Dear Guru Ji Namaskar. Astrologicaly what all are these due to

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OM NAMAH SHIVAAYA

 

Dear Guru Ji,

 

Here with i am sending the information, which pained me much, for

your kind astrological explanation.

 

Install a new shivling at the Omkareshwar.

 

Friday, June 30, 2006 (Khandwa)

Amidst controversy over an artificial shivling at Amarnath,

authorities in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa district are planning to

install a new shivling at the Omkareshwar Temple following cracks in

the original shivling

People are angry that repair work was carried out secretly and

without the knowledge of the district collector, who is also the

chairman of the temple trust.

 

The Temple is one of the 12 Jyotirlings in the world and shivling in

these temples are believed to be nature-made.

However, cracks were seen about a fortnight ago. Following this, the

Temple Trust got the patchwork done about 10 days ago. But it has

come off again.

 

The controversy is that the patchwork was done secretly without the

knowledge of the Collector, who is the chairman of the Trust.

Therefore, the story assumes significance in the light of the

Amarnath temple controversy.

Minor repairs done

After noticing that a small portion of the one-foot-high stone idol

had been severed a few days back, temple authorities made certain

minor repairs in consultation with the state Archaeology department

to facilitate unhindered worship.

Though the precise causes for the damage to the Swayambhu (self-

emerged) shivling were yet unclear, the district administration said

the Jyotirlinga was damaged due to a natural weathering process.

Omkareshwar Temple Trust chief priest Swami Tejanand, however, says

the Jyotirlinga suffered damage due to continuous rituals and being

touched by devotees.

"The Trust is seriously considering installation of a new

Jyotirlinga after submerging the existing shivling in the holy

Narmada some time after August. Swami Jayendra Saraswati of the

Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham is being consulted," he explained.

Admitting that the damaged idol was not fit for worship, Swami

Tejanand pointed out that at Jyotirlingas the place was of greater

religious significance than the image.

The Jyotirlinga at Someshwar in Gujarat had been replaced some time

back, he said, in support of his plan to replace the idol at

Omkareshwar.

Meanwhile, the Temple Trust is also planning to place a transparent

cover over the present shivling till a new one is installed.

 

Offerings on Omkareshwar jyotirlinga banned

Sunday, July 2nd, 2006

 

Bhopal - Offerings of milk, curd, water and other traditional

materials on the sacred jyotirlinga at the famous Omkareshwar temple

has been with banned to save the phallus-shaped symbol of Hindu lord

Shiva from further erosion, officials said Sunday.

 

The Khandwa district administration took the decision Saturday on

the advice of the Archeological Survey of India (ASI), the officials

said.

 

`The damage is being caused due to the offerings made on the

Shivlinga which is made of sandstone - comparatively soft material,'

said ASI deputy superintendent Ashok Kumar Pandey who had inspected

the damaged lingam.

 

The jyotirlinga at Omkareshwar, 350 km from here, is one of the 12

major lingams in India and Nepal.

 

`A crack had been found in the one-foot high shivlinga a few days

ago and was repaired using a locally made paste but it did not prove

effective,' said Swami Tejanand, chief priest of the Omkareshwar

Temple Trust that looks after the temple.

 

`The jyotirlinga has suffered damage because a large number of

devotees touch it every day during rituals,' he said.

 

`The trust is seriously considering the installation of a new

jyotirlinga after submerging the existing Shivlinga in the holy

Narmada river some time after August. Swami Jayendra Saraswati of

the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham is being consulted on the issue,' the

priest said.

 

However, Khandwa district collector Nikunj Kumar Shrivastava said

the administration was consulting the ASI to preserve the lingam and

there were no plans to install a new one.

 

Meanwhile, the temple trust is planning to place a transparent cover

over the present shivling till a new one is installed.

 

What all are these to?

 

With respects.

 

Yours Sincerely,

S.Dheenadayalan