How many Hindus worship Sri Kailash Shila ???

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"Om namah shivaya!Om namah shivaya!Om namah shivaya!" This is the Sanskrit

mantra (invocation) chanted by pilgrims and devotees of Lord Shiva as they walk

(clock

wise) around the great, unscaled, sacred Himalayan peak, Mount Kailasa. This

chant

means, "Om, I bow to Lord Shiva." And this act of great austerity is considered

by both

Hindus & Buddhists alike as a very pious and difficult sacrifice leading to good

fortune and

ultimate beautitude.

 

In the Sanskrit-English dictonary of Prof. V.S. Apte, "Kailasa" is defined as,

"Name of a

mountain, a peak of the Himalayas and residence of Shiva." In the same

dictonary, "Shiva"

is defined as, "Auspicious, propitious, lucky, in good health or condition,

happy,

prosperious, fortunate, God bless!, name of the third God of the sacred Hindu

Trinity (Tri-

guna-avatara's), who is entrusted with the work of universal destruction, as

Brahma and

Visnu are with the creation and preservation of the (material) world(s)

respectively."

 

Shiva also has many other meanings listed such as, "Final beatitude, the male

organ

(lingam), the Vedas (ancient Sanskrit scriptures), and the husband of Goddess

Durga

(Maya-devi), who is also known as Sati, Uma, and Parvati; and she is Shiva's

shakti

(material energy). Together Lord Shiva and Goddess Durga reside on Mount Kailasa

for the

duration of the cosmic manifestation or the life-span of the temporary material

universe.

 

Stones (rocks) from Mount Kailasa are brought back by the stalwart devotees who

take the

one-two month trip to walk around the base of the sacred Mount. These stones or

"bits" of

Mount Kailasa are considered to be non-different from Lord Shiva, who is greater

than the

sum total of the entire universe; therefore it is considered an "offence" to buy

or sell a Sri

Kailasa-sila (stone). It is impossible to place a "material value" on a Sri

Kailasa-mani.

 

Deity: Sri Shankar • Time of invocation: Daily at Sunrise • Mantra of

Invocation: Om namah

shivaya! ---108 times

 

Please take darshan of Sri Kailash Shila at

http://www.navaratna-museum.info/Stones.html