Moteshwar Mahadev
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Kashipur is a historic place in Nainital Distt (Now U.S. Nagar) and around 1 km from this place is a place known as ujjanak. This is the place where Lord Shiva is situated in his full face as a Jyotirlingam known as Bheem Shankar. This is the Bheem Shankar Jyotirlingam.
Shree Moteshwar Mahadev also known as Shree Bheem Shankar Mahadev is an abobe of Lord Shiva in Kashipur, this place was known as the Dakini State in ancient days
Other Deity : Parvati
, Kartikeya
, Ganesha
Hanuman
, Kali
, Bhairo
Chaiti Mela
Shrawan Mela
which is around 3 km from the Kashipur
Bus Station, Kashipur
is well conncted via the Road with all major cities of North India
, and is also linked to Delhi
, Lucknow
, Moradabad
, Ramnagar
& Varanasi
via Train
.
Nearest airport is at Pantnagar
which is about 72 km from Kashipur
.
(606–647 AD), when Xuanzang
(631–641 AD) visited this region. The ruins of the large settlement of those days are still to be seen near the city. Kashipur is named after Kashinath Adhikari, the founder of the township and Governor of the pargana, one of the officers of the Chand Kings
of Kumaon
in the 16-17 century.
Poet Gumani has written a poem on this town. Girital and Drona sagar are well known spots and are associated with the story of the Pandavas. The Chaiti mela is the best known fair of Kashipur. Today Kashipur is an important industrial township. In autumn (after monsoon) one can see the snowclad peaks of Trishul and its surroundings.
. and this was the reason why Adi Shankaracharaya has illustrated this place by saying "Dakiniyam Bhimashankaram".Its existence is also described by Kalidas in his "Raghuvansh". Hence we have to believe that this is the Kamroop Desh.
Why was this place known as Dakini ?
The reason for this is the forests which has gone from Saharanpur
to Nepal
consisted a Hidimba named devil which took birth in Dakini Yoni and got married with the Victorious PandavaBhushan BheemSen.In Fact she was a Dakini but as she lived in a devil posture she was called a Devil.
The Lingam of this temple is very large and touching the whole Ling with two human hands is impossible. This kind of Lingam is not present in any other part of the country. It is also believed that this Ling rises and till now it has reached Second Floor after seeing many facts we can say this temple was built around 302 AD. This temple also include a BharavNath temple and a Kund known as ShivGanga Kund and in front of this kund is river Kosi. West to this temple is a temple of Maa Jagdamba Bhagwati Balsundari and every year in month of chaitra a huge fair is organized here. A place known as kila which describes the historic nes of this temple. This is the kila where Guru Dronacharya gave teaching to Kaurava and Pandava Guru dronacharya motivated Bheemsen to reconstruct this temple which later was known as Bheem Shankar. Shravan Kumar also rested here West to this kila is Dronasagar which was also built by pandavas for their guru Dronacharya. The lingam of this temple is too fat so people here named it as "Moteshwar Mahadev".
Shree Moteshwar (Bheema Shankar) Mahadev is regarded as one of the 12 Jyotirlinga
of Lord Shiva, information about this temple is also referred in Mahabharat
Shiv Manokamna Kund is just adjacent to the Temple
There is a Bhimashankar Temple near Pune
in Maharastra, which was also referred to as Daakini country and considered as one of the Jyotirlinga
. Bhimshankar temple near Guwahati
, Assam is the jyotirlinga according to Sivapuran. According to "LINGA PURAN", Bhimasankar temple in Bhimpur near Gunupur
of Rayagada
Dist in South Orissa
is also debated as one of the Jyotirling, which is situated at the western part of the holy Mahendragiri mountains and at the river.
Shree Moteshwar Mahadev also known as Shree Bheem Shankar Mahadev is an abobe of Lord Shiva in Kashipur, this place was known as the Dakini State in ancient days
Deity
Primary Deity : ShivaShiva
Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...
Other Deity : Parvati
Parvati
Parvati is a Hindu goddess. Parvati is Shakti, the wife of Shiva and the gentle aspect of Mahadevi, the Great Goddess...
, Kartikeya
Murugan
Murugan also called Kartikeya, Skanda and Subrahmanya, is a popular Hindu deity especially among Tamil Hindus, worshipped primarily in areas with Tamil influences, especially South India, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Mauritius and Reunion Island. His six most important shrines in India are the...
, Ganesha
Ganesha
Ganesha , also spelled Ganesa or Ganesh, also known as Ganapati , Vinayaka , and Pillaiyar , is one of the deities best-known and most widely worshipped in the Hindu pantheon. His image is found throughout India and Nepal. Hindu sects worship him regardless of affiliations...
Hanuman
Hanuman
Hanuman , is a Hindu deity, who is an ardent devotee of Rama, a central character in the Indian epic Ramayana and one of the dearest devotees of lord Rama. A general among the vanaras, an ape-like race of forest-dwellers, Hanuman is an incarnation of the divine and a disciple of Lord Rama in the...
, Kali
Kali
' , also known as ' , is the Hindu goddess associated with power, shakti. The name Kali comes from kāla, which means black, time, death, lord of death, Shiva. Kali means "the black one". Since Shiva is called Kāla - the eternal time, Kālī, his consort, also means "Time" or "Death" . Hence, Kāli is...
, Bhairo
Fairs
Maha Shivratri FairChaiti Mela
Shrawan Mela
How to Reach
Shree Moteshwar (Bheema Shankar) Mahadev is located in Ujjanak area of KashipurKashipur
Kashipur is a city and a municipal board in Udham Singh Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.- History :Kashipur was known as Govishan or Govisana, during the time of Harsha , when Xuanzang visited this region. The ruins of the large settlement of those days are still to be seen near...
which is around 3 km from the Kashipur
Kashipur
Kashipur is a city and a municipal board in Udham Singh Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.- History :Kashipur was known as Govishan or Govisana, during the time of Harsha , when Xuanzang visited this region. The ruins of the large settlement of those days are still to be seen near...
Bus Station, Kashipur
Kashipur
Kashipur is a city and a municipal board in Udham Singh Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.- History :Kashipur was known as Govishan or Govisana, during the time of Harsha , when Xuanzang visited this region. The ruins of the large settlement of those days are still to be seen near...
is well conncted via the Road with all major cities of North India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, and is also linked to Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
, Lucknow
Lucknow
Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....
, Moradabad
Moradabad
Moradabad is a city and a municipal corporation in Moradabad district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was established in 1600 by prince Murad, the son of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan; as a result the city came to be known as Moradabad. It is the administrative headquarters of...
, Ramnagar
Ramnagar
Ramnagar may refer to:Settlements in Bangladesh:* Ramnagar, BangladeshSettlements in India:* Ramanagar - a town near Bangalore in Karnataka state of India * Ramnagar, Agartala...
& Varanasi
Varanasi
-Etymology:The name Varanasi has its origin possibly from the names of the two rivers Varuna and Assi, for the old city lies in the north shores of the Ganga bounded by its two tributaries, the Varuna and the Asi, with the Ganges being to its south...
via Train
Train
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.
Nearest airport is at Pantnagar
Pantnagar
Pantnagar is a town and a University campus in Udham Singh Nagar district, Uttarakhand. Nainital, Rudrapur and Kiccha, Haldwani are the major cities surrounding Pantnagar....
which is about 72 km from Kashipur
Kashipur
Kashipur is a city and a municipal board in Udham Singh Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.- History :Kashipur was known as Govishan or Govisana, during the time of Harsha , when Xuanzang visited this region. The ruins of the large settlement of those days are still to be seen near...
.
Kashipur
Kashipur was known as Govishan or Govisana, during the time of HarshaHarsha
Harsha or Harsha Vardhana or Harshvardhan was an Indian emperor who ruled northern India from 606 to 647 AD. He was the son of Prabhakara Vardhana and younger brother of Rajya Vardhana, a king of Thanesar, Haryana...
(606–647 AD), when Xuanzang
Xuanzang
Xuanzang was a famous Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler, and translator who described the interaction between China and India in the early Tang period...
(631–641 AD) visited this region. The ruins of the large settlement of those days are still to be seen near the city. Kashipur is named after Kashinath Adhikari, the founder of the township and Governor of the pargana, one of the officers of the Chand Kings
Chand Kings
Chand Kings were a medieval Raghuvanshi Rajput ruling clan of Kumaon region of the Uttarakhand state of India, which ruled the region after the decline of Katyuri Kings in 11th century AD., and continued till the rise of the British in 18th century....
of Kumaon
Kumaon Division
For Kumaoni/Kumauni People see Kumauni PeopleKumaon or Kumaun is one of the two regions and administrative divisions of Uttarakhand, a mountainous state of northern India, the other being Garhwal. It includes the districts of Almora, Bageshwar, Champawat, Nainital, Pithoragarh, and Udham Singh Nagar...
in the 16-17 century.
Poet Gumani has written a poem on this town. Girital and Drona sagar are well known spots and are associated with the story of the Pandavas. The Chaiti mela is the best known fair of Kashipur. Today Kashipur is an important industrial township. In autumn (after monsoon) one can see the snowclad peaks of Trishul and its surroundings.
History
According to the Shiv Puran Bhima Shankar Jyotirlingam is situated in Kamroop but after seeing various historic and spiritual books this place is called as the place of Bheem Shankar Jyotirlingam reason for this is after looking to many of the spiritual books we come to know that this place was known as Kamroop. In past in Mahabharata time this place was also known as DakiniDakini
A dakini is a tantric deity described as a female embodiment of enlightened energy. In the Tibetan language, dakini is rendered khandroma which means 'she who traverses the sky' or 'she who moves in space'. Sometimes the term is translated poetically as 'sky dancer' or 'sky walker'. The dakini, in...
. and this was the reason why Adi Shankaracharaya has illustrated this place by saying "Dakiniyam Bhimashankaram".Its existence is also described by Kalidas in his "Raghuvansh". Hence we have to believe that this is the Kamroop Desh.
Why was this place known as Dakini ?
The reason for this is the forests which has gone from Saharanpur
Saharanpur
Saharanpur is a city and a Municipal Corporation in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. It is the administrative headquarters of Saharanpur District as well as Saharanpur Division...
to Nepal
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
consisted a Hidimba named devil which took birth in Dakini Yoni and got married with the Victorious PandavaBhushan BheemSen.In Fact she was a Dakini but as she lived in a devil posture she was called a Devil.
The Lingam of this temple is very large and touching the whole Ling with two human hands is impossible. This kind of Lingam is not present in any other part of the country. It is also believed that this Ling rises and till now it has reached Second Floor after seeing many facts we can say this temple was built around 302 AD. This temple also include a BharavNath temple and a Kund known as ShivGanga Kund and in front of this kund is river Kosi. West to this temple is a temple of Maa Jagdamba Bhagwati Balsundari and every year in month of chaitra a huge fair is organized here. A place known as kila which describes the historic nes of this temple. This is the kila where Guru Dronacharya gave teaching to Kaurava and Pandava Guru dronacharya motivated Bheemsen to reconstruct this temple which later was known as Bheem Shankar. Shravan Kumar also rested here West to this kila is Dronasagar which was also built by pandavas for their guru Dronacharya. The lingam of this temple is too fat so people here named it as "Moteshwar Mahadev".
Shree Moteshwar (Bheema Shankar) Mahadev is regarded as one of the 12 Jyotirlinga
Jyotirlinga
A Jyotirlinga or Jyotirling or Jyotirlingam is a shrine where Lord Shiva, an aspect of God in Hinduism is worshipped in the form of a Jyotirlingam or "Lingam of light." There are twelve traditional Jyotirlinga shrines in India....
of Lord Shiva, information about this temple is also referred in Mahabharat
Shiv Manokamna Kund is just adjacent to the Temple
There is a Bhimashankar Temple near Pune
Pune
Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
in Maharastra, which was also referred to as Daakini country and considered as one of the Jyotirlinga
Jyotirlinga
A Jyotirlinga or Jyotirling or Jyotirlingam is a shrine where Lord Shiva, an aspect of God in Hinduism is worshipped in the form of a Jyotirlingam or "Lingam of light." There are twelve traditional Jyotirlinga shrines in India....
. Bhimshankar temple near Guwahati
Guwahati
Guwahati, Pragjyotishpura in ancient Assam formerly known as Gauhati is a metropolis,the largest city of Assam in India and ancient urban area in North East India, with a population of 963,429. It is also the largest metropolitan area in north-eastern India...
, Assam is the jyotirlinga according to Sivapuran. According to "LINGA PURAN", Bhimasankar temple in Bhimpur near Gunupur
Gunupur
Gunupur is a town and a notified area committee in Rayagada district in the Indian state of Orissa.-Geography:Gunupur is located at . It has an average elevation of . It is located in the lap of the Eastern Ghat and on the banks of river Vamshadhara. It has a mixed climate of mountains & Coastal...
of Rayagada
Rayagada
Rayagada is a municipality in Rayagada district in the Indian state of Orissa. It is the administrative headquarters of Rayagada district.-Geography:...
Dist in South Orissa
Orissa
Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...
is also debated as one of the Jyotirling, which is situated at the western part of the holy Mahendragiri mountains and at the river.
External links
- http://moteshwar.org
- Kashipur.in
- Gallery
- Chaiti Mela Kashipur