameshwaram..
These religious places have their different stories and believes behind their existence and spirituality.These "Char Dham"are defined by Adishankaracharya(who is consolidated the doctrine of "advait Vedanta"),which consist of one Shaivite and three vaishnavite pilgrimages.
In Hindu mythology ,these pilgrimage has some historical stories and popular believes behind these ,as in the prominent place,
Badrinath,which is situated in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand in India.The story behind its name is very interesting that,at that time the place was filled with the "berry" tries and its meaning in Sanskrit is pronounced as "Badri",also it is believed that the place is famous because in Satyug ,nar-Narayan ,the incarnation of lord Vishnu performed Austerity there and known as the "Lord of berry forest",and the place is named as "Badrinath"
The next popular pilgrimage is "
Rameshwaram",which is situated in the Tamilnadu state in India,got its importance when in Tretayug Lord Ram worshiped lord Shiva for getting his blessings for victory over Ravana...Rameshwaram jyotirlinga is also named as the 12 jyotirlinga place of lord Shiva.
"Dwarka
"is the third dhaam which is situated in the Gujrat state of India and got its name in Dwapar yug,Dwarka is known as the residential place of Lord Krishna and worshipped as the pilgrimage.
"Jagannath Puri
",is the fourth pilgrimage place ,which is situated in the east ,in Udisa state in India.It is belived that swami Jagannath which is also known as the incarnation of Lord Vishnu,jagannath mandir having the beautiful statues of Lord Krishna along with their brother Balram and sister Subhadra....
These four pilgrimage covers the four direction as Jagannath Puri in east,Dwarka in west,Badrinath in north and Rameshwaram in south ,these are the places of believes and spirituality,These four pilgrimage are the sacred sites of Hindu mythology....
India is the land of spirituality and God followers.It is the living land of temples and worship places.Temples are the places of spirituality and people believes.But many times these centre of believes are attached by invaders and predators.
Somnath temple
is the biggest example of such unpleasant activities.It is believed that this temple was ornamented with valuable gems stones and its pillars were painted with gold and silver.Its history speaks about the the notorious invader Mahmood Ghajani and its robbery in Somnath temple.It is said that it was looted many times but again and again rebuild by people.It is still stand with its valour...
Somnath is the first jyotirlinga among the 12.
Another truth is revealed from the
Temple of Mathura ...and it is also the witness of Aurangjeb's invading activity..though this matter is still aa part of controvercies.
This fact is quite interesting to know about
Jwala -devi temple that once Mughal emperor Akbar also saluted the divine power of this place,..
when he tried to shut the place ,which was famous for its continuous flaming..for this purpose he used to made a big plate of gold and his army tried to cover the burning flame...but with in some time the flame broke the plate ,we can see its tailings near by this temple....
These are some popular stories of these famous temples , now invaders have passed but the mark of their activities are still remained here....
Badrinath,which is situated in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand in India.The story behind its name is very interesting that,at that time the place was filled with the "berry" tries and its meaning in Sanskrit is pronounced as "Badri",also it is believed that the place is famous because in Satyug ,nar-Narayan ,the incarnation of lord Vishnu performed Austerity there and known as the "Lord of berry forest",and the place is named as "Badrinath"
Rameshwaram",which is situated in the Tamilnadu state in India,got its importance when in Tretayug Lord Ram worshiped lord Shiva for getting his blessings for victory over Ravana...Rameshwaram jyotirlinga is also named as the 12 jyotirlinga place of lord Shiva.
"is the third dhaam which is situated in the Gujrat state of India and got its name in Dwapar yug,Dwarka is known as the residential place of Lord Krishna and worshipped as the pilgrimage.
