tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post114183650244630279..comments2024-03-24T16:46:26.733+05:30Comments on Indian Temples & Iconography: Bhojeshwar Mandir, host of the largest Ancient Shiva Linga.Kavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-68462988374230728782013-08-27T11:20:43.240+05:302013-08-27T11:20:43.240+05:30A Shiva Linga similar to that in Bhojpur has been ...A Shiva Linga similar to that in Bhojpur has been cosecreated by Sadguru J Vasudev at Isha foundation - yoga center at Coimbatore. Sadguru has made certain comments on Bhojpur temple also. Accordingly, this temple was also to be cosecreated in a similar manner as that of Isha's Dyanalinga. but was interupted during the last stage when only a small work remained to be done. The main person myselfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556783827677721439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-63406456998952068142012-04-11T18:08:50.731+05:302012-04-11T18:08:50.731+05:30very beautiful and lucidly written... comprehensiv...very beautiful and lucidly written... comprehensive and researched content....loved the content... keep posting...Rahulhttp://thinkingparticle.com/blog/bhopal-bhojpur-temple-and-beyondnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1146996645306446142006-05-07T15:40:00.000+05:302006-05-07T15:40:00.000+05:30Hello,Impressed with your notes about temples.Can ...Hello,<BR/><BR/>Impressed with your notes about temples.<BR/>Can you please kindly contact me for possible cooperation with our magazine (The Art Review). Thank you.<BR/><BR/>Ati Metwaly<BR/>Editor in Chief<BR/>The Art Review<BR/>www.theartreview.com<BR/>atimetwaly@theartreview.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1143004752505345192006-03-22T10:49:00.000+05:302006-03-22T10:49:00.000+05:30Wow, i never knew this temple existed. Thank you s...Wow, i never knew this temple existed. Thank you so much for writing about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1142734325087921112006-03-19T07:42:00.000+05:302006-03-19T07:42:00.000+05:30In the statement, "...and the solar system was bor...In the statement, "...and the solar system was born, as per present estimate, within 8 to 10 billion year old universe..." please read 10 to 15 billion years (in place of 8 to 10).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1142304507521799632006-03-14T08:18:00.000+05:302006-03-14T08:18:00.000+05:30A coincidence perhaps, read the following item in ...A coincidence perhaps, read the following item in today's newspaper, 'The sun is going away, but don’t panic…'<BR/><BR/>The Nigerian government, anxious to avoid a repeat of riots that marked a solar eclipse in 2001, warned citizens they may suffer ‘psychological discomfort’ during a new eclipse on 29th March but urged them not to panic.<BR/><BR/>Information Minister Frank Nweke said an eclipse Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1142294645121136012006-03-14T05:34:00.000+05:302006-03-14T05:34:00.000+05:30Hi felix,As per ancient Hindus, the universe is pr...Hi felix,<BR/>As per ancient Hindus, the universe is projection of innumerable forms by Naadbindu on His mind's eye. That is to say that the Creator is a point source of energy, and therefore real time and space is zero... and forms are illusory or as they appear to Him from one apparent time to another! <BR/><BR/>'Time' - as 'we' apparently reckon it on earth - is a result of relative motions ofAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1141974194039896872006-03-10T12:33:00.000+05:302006-03-10T12:33:00.000+05:30Hi Felix,Surely, you have got it right! The lingam...Hi Felix,<BR/><BR/>Surely, you have got it right! <BR/><BR/>The lingam represents formless Shiva (mithya jagat or illusory earth). And, the roof might have been left open deliberately with a view to performing and participating in the 'spiritual marriage' of sun's energy - absorbed in the lingam during the day - and the moonrays ('somrus' - associated with Shiva)in the night!<BR/><BR/>A Hindu Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1141971774852016032006-03-10T11:52:00.000+05:302006-03-10T11:52:00.000+05:30Hi,I just had a thought/vision/dream of the skylit...Hi,<BR/>I just had a thought/vision/dream of the skylit roof.<BR/><BR/>Just Imagine...<BR/>On a misty night where the moon bathes the dark sky with its blissful aura. The interiors lay in a clam silence of darkness.<BR/>But a glorious vision lights up my inner spirit.<BR/><BR/>I see The Glowing Linga in extreme brilliance emanating an aura of a pristine shine as a pillar of moonlight rises Third Eye Closedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05432291604809132601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1141910258562878762006-03-09T18:47:00.000+05:302006-03-09T18:47:00.000+05:30Hi Virtual,The picture you paint of the river is i...Hi Virtual,<BR/><BR/>The picture you paint of the river is indeed so fabulous... the river flows like it caresses the feet of lord Shiva. <BR/><BR/>Very well put indeed. <BR/><BR/>I do envy your experience of having been there and spent many hours on your own bathing in the beauty of the place.<BR/><BR/>I will make it there some day. <BR/><BR/>Rgds<BR/>KavithaKavitha Kalyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1141894710650829822006-03-09T14:28:00.000+05:302006-03-09T14:28:00.000+05:30It's very true that the ancients were much advance...It's very true that the ancients were much advanced not only in the architecture but also in site selections, at 'naturally' available 'shakti pithas' or energy centres availble at isolated locations in hills... <BR/><BR/>As per Historical records (available on the Internet), the 11th century Paramara ruler had created an enormous lake from the waters of the river Betwa, with ridge of hills on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1141884429956051982006-03-09T11:37:00.000+05:302006-03-09T11:37:00.000+05:30Dear Kavitha.. Hi.. I liked the pics of the Bhojpu...Dear Kavitha.. <BR/><BR/>Hi.. <BR/><BR/>I liked the pics of the Bhojpur Temple.. I have been there and I did find that Big Shivalinga very imposing but the beauty and the power I found in the one Shivalinga that is in the front of the big one. There I had done meditation for many hours together and it gave me lot of bliss. It has this calming effect on you when you sit in the hot sun and feel theVirtualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04275233439322089882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1141883169201267782006-03-09T11:16:00.000+05:302006-03-09T11:16:00.000+05:30Hi, Kavitha, Feelix,...A nice description!In retro...Hi, Kavitha, Feelix,...<BR/><BR/>A nice description!<BR/><BR/>In retrospect, I believe that the childhood experience of almost getting crushed between the devotees of ‘Krishna’ - on His birthday - a fear of the crowd was generated in my mind (of course that helped me later to appreciate the significance of formation of Black Holes and the Hindu concept of 'man as a model of the universe') . Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1141844171628595442006-03-09T00:26:00.000+05:302006-03-09T00:26:00.000+05:30dear kavithaIt's beautiful- what you have written ...dear kavitha<BR/><BR/>It's beautiful- what you have written about the temple as well as the temple itself.it brings tears to my eyes. feel like going and seeing it.<BR/>absolutely a graphic piece of writing<BR/><BR/>premaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1141840687965438612006-03-08T23:28:00.000+05:302006-03-08T23:28:00.000+05:30"A Visual Mesmerism as the texts unfolds itself. T..."A Visual Mesmerism as the texts unfolds itself. The words paint a tantalizing dream."<BR/><BR/>After seeing the pictures, I would tend to wonder if they would have been as appealing and enticing before reading.<BR/><BR/>It has left an extremely sapid picture to dream on.<BR/><BR/>~fEelixThird Eye Closedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05432291604809132601noreply@blogger.com