Shri Shirdi Sai speaks-23rd oct/Murudeshwar and Gokarna in Karnataka

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Jai Maata di!Om Nama Shivaya!

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them to your computer.. Nothing happens without God's blessings and grace.Each

time , I start to compose one of these mails and wander which holy temple do I

visit next-It is amazing and a miracle to my eyes to come across these

devotional sites.Each time, I think, that I will not be able to find any more

pictures which would enable me to see this temple better and have the blissful

darshan of these holy places-my eyes witness one more leela of Baba.It is hard

to explain in words but I surely hope and pray that you too feel blessed while

follwing me on this teerth yatra. Today, lets all have the sacred darshan of

Murudeshwara , the tallest statue of " Lord Shiva " in the world.Murudeshwara is

a town in the Bhatkal Taluka of Uttara Kannada district in the state of

Karnataka , India. " Murudeshwara " is another name of the Hindu god Shiva. This

temple is built on the Kanduka Hill

which is surrounded on three sides by the waters of the Arabian Sea. It is a

temple dedicated to the Lord Shiva, and a 20-storied Gopura is being constructed

on the temple. The entire temple and temple complex, including the 249 feet tall

Raja Gopura, which is considered the tallest gopura in the world, was

constructed to its present form by businessman and philanthropist Mr. R N

Shetty. Two life-size elephants in concrete stand guard at the steps leading to

the temple. The history of Murudeshwar characterized at the Museum [Must see and

do not forget to read the wonderful stories linked with these statues] The

origin of the name " Murudeshwara " dates to the time of Ramayana. The Hindu

god’s attained immortality and invincibility by worshipping a divine lingam

called the AtmaLinga. The Lanka king Ravana wanted to attain immortality by

obtaining the AtmaLinga. Since the AtmaLinga belonged to Lord Shiva, Ravana

worshipped Shiva with devotion. Pleased by

his prayers, Lord Shiva appeared before him and asked him what he wanted. By

this time Narada had asked Lord Vishnu to change Ravana’s mind. As a result of

this plot, Ravana asks for Goddess Parvathi, and Lord Shiva offers him. On his

way back to Lanka Narada tells Ravana that Lord has not given real Parvathi and

that the real Parvathi was in Pathala. So Ravana lets off Parvathi and goes to

Pathala and marries a king’s daughter thinking that she was Parvathi. When he

returns back to Lanka and tells that he had brought Parvathi, his mother then

asks for linga. Ravana then comes to know that Vishnu had done all these tricks.

Now Ravana goes back and meditates a lot to please Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva

appears and Ravana asks for His forgiveness. This time, Ravana requests the

AtmaLinga as his boon. Lord Shiva agreed to give him the boon with a condition

that it should never be placed on the ground. If the AtmaLinga was ever placed

on the ground, all the

powers would return to Lord Shiva again. Having obtained his boon, Ravana

started back on his journey to Lanka. Sage Narada, who came to know of this

incident, realized that with the AtmaLinga

Ravana may obtain immortality and create havoc on earth. He approached the Lord

Ganesh and requested him to prevent the AtmaLinga from reaching Lanka. Lord

Ganesh knew that Ravana was a very devoted person who used to perform prayer

ritual in the evening every day without fail. He decided to make use of this

fact and came up with a plan to confiscate the AtmaLinga from Ravana. As Ravana

was nearing Gokarna, Lord Vishnu blotted the sun to make it look like evening

had appeared. Ravana now had to perform his evening rituals but was worried

because with the AtmaLinga in his hands, he would not be able to do his rituals.

At this time, Lord Ganesh in the disguise of a Brahmin boy came near him. Seeing

him, Ravana requested him to hold the AtmaLinga until he performed his rituals,

and asked him not to place it on the ground. Ganesh struck a deal with him

saying that he would call Ravana thrice, and if Ravana did not return within

that time, he would place the

AtmaLinga on the ground. As predicted, before Ravana could return after

completing his rituals, Ganesh had already placed the AtmaLinga on the ground.

Vishnu then removed his illusion and it was daylight again. Ravana, realizing

that he had been tricked, got really angry and tried to uproot and destroy it

but could not. Then he decided to destroy the covering of the AtmaLinga, and

threw the case covering it to a place called Sajjeshwara, 23 miles away. Then he

threw the lid of the case to a placed called Guneshwara (now Gunavanthe) and

Dhareshwara, 10-12 miles away. Finally, he threw the cloth covering the

AtmaLinga to a placed called Mrideshwara in Kanduka-Giri (Kanduka Hill).

Mrideshwara has been renamed to Murudeshwara. A huge towering statue of Lord

Shiva, visible from great distances, is present in the temple complex. It is the

tallest statue of Shiva in the world. The statue is 123 feet (37 m) in height,

and took about 2 years to build. The statue

was built by Shivamogga’s Kashinath and several other sculptors, financed by

businessman and philanthropist Mr. R.N. Shetty, at a cost of approximately 50

million Rs. The idol is designed such that it gets the sun light directly and

thus appears sparkling. This sculpture shows the narration and writing of the

famous Hindu epic the Mahabharata. Also clicked inside the premises of the

Murudeshwara Temple. The Mahabaratha is traditionally ascribed to Vyasa, who is

also one of the major dynastic characters within the epic. The first section of

the Mahabharata states that it was the elephant headed God Ganesha who, at the

request of Vyasa, wrote down the text to Vyasa's dictation. Ravana Giving the

Athma Linga to Ganesha Clicked inside the premises of the Murudeshwara Temple.

The Bhagavad Gita (in Sanskrit Bhagavad Gita means the " Song of God " ) is an

important Sanskrit Hindu scripture. The sculpture shows Krishna as the

charioteer and Arjuna the warrior.

The content of the Gita is the conversation between Lord Krishna and Arjuna

taking place on the battlefield before the start of the Kurukshetra war.

Responding to Arjuna's confusion and moral dilemma, Krishna explains to Arjuna

his duties as a warrior and prince and elaborates on different Yogic and

Vedantic philosophies, with examples and analogies. This has led to the Gita

often being described as a concise guide to Hindu philosophy and also as a

practical, self-contained guide to life. During the discourse, Krishna reveals

his identity as the Supreme Being Himself, blessing Arjuna with an awe-inspiring

vision of his divine universal form. Nandi with the 20 storey tower in the

backdrop The Statue of Lord Shiva is mesmerizingOm Shree Namaha Shivaya! My

heart felt pranams to Lord Shiva.May He bless our souls with eternal peace and

Joy. Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra :

Om-Tryambakam yajamahe Sugandhim pushti-vardhanam

Urvarukamiva bandhanan Mrityor mukshiya mamritatMessage from the teachings of

Sai baba for 23rd October

Baba, in Everything and Everywhere in Nature

When we look at nature, varieties of trees, mountains, multi-hued, fragrant

flowers wafting perfume, tasty fruits, a host of song birds, animals, brooks,

rainbows, and a plethora of pleasant sights greet us. What is the basis and who

created them all? Who has taught the parrot to mutter sweet words, songs to a

cuckoo and dance to a peacock? This wondrous creation bears an eloquent

testimony to the creative genius of God. He pervades every atom of the Universe.

Our minds enveloped in the darkness are unable to sense the Power of the

Celestial Artist who drew the picture of the visible, marvellous creation on the

canvas of the nature. God incarnates in the human form in order to dispel the

darkness of ignorance in mankind and to light wisdom. Baba is the Heavenly

Father in human form.Is it not foolishness not to have developed a rock-like

faith in Baba after reading Sai Satcharitra, a story of His mind-boggling

miracles blessed to thousands of devotees. On

a number of occasions Baba proved that He would be hurt or harmed if any living

being is tortured or Mother Nature is polluted. With deep love for Baba welling

up in our hearts, let us behold the Presence of Baba in every inch of Nature and

let us serve Baba visible in every living being. This is the highest practice of

sensing the Omnipresence of Baba, the fulfillment of human birth.

 

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