Interesting stories or cool facts about our temples

6 Comments:

1. 

   prashant

   July 14, 2009 at 1:00 pm

   Unfortunately my knowledge of temples is not that much. But I hope some of the other knowledgeable people here will comment.
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   OneManArmy

   July 15, 2009 at 1:07 pm

   I have heard several stories like this too and I remember one of them about our Jain Temple in Ranakpur.

   Specialty of that Ranakpur Temple is that it has 1008 pillars and people say that no matter what you cannot count those pillars no matter how many markings you do.

   Also the structure of the temple is designed in such a way that any pillar you stand at you can see Bhagwan ni pratimaji. Its said that person who designed the temple architect was a farmer.
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   OneManArmy

   July 15, 2009 at 1:08 pm

   That’s my knowledge about the Ranakapur temple incase i am wrong please do correct me.
4. 

   Anonymous

   July 17, 2009 at 1:33 pm

   In Mahudi temple – near Ahmedabad there is a custom of offering Sukhdi to Ghantakaran Mahavirdev. The Sukahadi should be consumed there and no one is allowed to take this Prasad of Sukhdi outside the temple complex. It is a belief that if you take Prasad of Sukhdis outside the temple complex, something very bad shall happen to you or your family.
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   Jaideep

   July 18, 2009 at 3:26 am

   SametShikhar – It is believed that before starting on the SametShikhar jatra one must pay their respects to Bhumiyaji whose temmple is at the foot of the hills – without this one would get lost along the way and will not be able to perform the jatra successfully.
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   tarun

   July 20, 2009 at 9:12 pm

   Girnar is the only jain tirth I know of that has deities of other faiths on the mountain as well though not in the same complex.