Details about the Trip to Pandharpur !! 'Southern Kashi of India' !!

Jai Sriman Narayana!!



'Pandharpur' - Is one of the most revered place of pilgrimage, which is situated in the District of Solapur, Maharashtra.    This sacrosanct place of Lord Vishnu's incarnation as 'Vittoba' / 'Panduranga'/Vithal (Lord Krishna)  known as 'Pandurangan Rukumayee Temple'.   The name 'Vithala' derived from  'Lord Vishnu' in Kannada language. This holy place is situated on the banks of River Bhima also known as Chandrabhaga.  The Saints of Maharashtra  and  Karnataka namely Dyaneshwar, Tukaram, Namdev, Eknath, Chokhamela, Jnanabai, Purandara Dasa, Vijaya Dasa, Kanaka Dasa, Gopala Dasa and Jagannatha Dasa were   made remarkable efforts on the worship of Lord Panduranga.



The city of Solapur is well connected by Road and Air.  There are trains from Chennai Central  to Solapur Jn and it takes nearly 15 hours (Chennai, Mumbai and Shirdi Express) to 19.20 (Mumbai Mail) hours to reach.  The flights from Chennai to Solapur takes nearly two hours to reach the destination.   From Solapur to Pandharpur it is 72km by road. 


The Pandharpur temple covers a vast area of land and has six gates.  The Eastern entrance to the temple  known as Namadev Payari (gate) and exit through the Paschim Dwar (Westward Gate) .  There are  nearly twenty five temples within the temple premises itself and  they are:



Lord Ganesha Mandir, Lord Dattathreya (Ekmukh) Mandir, Lord Garuda Mandir, Lord Maruti Mandir, Chowrangi Devi Mandir, Sri Garuda Khamb, Lord Narasimha Mandir, Rameshwara Linga Mandir, Kala Bhairav Mandir,Sri Lakshmi Narayana Mandir, Sri Kashi Vishwanatha Mandir, Sri Satyabhama Mandir, Sri Radhika Mandir, Sri Siddhi Vinayak Mandir, Sri Mahalakshmi Mandir, Sri Venkateswara Mandir, Sri Kanhopatra Mandir, Sri Amba-bai Mandir, Sri Shani Dev Mandir, Sir Nagnath Mandir, Sri Guptaling Mandir and Sri Khandoba Mandir.

Will be continued..........


Jai Sriman Narayana !!



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