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Gangasagar Mela 2019
Kapil Muni
Kapil Muni History
Kapil
Muni was the son of Kardam Rishi and Daksh's daughter Devahooti. He was Avataar
of Vishnu. Kardam Rishi had nine daughters also. After the birth of Kapil,
Kardam Muni went to forest for Tap . Later he
preached Saankhya Yog to his mother.
Once he was sitting in
Samaadhi in his Aashram, that Raajaa Sagar's 60,000 sons came there in search
of their father's Yagya horse. They found it tied with a tree nearby him, so
they thought that Kapil Muni had stolen it. They started telling him some bad words.
Kapil Muni opened his eyes and all of them were burned to ashes.
Then Raajaa Sagar sent
his grandson Anshumaan in search of his 60,000 sons. He traced his uncles'
footsteps and arrived at Kapil Muni's Aashram. He saw a mound of ashes near his
Aashram. He understood everything. He greeted him and came to know the fate of
his uncles. He asked him as how he could give them Mukti (emancipation). Kapil
Muni suggested him to bring Gangaa on Prithvi so that her water can give them
Mukti.
Kapil Muni Temple
Kapil Muni Temple History
According
to the legend, King Sagara of the Ikshvaku dynasty ruling at Ayodhya in Uttar
Pradesh had two queens, Keshani and Sumati, but neither had a child. Sagara
performed severe austerities before his wives could produce sons. But whereas
Keshani gave birth to a son called Asmajas, Sumati bore 60,000 sons. Sagara
performed the Ashwamedha Yagya sacrifice to declare his suzerainty over the
neighbouring kingdoms. According to the prevalent custom, the sacrificial horse
was let loose and allowed to wander into the neighbouring kingdoms. If the
horse was caught, a battle ensued and the outcome decided the winner. The
60,000 sons of Sagara were following the horse when they saw him enter a cavern
where sage Kapil Muni was meditating. Not seeing the horse in the cavern, they
presumed that Kapila had captured it. They did not kill Kapil Muni as he was a
sage but they started disturbing his meditations. Annoyed at being
disturbed, Kapil Muni with a curse burnt the 60,000 sons of Sagara.
Time
passed and later Bhagiratha, the great grandson of Sagara, chanced to come
across the bones of his dead ancestors. He wanted to perform the shraddha of
his ancestors but there was no water available for the ceremony. Agastya having
drunk all the waters of the ocean, the country was passing through a severe
drought. Bhagiratha prayed to Brahma, the Creator, to end the drought. Brahma
asked him to pray to Vishnu, the Preserver, to allow the heavenly Ganga,
issuing from His big toe, to come down to earth. Vishnu when prayed to by
Bhagiratha agreed, but asked him to request Shiva, the third member of the
Hindu trinity of Gods, to allow the torrential rain to fall on his head before
it came to the earth as the river was very forceful and if she were allowed to
come down unchecked, her fall would split the earth. Shiva agreed to take the
gigantic weight of the cascading Ganga on the matted hair piled high on his
head. This ensnared and delayed the progress of the river which, in meandering
through the labyrinth of his hair, lost its force and then gently descended to
the Himalayas from whence it flowed to the plains bestowing its waters on the
parched earth. And that is why the anthropomorphic image of Ganga is shown in
the matted hair of Shiva who is also called Gangadhara. Being born in the
Himalayas, Ganga is considered the elder sister of Parvati, who is also a
daughter of the Himalayas.
Naga Baba
Naga Baba History
Naga Baba narrates the history of the Naga Babas and Sannyasis from Guru Dattatreya in the age of the Ramayana through Adi Sankara to the present time.
“I was enchanted by the yogi-shamans, the Naga Babas of India – naked in ashes, long dread locks twisted with Marigolds piled on their heads like crowns…”
“According to Indian storytelling, some 2500 years ago appeared a man who became known as Adi Sankaracharya, India’s greatest philosopher, prolific commentator of ancient texts, poet, and for our purpose here, the greatest organizer of the ancient tradition of Yogis, the founder of the monastic order known as Sannyasis. About 1500 years later, a number of lineages of Naked Yogis, or Naga Babas from among Shankaracharya’s order of Sannyasis, formalized even more ancient bonds into an association called The Akhara.
The Akhara’s collected lineages look back for their origins to the Age of Treta, countless thousands of years ago, the age of the epic poem, The Ramayana, and to the Three Headed Guru of Yogis, Dattatreya, their ultimate founder. Guru Dattatreya is naked, his dread locks touch the earth.”
Sagar
The Ganges is one of the major rivers of the Indian subcontinent, flowing east through the Gangetic Plain of northern India into Bangladesh. The 2,510 km (1,560 mi) river rises in the western Himalayas in the Uttarakhand state of India, and drains into the Sunderbans delta in the Bay of Bengal. It has long been considered a holy river by Hindus and worshiped as the goddess Ganga inHinduism. It has also been important historically: many former provincial or imperial capitals (suchasPatliputra,Kannauj,Kara, Allahabad,Murshidabad,and Calcutta) have been located on its banks. The Ganges Basin drains 1,000,000-square-kilometre (390,000 sq mi) and supports one of the world`s highest densities of humans. The average depth of the river is 52 feet (16 m), and the maximum depth, 100 feet (30 m). The river has been declared as India`s National River. The many symbolic meanings of the river on the Indian subcontinent were spoken to in 1946 by Jawaharlal Nehru in his Discovery of India,
sagar
The Ganges is a major river in the Indian
subcontinent flowing east through the immeasurable plains of northern India
into Bangladesh. The 2,510 km or 1,557 mi river originates at the Gangotri
Glacier in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, in the central Himalayas, and
empties into the Bay of Bengal through its vast delta in the Sunderbans. It has
enjoyed a state of admiration among India`s Hindus, by whom it is worshipped in
its incarnated form as the goddess Ganga. The river Ganges flows through India,
Nepal and Bangladesh. The major cities along the River Ganges areHaridwar,Moradabad,Rampur, Allahabad, Kanpur, Patna,Varanasi and Raj
Shahi. The Ganges Delta is at the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh.
Mahadev
According to Hindu religion a very famous king Bhagiratha did tapasya for many years constantly to bring the river Ganges, then residing in the Heavens, down on the Earth to find salvation for his ancestors, who were cursed by a seer. Therefore, Ganges descended to the Earth through the lock of hair (Jata) of god Shiva to make whole earth pious, fertile and wash out the sins of humans. For Hindus in India, the Ganges is not just a river but a mother, a goddess, a tradition, a culture and much more.
Ganga River is also said to be the river of supreme Lord Rama and also called "Ram Ganga" as there is a belief Lord Rama promised while Ganges emerged from his feet that, when He will appear on earth as Lord Rama will reside on the banks of Ganga and her tributaries. Lord Ram then appeared in Ayodhya which is on the banks of Saryu Ganga River, when he went to Janakpuri he crossed River Ganga in Haridwar. During his 14 years exile from Sita, his wife and brother Lakshmanaafter leaving Ayodhya his first night stay was at Tamsa River (Ganga tributaries), his second stay was at Shrungverpur which is on the banks of Ganga and with the help of Nishadraj Gruh and Kevat he crossed Ganga, he then went to Triveni sangam, Prayag Raj stayed with Muni Bharadvaj and then marched towards Chitrakoot and stayed there for 11 and half years on Kamadgiri parvat on the banks of Mandakini, holy stream. From there he went to Panchvati and stayed on the bank of Godavari until his wife sitaji was abducted by demon king Ravana. The search for his beloved wife Sita, Lord Rama went to Rameshwaram, as it is said all rivers meet the ocean.
Sundarban
Royal Bengal Tiger
Sundarban Royal Bengal Tiger
Royal Bengal Tigers are the main draw, but you can also spot Saltwater Crocodiles, various primates, leopards, King Cobras and Indian Cobras.Sundarbans is home to many different
species of birds, mammals, insects, reptiles and fishes. Over 120
species of fish and over 260 species of birds have been recorded in the
Sundarbans. The Gangetic River Dolphin (Platanista gangeticus) is common
in the rivers. No less than 50 species of reptiles and eight species of
amphibians are known to occur. The Sundarbans now support the only
population of the Estuarine, or Salt-Water Crocodile (Crocodylus
parasus) in Bangladesh, and that population is estimated at less than
two hundred individuals.
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