Jyotiba Temple

Shri Jyotiba of Kolhapur
Shri Jyotiba of Kolhapur
	Jyotiba
State	Maharashtra
Country	India
	Location in Maharashtra Pradesh
Geographic coordinates	16°47′41″N 74°10′35″E / 16.79472°N 74.17639°E

Jyotiba Temple (

Vaishakha

.

Location

There was a small temple in the place of today's Jyotiba's big temple. Jyotiba temple is situated at a height of 3124 feet above sea level and is dedicated to Jyotiba. The temple is 18 km north-west of

Daulatrao Shinde in 1808. The third temple of Ramling is 13 ft x 13 ft x 40 ft high including its dome. This temple was constructed in circa 1780 by Malji Nilam Panhalkar.^[2]

The interior of the temple is ancient. There are other few temples and Light-towers in the premises.

Ancient story

Shri Jyotiba or Kedareshvar is incrarnation of Bramha, Vishnu, Mahesh and part of sage Jamadgni's anger, and shine of 12 sun. Legend says Vishnu, Brahma and Shiva came together to incarnate as the deity Jyotiba who eventually destroyed the evil Ratnasura.

Ambabai in her fight with the demons. He founded his kingdom on this mountain, and belongs to the Nath sampradaya. Lord Jyotiba destroyed Raktabhoja Rakshasa, and Ratnasura Rakshasa thus liberating the region from their tyranny. The idol of Lord Jyotiba is four-armed.^[4]

Festival

On Chaitra Poornima of Hindu calendar, a big fair is held, when lacs of devotees come with tall (Sasan) sticks. Shree kshretra padali, vihe, kolhapur chatrapati, himmat bahadur chavan, Gwalior shinde kival navajibaba are some sasankathis in this festival. Due to scattering of ‘Gulal’ by the devotees the entire temple complex appears pink and even the Jyotiba hill has turned pink, resulting in people referring to the temple as the Pink temple. Being Sunday is day dedicated to Jyotiba, there is always rush over there.[5]^[6]

Nearby Cities

Kolhapur - 20 km
Sangli - 55 km

Nearby Railway Stations

Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, Kolhapur - 20 km
Sangli railway station - 55 km

References

^
ISBN 978-81-7991-578-3
. Retrieved 1 June 2013.

^ "Jotiba's Hill". Maharashtra State Gazetteers - Kolhapur District. Government of Maharashtra. 2006. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
^ "Jyotiba Temple Kolhapur, ancient stoey Importance, Timings". Gosahin - Explore Unexplored Destinations. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
^ P. 114 Offbeat Tracks in Maharashtra By Milind Gunaji
^ "इतिहास (History) | दख्खनचा राजा श्री जोतिबा | Jyotiba". jyotiba.in. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
^ "Jotiba Hill | Kolhapur | India". Retrieved 4 February 2022.

External links

Location in Wikimapia

[Gunaji2010-1] 
ISBN 978-81-7991-578-3
. Retrieved 1 June 2013.

[2] "Jotiba's Hill". Maharashtra State Gazetteers - Kolhapur District. Government of Maharashtra. 2006. Retrieved 23 August 2010.

[3] "Jyotiba Temple Kolhapur, ancient stoey Importance, Timings". Gosahin - Explore Unexplored Destinations. Retrieved 4 February 2022.

[4] P. 114 Offbeat Tracks in Maharashtra By Milind Gunaji

[jyotiba-5] "इतिहास (History) | दख्खनचा राजा श्री जोतिबा | Jyotiba". jyotiba.in. Retrieved 12 November 2016.

[6] "Jotiba Hill | Kolhapur | India". Retrieved 4 February 2022.

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