It is a shame that I yet do not know how to efficiently converse in my mother tongue , reading and writing it is a miles apart destination for me. I am not very good at languages except English. so I find it very difficult to connect to my roots. nevertheless due to my keen interest in mythology , history and stories I try my best to understand the beauty of my native town - Sringeri .
In the Chikmaglur district of Karnataka , lies the hill town of Sringeri .It is situated on the banks of the holy river Tunga ,at roughly a distance of 100 km from Mangaluru and around 300 km from the capital city of Bengaluru
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" bank of river tunga at Sringeri "
The name Sringeri is derived from Rishyashringa-giri, a nearby hill that is believed to have contained the heritage of Rishi Vibhandaka and his son Rishyashringa. "shringa " means horn in Sanskrit .it is said that the holy rishi had two horns on his head . as he performed most of his penance here , the place was named as "shringa giri" where giri means mountain in sanskrit. by word of mouth the name shortened with time to "Sringeri".
A magnificient 1200 year old temple called sringeri sharada peetham lies in the heart of the town.it is believed that shri adi shankaracharya meditated here and as he found this place extremely pure and established this temple here. it is one of the best examples of Dravidian architecture . it is said that underneath the ground the temple has humongous wheels.it is a major centre for learning Sanskrit and people from all over the world come to learn the ancient language from here.
According to legend, Adi Shankaracharya is said to have selected the site as the place to stay and teach his disciples, because when he was walking by the Tunga river, he saw a cobra with a raised hood, providing shelter from the wrath of the rains, to a frog undergoing labour. Impressed with the place where natural enemies had gone beyond their instincts, he stayed here for twelve years. I have seen that place where the frog and the snake were ,so believe me this is not fiction.
isn't the very thought that a snake , the animal who is believed to be one of the most not trustworthy animals , who could kill the very person who would care for him protected his natural prey , unbelievable?. such a place where such positive energy that even natural enemies help each other , has increased the sanctity of the place.
this temple was originally made of sandalwood and later replaced with gold and stone.
We owned a beautiful bungalow and betel nut farm at a distance of roughly 1 km from the temple.there my grandparents and my paternal cousins used to live and it would be a holiday home for the whole of my paternal family every summer. my father made it a point that we would visit Sringeri at least twice a year if not thrice .
I am not a person who loves travel so it used to be damn tedious for me to go to sringeri from Mumbai because it neither has an airport nor a train station.it was more tedious when we were living in Gurgaon ( Haryana ) for three years. I recollect that time as one of my most tiring travel experiences. the flight from delhi airport to Bengaluru airport was at 8 am so we had to move from Gurgaon at around 6:30 am. we missed our flight by a couple of minutes and so we had to wait for another hour for the next possible flight nearest and that was to Mumbai 2 hours later. so it went - flight from delhi to Mumbai( 3 hours) then from Mumbai to Bengaluru ( 2 hours) then from Bengaluru to mangaluru ( 45 minutes) and a road trip from mangaluru to sringeri that was about three hours. including the time for food etcetra we reached sringeri in 14 hours at about 12 am of the next day .Pheww!!!
this was my experience of my hometown and I think everyone should go closer to their roots at least once in their lives..............
with this I bid adieu to all of you for today.
In the Chikmaglur district of Karnataka , lies the hill town of Sringeri .It is situated on the banks of the holy river Tunga ,at roughly a distance of 100 km from Mangaluru and around 300 km from the capital city of Bengaluru
.
The name Sringeri is derived from Rishyashringa-giri, a nearby hill that is believed to have contained the heritage of Rishi Vibhandaka and his son Rishyashringa. "shringa " means horn in Sanskrit .it is said that the holy rishi had two horns on his head . as he performed most of his penance here , the place was named as "shringa giri" where giri means mountain in sanskrit. by word of mouth the name shortened with time to "Sringeri".
A magnificient 1200 year old temple called sringeri sharada peetham lies in the heart of the town.it is believed that shri adi shankaracharya meditated here and as he found this place extremely pure and established this temple here. it is one of the best examples of Dravidian architecture . it is said that underneath the ground the temple has humongous wheels.it is a major centre for learning Sanskrit and people from all over the world come to learn the ancient language from here.
According to legend, Adi Shankaracharya is said to have selected the site as the place to stay and teach his disciples, because when he was walking by the Tunga river, he saw a cobra with a raised hood, providing shelter from the wrath of the rains, to a frog undergoing labour. Impressed with the place where natural enemies had gone beyond their instincts, he stayed here for twelve years. I have seen that place where the frog and the snake were ,so believe me this is not fiction.
isn't the very thought that a snake , the animal who is believed to be one of the most not trustworthy animals , who could kill the very person who would care for him protected his natural prey , unbelievable?. such a place where such positive energy that even natural enemies help each other , has increased the sanctity of the place.
this temple was originally made of sandalwood and later replaced with gold and stone.
We owned a beautiful bungalow and betel nut farm at a distance of roughly 1 km from the temple.there my grandparents and my paternal cousins used to live and it would be a holiday home for the whole of my paternal family every summer. my father made it a point that we would visit Sringeri at least twice a year if not thrice .
I am not a person who loves travel so it used to be damn tedious for me to go to sringeri from Mumbai because it neither has an airport nor a train station.it was more tedious when we were living in Gurgaon ( Haryana ) for three years. I recollect that time as one of my most tiring travel experiences. the flight from delhi airport to Bengaluru airport was at 8 am so we had to move from Gurgaon at around 6:30 am. we missed our flight by a couple of minutes and so we had to wait for another hour for the next possible flight nearest and that was to Mumbai 2 hours later. so it went - flight from delhi to Mumbai( 3 hours) then from Mumbai to Bengaluru ( 2 hours) then from Bengaluru to mangaluru ( 45 minutes) and a road trip from mangaluru to sringeri that was about three hours. including the time for food etcetra we reached sringeri in 14 hours at about 12 am of the next day .Pheww!!!
this was my experience of my hometown and I think everyone should go closer to their roots at least once in their lives..............
with this I bid adieu to all of you for today.
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