Unexpected trip to Warangal (Kaktiyan's regime for (karthika Pournami puja) in Thousand pillars temple....
For more details about
Warangal 1000 pillars temple click on the below link of my blog : https://hamsalekhha.blogspot.com/2016/06/warangal-part-1-rudreshwara-swamy.html
Karthika pournami falls On nov 4th 2017 ,very
auspicious for all hindus.During Karthika month all perform puja to lord siva
and temples will be lit with diya’s in
the evening .After frequent travels for
us 200kms is just a pleasure journey.... not
a distance.This was a spontaneous travel plan which was never planned and i bet all of us experienced with unplanned trips in their life time atleast once,usually unplanned trips always end up with
great memories.
Jet set Go !!! with the unplanned road trip to Warangal...
As a general discussion I was saying my friend today is
Karthik pournami and shall we go to any lord
siva’s temple preferably the ancient
temple.we started wandering on roads and reached yadgiri guta route,at 1st
we thought of going to Chaya someshwaram temple which is located in Nalgonda district
.The same mistake was repeated by us ,last time also we were planned to go to Chaya
someshwaram and we took the yadgiri gutta route
which is long route and finally ended up our trip with Warangal
visit.But believe me the unplanned trips always make us feel better.
At evening 3 pm we started from hyderabad and reached Warangal
by 6pm , Due course of our journey we come across monolithic rocks on which
Bhongiri fort was built and gives us a magnificient view from highway. It looks
like sleeping tortoise with its shell.
we bought some diyas,wicks
and all needful items for litting diyas
at local shop at Warangal.By seeing the crowd at the temple
we moved ahead and parked our vehicle
little far-away to the temple and started walking back to the temple.
Welcome to Warangal !!! Heart of Telangana!!! Glories of
Kakatiyans rule !!!!!
What can I say about this place ,It is a very well known by two telugu states Andhra & Telangana people. It was a history lesson in school days for some
people.Learning about these legends was little bit boring during childhood days
. But being an travel freak and passion photographer as we grow up , these lessons turn up into
interesting places and attract us to love them more.Warangal once called Orvakallu as it was
built on single stone and served as capital to the Kakatiyan Dynasty and it
stood in grandeur as pride of our Telangana State.
Our destination was 1000 pillars temple...
It is the grandeur of kakatiyan dynasty.The construction of
the temple fascinates all the history lovers and photographers.The temple is
built in Trikutalayam (star-shaped) housing three garbha gruhas (sanctorums)one
for lord siva (main deity),another for lord Vishnu and other for lord sun.
The name itself describes about the temple ??? yes very true
!!!
We are at 1000 pillars temple ,an engineer marvel of
kakatiyan era. And these pillars are built at in the manadapa which is constructed in front of the temple
behing the Gaint bull (nandi) and are now barricaded by a boundary wall, It was
in ruin state because it was destroyed
by Tuqhlaq dynasty ,Sultans of Delhi’s invasion during 14th century.
ASI (Archaeological Survey of India)has taking care to relive the glory of this 1000 pillars temple
to relocate in the same place where originally it was built.
My sincere gratitude to ASI for struggling to save the pride
of Telangana ,Kakatiyan’s Grandeur.
Unique feature of the temple...
None of the pillars abstructs a person to see the idol (main
diety).
Unique feature of Nandi ...
On nandi (bull) we can cleary observe veins which are
visible very strongly.
Nandi here always faces east and does not faces directly
lord siva a, here the nandi face is slightly turned right side and the ear
carved out symbolizing the nani is always attentive to hear the lord siva’s
order to follow.The fore limb of the nandi is lifted up symbolizing it would be always in alert
attentive position to receive the order from lord siva.
Here we can see the broken forelimb of the nandi as an
example of the cruelty by muslim ruler’s invasion during those period and
destruction made by them ruining the beauty of the temple.
Entering into the temple took us more than ½ hour as it was
crowded fully and every corner of the temple we find the diya’s litted up by
devotees.As entering into the temple premises one can evoke devotion and
reverence.
Note: For more details about
Warangal 1000 pillars temple see my past post on my blog:
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