tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469680352958652051.post1439586543866959529..comments2024-01-22T18:26:42.085+05:30Comments on My Pilgrimage: Mahalasa Narayani temple- Goachitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11162975193030085486noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469680352958652051.post-55037880826382859052013-02-08T21:02:16.045+05:302013-02-08T21:02:16.045+05:30Thanks Durgs for the input. Shall get back to you ...Thanks Durgs for the input. Shall get back to you once I plan my trip that side.chitrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162975193030085486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469680352958652051.post-15884322534342065662013-02-01T19:50:56.075+05:302013-02-01T19:50:56.075+05:30Hi Chitra,
I really loved the way you have covered...Hi Chitra,<br />I really loved the way you have covered all these temples. As a kid, I always used to wonder why my parents come to Goa every year and still prefer to stay in the temple rather than enjoy the sun and sand of the beaches. Now that my kuldaivat has changed post marriage and I haven't visited Mangeshi for a long, long time, I yearn for that atmosphere... I know why they loved the temple so much. <br />After browsing through your award-winning blog, I realised that you've concentrated mostly on temples down south — Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu to be precise. Except for Pandharpur, you haven't explored Maharashtra that much. I suggest that you take time out and concentrate on the Deccan and Konkan regions of this state. You'll fall in love all over again. I can suggest some temples to you, if you're interested. Right now, I can rattle off a few names like Shree Vyadeshwar in Guhagar, Ganpatipule in Ratnagiri, Kunkeshwar in Sindhudurg district, the Ashtavinayak yatra, Swami Samartha Mutt Akkalkot and Ganagapur, Shirdi, Jotiba and Ambabai in Kolhapur, Tulja Bhavani in Tuljapur, and many many more :)durgshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01055776014506981932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469680352958652051.post-37222922391739231062013-02-01T19:41:37.102+05:302013-02-01T19:41:37.102+05:30This temple is very beautiful. I remember, as a ch...This temple is very beautiful. I remember, as a child, I used to stay in our kuldaivat Mangeshi temple and go out for long walks till the Mahalasa temple in the evening. The benefits were lots of fresh air and a whetted appetite after these long walks. It was a wonderful experience. We used to buy 'khaje' (a sweet made of ginger, jaggery and besan) from the vendors outside the temple gate. The highlight of this temple is the huge metallic 'deepmaal'... towering lamps! Sometimes we used to eat the naivedyam dinner there too :)durgshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01055776014506981932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469680352958652051.post-32958674491370260742012-10-22T09:15:07.665+05:302012-10-22T09:15:07.665+05:30Thanks Jithendra
That muti-tiered deepasthambha i...Thanks Jithendra<br /> That muti-tiered deepasthambha is their among the photos I have displayed. Happy that you could some information here. <br /><br />Mahalasa Narayani is Kuladevta from my father's side and we do have a shrine of same deity in my home town Kochi.Chitrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01556696323841167780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469680352958652051.post-83751762423583589072012-10-21T23:38:06.144+05:302012-10-21T23:38:06.144+05:30There are many specialties related to this Temple ...There are many specialties related to this Temple as mentioned in the comments n information provided on website. In our earlier visit, we had been at this temple on Lakshmi Poojan day in Diwali.<br /><br />I would like to add another rarely observed tradition in this temple. At the entrance, there is a multy storied DEEP_STAMBH i.e. Lamp Tower, with brass coating. On Laksmhi Poojan day, Deepstambha glows with the oil lamps from top to bottom of it!! Hats off to one who lights up all the lamps one by one in shortest possible time. This is certainly a special experience!!! <br /><br />Also try to visit SAPTA_KOTESHWAR TEMPLE, re-built by Chatrapti Shivaji Maharaj after conquering this area from Portuguese in 1664-68. <br /><br />Jitendra Joshi,Pune<br />Shreejoshi03@gmail.com<br />Shree(Jitendra)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13880405016618387507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469680352958652051.post-24094643520250510222012-02-17T15:45:09.863+05:302012-02-17T15:45:09.863+05:30nice cool spiretual expireance to stay at tample ...nice cool spiretual expireance to stay at tample shree Mahalsa kuldevi of our Talwalkar family we must visit yrly .sandeephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00108432994060543847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469680352958652051.post-72350908533172727332012-02-17T15:42:06.404+05:302012-02-17T15:42:06.404+05:30nice cool spiretual expireance to stay at tample ...nice cool spiretual expireance to stay at tample shree Mahalsa kuldevi of our Talwalkar family we must visit yrly .sandeephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00108432994060543847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469680352958652051.post-78330543854510513842011-05-12T09:26:15.738+05:302011-05-12T09:26:15.738+05:30Anonymous,
Thanks for the beautiful explanation. ...Anonymous, <br />Thanks for the beautiful explanation. <br />These information may help many. Many times when I visit temples I try to ask or get information about the temple or deity Sometimes I return with no information at all. Our trips also happen at lightening speed. But what ever I can I am bringing through my blogs. Additional inputs are alwaya welcoem.<br />Jai Mahalasa Narayani.chitrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162975193030085486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469680352958652051.post-50667692557345347642011-05-11T14:14:11.278+05:302011-05-11T14:14:11.278+05:30The temple of Mahalsa Naryani was originally at D...The temple of Mahalsa Naryani was originally at Dicholim, and then Verna, From where it was demolished during the portuguese aquisition of Goa. The idol and temple was shifted to Mardol, after the local deity Kamakshi(santeri) gave permission. The place was Mahardhol and with time is called mardol. The idol is of shalagram shila and has no carving above the neck as desired by Our Mahalasa, The detailed story can be read in the Mahalasa Charitra available at the Temple. She is a Very jagrut deity with a combination of the Purusha and prakriti, narayan and narayani or shiva and shakti, and she has the 64 yoginis residing in her and all the kalas of the Moon.<br />She is worshipped as a young girl in the morning, as a maiden in the afternoon and as a woman in the evenings.<br />Shree Mahalasayai Namah. May her grace protect all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469680352958652051.post-2067709246473193032011-03-16T09:15:35.285+05:302011-03-16T09:15:35.285+05:30Bakula,
Thank you so much for the input. I would ...Bakula, <br />Thank you so much for the input. I would certainly do so.Haven't heard though.Is there another temple of Mahalasa Narayani there?. Do you have any further inputs to give me. would love to go there.chitrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162975193030085486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469680352958652051.post-3608088708568160982011-03-15T20:50:00.634+05:302011-03-15T20:50:00.634+05:30chitra when you visit goa next do visit the MAHALA...chitra when you visit goa next do visit the MAHALASA temple at VERNA or as the place is known OLD MARDOL. you will love the place and its surroundings.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08832928643934787890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469680352958652051.post-4700539112646831842010-11-13T22:35:14.371+05:302010-11-13T22:35:14.371+05:30Mr. Yeshwant Pai
Please do understand there is no...Mr. Yeshwant Pai<br /> Please do understand there is no commercial intent on "My Pilgrimage". All posts under this blog are based on the temples I have visited, enjoyed and got blessed. I wanted to share this feeling with all my readers.<br /> I am from Kerala ,a GSB and Mahalasa Narayani is Kuladevata of my parents too. I also worship Mother Goddess right from my childhood. <br /><br /> I was also surprised to see your comment mentioning elephants in the photos of the said temple and in fact I started searching for them. I think you are meaning about the banner of my template. That is a common one for every post which is like a heading to " My Pilgrimage'. You may click other posts and see the elephants would be still there. I hope you understand the picture now.<br /><br />If somebody reads my blog and happens to visit these temples which I write about I feel doubly happy as they would also get the same benefits which I enjoy. This world is an abundant world we should be willing to share with out any expectation which is what I do in my own small way. Keep visiting .God bless you.<br />Check all the slide show Of the temple given separately under Mahalasa Narayanii post.chitrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162975193030085486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469680352958652051.post-20820574763655448232010-11-13T08:21:15.575+05:302010-11-13T08:21:15.575+05:30Hello, The photo you have posted with so many elep...Hello, The photo you have posted with so many elephants is not authentic one of any Goan temples. This is purely a Kerala phenomenon and accounts for an attractive factual mis-represantation, to attarct tourists. I am sorry. The temple of Sri Mahalasa Narayani at Mardol is extemely sacred to us as our Kuladevata and I strongly object to its being commercialized in this fashion.Yeshwanth Paihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08472202875102515504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469680352958652051.post-1984822086250920922010-06-26T14:30:26.218+05:302010-06-26T14:30:26.218+05:30Arti
Thanks Arti. We will travel together. I want ...Arti<br />Thanks Arti. We will travel together. I want to learn so much from your travels too.chitrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162975193030085486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469680352958652051.post-27357870639892101482010-06-26T12:48:47.338+05:302010-06-26T12:48:47.338+05:30Beautiful pictures..
Hope to travel to more of the...Beautiful pictures..<br />Hope to travel to more of these wonderful temples along with you!Artihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14606566484548310912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469680352958652051.post-72017250609239215242010-06-26T07:39:34.575+05:302010-06-26T07:39:34.575+05:30Thanks Chitra for dropping by my blog :) I am your...Thanks Chitra for dropping by my blog :) I am your follower.. I guess you need to add me in your blogroll.. wordpress doesnt hv any feature like follower but i use google reader to follow blogs.. its very good tool :) hope to see u around :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469680352958652051.post-18285653909449498492010-06-22T19:01:29.927+05:302010-06-22T19:01:29.927+05:30Thanks hummer
Like to see your comments. I really ...Thanks hummer<br />Like to see your comments. I really enjoyed my trip.chitrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162975193030085486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469680352958652051.post-70736618995926418142010-06-22T10:38:33.123+05:302010-06-22T10:38:33.123+05:30Beautiful temple. Someone has to work extra hard w...Beautiful temple. Someone has to work extra hard with all the visitors to keep it so immaculate. I have missed my visits, I like you took a trip, not to anything so old an impressive as this but never the less, it was refreshing to get away. <br />Thank you for explaining and sharing.FranEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00727917499152200255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469680352958652051.post-40792274183916993502010-06-21T18:32:18.683+05:302010-06-21T18:32:18.683+05:30thanks again:)thanks again:)R. Rameshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00314470449340373184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469680352958652051.post-24600237873190529212010-06-21T15:09:33.451+05:302010-06-21T15:09:33.451+05:30Thank you Traci
happy that you are finding time to...Thank you Traci<br />happy that you are finding time to read my posts.chitrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162975193030085486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469680352958652051.post-57754729665345461102010-06-21T09:04:36.723+05:302010-06-21T09:04:36.723+05:30I'm sorry that I have been away, my loyal frie...I'm sorry that I have been away, my loyal friend. As always, I am in love with what I see. I love the brightly colored flowers around the ebony colored statue. The contrast makes it all the more striking.<br />:-)Tracihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14266639444882900212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469680352958652051.post-37911929585999716552010-06-19T13:26:28.615+05:302010-06-19T13:26:28.615+05:30lostworld
Temples in Goa aredifferent is it no?nea...lostworld<br />Temples in Goa aredifferent is it no?neat and clean too.I have visited some temples,may be you would see the one you saw among them.chitrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162975193030085486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469680352958652051.post-31702784770655720882010-06-19T13:23:04.158+05:302010-06-19T13:23:04.158+05:30Insignia,
I remember your trip to Goa.We visited m...Insignia,<br />I remember your trip to Goa.We visited more temples and only 2 churches. Even 4 days is insufficient to cover all the important monumentschitrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162975193030085486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469680352958652051.post-1643773433990442622010-06-19T13:20:55.077+05:302010-06-19T13:20:55.077+05:30Sorci,
thanks for appreciation.Sorci,<br />thanks for appreciation.chitrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162975193030085486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469680352958652051.post-46152099430201163142010-06-18T15:54:38.479+05:302010-06-18T15:54:38.479+05:30Have been to this temple & loved the sthambhas...Have been to this temple & loved the sthambhas. And yes, as you mentioned they were so well maintained !!! :-)There is another temple very close to this one that I'd been to. Don't remember the name or deity though:(lostworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04911417180097437196noreply@blogger.com