The tradition of the temples has been running here for centuries and will continue to progress in this way. If we talk about the temples, then we will know that the tradition of temples started from the time of Mahabharata and Ramayana.
At that time the temples of different goddesses were also made. Lord Rama himself also worshiped Lord Shiva by establishing Shivling and converted it into a temple.
Similarly, there is a temple in Pandharpur in Maharashtra which is known from the Vithoba temple. Today, you will learn about this temple.
The temple of Lord Vithal is located on the banks of the river Chandrabhaga, this temple is built towards this river. Some people also called this river as Bhima river. At the beginning of this temple, there is Samadhi of Saint Namdev and Saint Chokhamela.
The pilgrims first see these two great devotees and then only enter the temple. There is also a small temple of Lord Ganesha in this temple and it is the first temple of this temple. People first visit Lord Ganesha and then proceed further.
Thereafter there is a small building in which all devotees make 'bhajan'. There is also a temple of Wahpar Garud.
After climbing some stairs in front of this temple, we can see Lord Vitthal. This type of God's philosophy is called face-sight and it does not even need to stand in long long lines.
God has to stand in the long queues to perform 'parya philosophy' and a big building has also been prepared for him, where all the devotees stand in the lanes. In this post, the devotees should touch the legs like God's lotus feet. Get golden opportunity
When we touch God's feet, we feel very happy, enjoying the experience. There is also a temple of other goddesses, there are temples of Rukmini Devi, Satyabhama Devi, Radhika Devi, Lord Narasimha, Lord Venkateswara, Devi Mahalaxmi, Nagraj, Ganesh, Annapurna Devi, all of these deities.
There is also another special pavilion here, in the same way as Lord Krishna played with all the Gopika, devotees can play in this building.
The temple of Vithoba situated in Maharashtra is very famous all over the country. When the journey is organized in this temple, people get to see in the number of millions. We have many temples here but the Vithoba temple of Pandharpur has some different characteristics.
Why when it is celebrated in this temple, it has to be done several days in advance. People from a few places get ready for it a month ago because most people get involved in Dindi for this Ashadhi Ekadashi.
The devotees who join this Dandi come on their feet for a month. During this visit, he does not use any bus, train or private vehicle. All the people involved in this journey call them 'Warakari'.
Pandharpur Yatra
In the month of July (Ashadh Shukla Paksha), the festival of Asadhhi Ekadashi is celebrated in Maharashtra on a large scale. This is a religious festival of Maharashtra.
During this festival God's Palkhi is very beautifully decorated and then God's 'Paduka' is kept in it. After this, all the people get together and go out together and during this journey all songs of God, Singing hymns dance on them. All these people who become Samuh are called 'Dindi'.
It is said that this is the biggest and oldest journey in the world in which people gather on this special occasion and take part in Dindi.
This journey is about 250 km. In the World Book of Records in London, this 'Pandharpur Asadhhi Ekadashi Vari' - Pandharpur Wari has been included.
This is such a place where most people in the world come to visit God in one day. For this reason, the name of this unique 'Vary' means 'Dindi' has been recorded in the World Book of Records.
Ever since this Dindi Yatra started, this journey has been continuously every year, so many years have passed but it has never been visited this year. It has never happened. Such a battle was fought, sometimes it was a famine, it was flooded but even a year This bar did not interfere. Every year more than fifty saints of Puthiya visit to Vithoba in Pandharpur.
In Maharashtra, the Warkari is a very large community of people and most of the farmers working in the farming area are in large quantity. After sowing, all the farmers go on a 21-day journey. In this journey, every religion and caste people take part. Knowledgeable sages also experience this journey.
When traveling on Pandharpur, all the pilgrims, that is, the Warkari forgetting the outside world and remembering God alone, singing and dancing about his name.
When this unique Dindi goes out to Pandharpur, during this Dindi some people serve the poor and needy people, and we also understand that God is situated in all forms because God is omnipresent.
This kind of service is done in this journey, hence it is also called 'Service Dindi'. During this Dindi, people serve all kinds, which include nectar kalash, Narayana Seva, service of the patients, repairing village buildings etc.
Pilgrims who take part in this ashdi Ekadashi and service Dindi have many benefits like their health is absolutely healthy, their life is filled with peace and prosperity.
During this whole journey, people are so immersed in God's name that they completely forget the outer world and concentrate only on God, during this journey they become completely sanctified, their mind, body and The soul becomes completely pure by being one and receiving God's blessings. By taking this kind of experience, the person gets fully developed and gets the right purpose of his life.
Many people of Vithoba temple of Pandharpur are also known by the name of Shri Vittal Rukmini Temple and this temple is located in Pandharpur of Maharashtra. This is the most important temple in Maharashtra and all Vithoba and his wife Devi Rukmini visit this temple.
Vithoba is the incarnation of Lord Vishnu and Lord Krishna. In this temple of Maharashtra millions of devotees come and visit.
A big journey is organized at the temple on the occasion of Ashadi Ekadashi and Kartik Ekadashi in this temple and on this holy festival, devotees set out towards Pandharpur to visit Lord Vithoba, and their group is called Dindi and devotees All are called Warakari.
Pandharpur is situated on the banks of the river Chandrabhaga and it is said that after bathing in this river, all the sins of the man are washed away. After coming to this temple every devotee gets an opportunity to see God very closely and the devotee can touch God's feet too.
Since May 2014, the woman has been allowed to come to this temple and the people of the backward classes were given the opportunity to become a priest. This is India's first temple in which the people of the backward classes were given the opportunity to become the priest of the temple for the first time.
After seeing some of the objects and buildings of this temple, it is revealed that this temple is present from the 12th to 13th century but the temple we see now is made in the Deccan style in the time of the 17th century. There are large arches and arches in this temple.
Lord Vishnu was born as Vithoba. But a very interesting and mysterious story is hidden behind this and why God has to take this Avatar for it. We would like to keep this interesting story in front of you. While not wasting too much time, we direct you towards the story.
Bhakta Pundalik Story
Pundalik used to serve a lot of his parents. God was pleased with the passion that he was serving his parents and Lord Vishnu decided to give him a glimpse soon.
That is why for the Pundalik to leave the Lord Vishnu Vaikunth, the ashram came to meet Pundalik.
Lord Vishnu came to his door and started knocking on the door, but Pundalik was serving food to his parents at the time. Listening to the voice of the door, she realized that God is standing at her door.
But she was busy serving her parents because she wanted her to fulfill her duty first and later she opened the door. But Pundalik was so absorbed in the service of the parents that he did something different.
He threw an eart outside the door and asked God to stand on it until he could serve his parents full.
Lord Vishnu was very happy and impressed by seeing Pundalik's service to his parents, and God started looking for the path of his beloved devotee.
When Pundalik came out after serving the parents, he started apologizing to God for opening the door, but instead of pardoning him, he was very pleased with his work and blessed him for Pundalik.
Pundalik once again prayed to God to come to earth and bless his devotees.
God accepted his point and told him that he would take a new incarnation in the form of Lord Vithoba, because the God who stands on it will know all the names of Vithoba and there will also be a large temple of Vithoba Vithoba. In this temple, Lord Vitoba is worshiped in goddess Rakhumai (wife of Lord Rukmini Lord Krishna).
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