| Temples & Legends Of Bihar |
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| Temples & Legends
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DEOGHAR |
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| Lord Vishnu
readily agreed to it and, as soon as Ravana turned his back to relieve himself, he left
the Jyotirlinga on the spot and vanished. When Ravana came back, he found that the
Jyotirlinga was firmly fixed to the earth and realized that a trick had been played on him
lie even tried violence to remove the lingam and thereby broke a piece off the top of the
lingam. However, failing to remove the lingam, he made his obeisance to the lingam and
daily he used to come from Lanka and worship the divinity. The spot where Ravana came down
to the earth has been identified with Harlajuri, about four miles north of Deoghar and the
place where the lingam was deposited is known as Deoghar.
The present nomenclature of the lingam is Baidyanath and there is a legend about it.
According to the Padma Purana, a Brahmin in the garb of Lord Vishnu, after taking the
lingam from Ravana, consecrated it in due form with water from a neighboring tank. |
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