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TRAMBAKESHWAR - TRYAMBAK |
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of the kshetra would not be complete without a reference to the various maths or
monasteries and samadhis. Apart from Nivrittinath, several other spiritualists like
Brahmanand maharaj, Ram-Mahadev, Jagannath maharaj, Mauni Baba, Aradhi maharaj etc. had
made the vicinity of the kshetra their home. Samadhis of some of them and maths
established by a few of these are still in existence at Tryambak. A rather unusual type of
math is known as ‘akhada’. These are the centres of several Orders of mendicants
or sadhus such as Nirvani sadhus,Niranjani sadhus, Dasnami sadhus, Udasi sadhus,
Nath-sampradayins etc. Some of these like the Dasnamis and Nirvanis go around in the
digambar state- wear no clothes. They have their periodic festivals and sect deities. The
Dasnamis worship Dattatreya, the Niranjanis venerate Skanda. The Udasis are devotees of
Guru Nanak. The Nath sadhus as the name indicates are followers of the Nath sampradaya.
These ascetics, many of whom are wandering, form a very large section of the Simhastha
fairs that gather here.This is the aspect that the great Godavari river and its presiding
deity, Tryambakeshvar present to the modern visitor. |
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