LORD TRYAMBAKESHWAR OF NASIK

THE BRAHMAGIRI

This sacred hill situated in Tryambak, besides being the abode of Lord Siva, it is the origin of several thirthas, and caves for spiritual sadhana. There is the famous Gangadwara from where Ganga started flowing. It is almost in the middle of the mountain, accessible by a flight of stone steps and here lie many more sacred thirthas. A small stream of water flows down from a stone image of Gomukha and above it is installed a female image called Ganga. There is another temple dedicated to Kolhambika. Tradition current here says that a dreadful demon called Kolhasur started gulping down all the waters of Ganga. Then Mother Parvathi pitying Gautama descended and killed, but to fulfilling the death wish of the demon, she is dwelling here since then. Hence sacred and visit worthy. Next, there lie many more thirthas like Varaha thirtha, Viswanath - thirtha, Mukund thirtha, Prayaga thirtha etc. ''here is a big modern reservoir called Gangasagar, built to supply water to the city, and then Gautamalaya another worth seeing place. There, is also the Ashalya stream which joins Gautama, and the confluence is held sacred. These thirthas have add tales and are attracting pilgrims for snana, dhyana, sraddha, samaradhana etc. Religionists take bath in every one of the ashta thirthas and pancha thirtha groups and then visit several temples lying in the vicinity, like the Gangadevi temple which celebrates Gangavatarana annual festival on a grand scale. Besides this there are many temples dedicated to Lord Siva in several of his forms, like Kanchaneswar, Tribhuvaneswar, Rameswar, Gautameswar, Kasi Visweswar, Kedareswar etc. And a few more dedicated to Vaishnavate deities, like Rama, Parasurama, Krishna, Balaji, Maruti, Lakshminarayana etc. Some of the caves are visit-worthy as they are associated with Nath sampradaya.

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