Omkareshwar Temple
| Omkareshwar Jyothirlinga | |
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| Affiliation | Hinduism |
| District | Khandwa district |
| Deity | Shiva |
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| Location | Mandhata, near Khandwa city, M.P |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| Country |  India |
  Location in Madhya Pradesh | |
| Geographic coordinates | 22°14′44.1″N 76°09′03.8″E / 22.245583°N 76.151056°E |
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There are two main temples of Shiva here, one to Omkareshwar (whose name means "Lord of Omkara or the Lord of the Om sound") located in the island and one to Mamleshwar (Amaleshwar) (whose name means "Immortal Lord" or "lord of the Immortals or Devas") located on the southern bank of the Narmada River on the mainland.
Madhya Pradesh has two Jyotirlingas, the second one, Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga, is situated about 140 km north of Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga.
Jyotirlinga
According to the Shiv Mahapuran, once Brahma (the Hindu God of creation) and Vishnu (the Hindu God of Protection and Care) had an argument in terms of supremacy of creation.[2] To test them, Shiva pierced the three worlds as a huge endless pillar of light, the jyotirlinga. Vishnu and Brahma split their ways to downwards and upwards respectively to find the end of the light in either directions. Brahma lied that he found out the end, while Vishnu conceded his defeat. Shiva appeared as the second pillar of light and cursed Brahma that he would have no place in ceremonies while Vishnu would be worshipped until the end of eternity. The jyotirlinga is the supreme partless reality, out of which Shiva partly appears. The jyotirlinga shrines, thus are places where Shiva appeared as a fiery column of light.[3][4] Originally there were believed to be 64 jyotirlingas while 12 of them are considered to be very auspicious and holy.[2] Each of the twelve jyotirlinga sites take the name of the presiding deity – each considered different manifestation of Shiva.[5] At all of these sites, the primary image is lingam representing the beginningless and endless Stambha pillar, symbolizing the infinite nature of Shiva.[5][6][7]
Within the Omkareshwar Temple, the jyortlinga is described a "roundish black stone" representing the form of Shiva and near it is a white stone representing Shiva's consort, Parvati.[5]
The twelve jyotirlingas are
Legends and history
As per
The second story relates to Mandhata and his son's penance.
The third story from Hindu scriptures reveals that there was a great war between the Devas (gods) and Danavas (demons), in which the Danavas won. This was a major setback for Devas and hence Devas prayed to Shiva. Pleased with their prayer, Shiva emerged in the form of Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga and defeated Danavas.
Philosophy of Omkaar - Advait Matt says Omkaar is composed of two words, Om (sound) and Akaar (srishti). Both are one not two since Advait means "not two". Om beej mantra of Srishti, itself is creator of Srishti.
Adi Shankara's Cave – Omkareshwar is said to be the place where
Location
It is situated in the
Connectivity
Nearest Airport: Indore
Nearest Railway Station: Khandwa Junction and Mhow
Gallery
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Mamleshwar Temple -
Sculpture at Mamleshwar Temple -
Sculpture at Omkareshwar Temple -
Mamleshwar Jyotirlinga -
One of the temple shrines -
Omkareshwar Palace -
Gomukh ghat -
View ofNarmada -
Omkareshwar temple view
See also
References
- ISBN 978-81-7016-231-5.
- ^ a b c R. 2003, pp. 92-95
- ^ Eck 1999, p. 107
- ^ See: Gwynne 2008, Section on Char Dham
- ^ a b c d Lochtefeld 2002, pp. 324-325, 482-483
- ^ Harding 1998, pp. 158-158
- ^ Vivekananda Vol. 4
- ^ Chaturvedi 2006, pp. 58-72
- ^ ISBN 978-81-7907-053-6.
- ^ "Omkareshwar - Where Adi Sankara met his Guru". Archived from the original on 21 August 2015.
- ^ "Omkareshwar Dam in Madhya Pradesh to have world's largest solar power plant".
Notes
- Chaturvedi, Jyoti. (2006), Shiv Purana (First ed.), New Delhi: Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd, ISBN 81-7182-721-7
- Eck, Diana L. (1999), Banaras, city of light (First ed.), New York: Columbia University Press, ISBN 0-231-11447-8
- Gwynne, Paul (2009), World Religions in Practice: A Comparative Introduction, Oxford: Blackwell Publication, ISBN 978-1-4051-6702-4.
- Harding, Elizabeth U. (1998). "God, the Father". Kali: The Black Goddess of Dakshineswar. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 156–157. ISBN 978-81-208-1450-9.
- Lochtefeld, James G. (2002), The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism: A-M, Rosen Publishing Group, p. 122, ISBN 0-8239-3179-X
- R., Venugopalam (2003), Meditation: Any Time Any Where (First ed.), Delhi: B. Jain Publishers (P) Ltd., ISBN 81-8056-373-1
- Vivekananda, Swami. "The Paris Congress of the History of Religions". The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. Vol. 4.
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