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JAMMU
& TAWI SIVA MANDIR |
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The
state Jammu and Tawi has the proud privilege of having one of the
biggest Hindu temples of the Akanda Bharat Khand. The Raghunathji
Mandir, as said by the
sthalagnas justly occupies the highest place in the temple map of
India. It is a veritable Harihara kshetra and from among the
evidence available staring into the visitor's eyes, it is extremely
difficult to call it a Vaishnavate shrine or Saivate temple. It goes
by the sacrosanct name of Raghunathji temple, but by the evidence of
the number of Sivalingas installed and adored, it deserves to be
named as Siva mandir only. No where in India such infinite number of
Sivalingas are housed in one place. Neither the ancient, nor the
modern Siva mandir built anywhere on the globe claims that most
honoured number of Sivalingas receiving worship. It is said that
there are a thousand crore -- Sahasrakoti Sivalingas installed in
ten huge halls in
an odd way. The very number staggers one's imagination and benumbs
the senses. By and large, everyone unconditionally pays homage to
the builders of this famous Raghunathji mandir, the crest jewel of
the state, or to be precise the dazzling diamond in the diadem
adorning the Bharatamata.
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