Yameshwar Temple, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Yameshwar Temple, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Yameshwar Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located in Bhubaneswar, the state capital of Odisha, India. The Temple is situated near Bharati Matha, in Jameshwar Patna. The Temple is famously called as Jameshwar Temple among Odia People. The temple is under the control of ASI.

Legends

It is believed that Lord Yama, god of death worshipped Lord Shiva here.

History

Yamesvara Temple was built by the Eastern Ganga during 13^th or 14^th century CE.

The Temple

This is a huge temple. Presiding Deity is called as Yameshwar. He is housed in the sanctum in the form of Lingam. The Vimana follows Rekha Deula style and Jagamohana follows Pidha Deula style. There are two Parvati idols and one unidentified idol is found in the jagamohana. There is Mandapam in the front side of the shrine. It is not connected to the main shrine. The Mandapam has lot of pillars but the ceiling is completely lost.

Nandi can be found in raised Mandapam similar to the one found in the south Indian temple. There are two stone Deepa Sthambams can be found near Nandi mandapam. Sculptures and reliefs of Dikpalas, Amorous couple, Nayikas, Vidalas, Erotics, elephant procession can be found around the shrine.

The interior walls are plain. But the exterior walls as well as the vimana are intricately decorated with sculptures and reliefs like dancing girls, amorous couples, ladies riding lions, elephant procession, Nagas, etc. The typical Kalingan style lions with the first two legs raised and lions on top of elephants heads are found in various places across the temple walls and vimana. There are damaged Ganesha and Kartikeya idols are found as the niche images.

The entrance has Navagraha Panel and Lakshmi relief image. There are four small shrines located in the prakara. Some of them are located partially underground. Few Shiva Lingas are found in the prakara. There is a small temple can be found in Yamesvara Temple compound. This small temple is situated below ground. It faces northeast.

Temple Opening Time

The Temple remains open from 06:00 am to 12:30 pm and 03:00 pm to 08:30 pm.

Festivals

Some of the notable festival commemorated in the temple are- the Jiuntia festival (Puajiutia festival), Dwitvahana osha, Kartik Purnima, Bharani Nakshatra Shivaratri and Dev Diwali. All Mondays and Sankramana days are important in this temple. People who visit this temple during Bharani nakshatra are said to be free from all miseries.

Connectivity

For brief details, please refer below link;

https://hindutemples-india.blogspot.com/2020/01/yameshwar-temple-bhubaneswar-connectivity.html

Location

Yameshwar Temple, Bhubaneswar – Connectivity

Yameshwar Temple, Bhubaneswar – Connectivity

The Temple is located at about 500 meters from Lingaraj Temple, 1 Km from Garage Square Bus Stop, 3 Kms from Lingaraj Temple Road Railway Station, 5 Kms from Bhubaneswar Railway Station, 8 Kms from Baramunda Bus Stand, 19 Kms from Bhubaneswar New Railway Station, 4 Kms from Bhubaneswar Airport, 31 Kms from Cuttack and 55 Kms from Puri. Yamesvara (Jamesvara) temple is located on the left side of the road branching from Badhe Banka Chowk to Jambesvara Patna near Bharati Matha. Bhubaneswar is well connected to rest of India by Train, Air and Land.

By Road:

Bhubaneswar is connected to the rest of Odisha and India by National Highway-NH 16, NH 203, State Highway 13 (Odisha) and State Highway 27 (Odisha). Asian Highway – AH 45 passes through the city. Baramunda Inter State Bus Terminus (ISBT) is the major bus terminus in the city from where buses ply to all the districts in Odisha as well as to neighbouring state's cities like Hyderabad, Kolkata, Visakhapatnam, Raipur and Ranchi. City bus service (Mo Bus) runs across Bhubaneswar by Capital Region Urban Transport Authority run by Bhubaneswar Development Authority.

Nowadays popular online cab or auto transport system provided by Jugnoo, Ola, uber are widely used. Auto rickshaws are available for hire and on a share basis throughout the city. In parts of the city, cycle rickshaws offer short trips. Also, CRUT recently has launched Mo Cycle, a public bicycle Sharing platform to curb traffic, reducing pollution in city and providing last mile connectivity in city.

By Train:

Bhubaneswar railway station is one of the main stations of the Indian railway network. It is connected to major cities by daily express and passenger trains and daily service to all metro cities is available from here.

By Air:

Biju Patnaik International Airport, also known as Bhubaneswar Airport, located to the south of the city Centre, is the major and sole international airport in Odisha. There are daily domestic flights from Bhubaneswar to Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Kolkata, Vishakhapatnam, Chennai and Bangalore. There are international flights from Bhubaneswar to Bangkok, Dubai and Kualalumpur thrice a week.

Vimaleshwar Temple, Rivona, Goa

Vimaleshwar Temple, Rivona, Goa

Vimaleshwar Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located in Rivona village of Sanguem Taluk in the state of Goa, India. He is worshipped here in the form of Shiva Ling and it is considered that Shiva Linga is self-originated i.e. Swayambhu Linga. There are also shrines for Kamaleshwar, Mahalakshmi, Hanuman, Purush and Ravalnath in the Temple premises. The Prabhu Dessai family of Rivona (GSBs) and the Daivajna Brahmins with surname 'Rivonkar' or 'Revankar' are Mahajans of the temple.

Dasara, Kalo, Pindikaotsav, Shigmo and Shivrathri are the famous festivals celebrated here. The Temple is situated adjacent to Rivona Bus Stop. The Temple is located at about 12 Kms from Sanguem, 13 Kms from Balli Railway Station, 17 Kms from Chandar Railway Station, 24 Kms from Margao, 58 Kms from Panaji and 51 Kms from Goa International Airport.

Location

Vijaya Durga Temple, Keri, Ponda, Goa

Vijaya Durga Temple, Keri, Ponda, Goa

Vijaya Durga Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Goddess Durga, located in Keri near Ponda in South Goa District of Goa State, India. Vijaya Durga is considered as family deity as well as Pallavi of many Brahmins.

Legends

According to local legends, it was said that once Shanta Durga of Keloshi who is now worshiped in Kavlem wanted to venture out in the Arabian sea. She went to Colva to meet her sister Mahalakshmi which was then located in Colva, now in (Bandivade / Bandora). Then, Goddess sought permission from her husband Shri Mangesh Maharudra, (which was then located in Kushasthali, now in Mangeshi) and took her leave. In order to reach the sea, the Goddess had to cross Murgaon - Sankwal (modern day Mormugoa -Sancoale).

On her way, the Goddess witnessed a very gruesome scene, a demon (asura) named Kaal-Antak / Kalantakasura was harassing the Saraswat Brahmins – impeding their rituals and causing great catastrophe to Sancoale. The Saraswat brahmins from sancoale had their Kuladevi as Shanta Durga of Keloshi and Lakshmi Narasimha as their Kuladev. One of the Brahmin peasant who was troubled witnessed the Goddess and knelt before her and prayed to save Sankwal and its inhabitants.

He promised to build a temple in her honour. Shanta Durga of Sankhavali is never seated on a carnivore (tiger or lion), but instead an elephant which is associated and assumed to be her vahana. Shanta Durga with her divine powers transformed herself into a Mahisasuramardini mounted on an elephant and commanded the demon to stop. A fierce war was fought between the demon and the Goddess.

Shanta Durga was victorious, the inhabitants of sancoale graced the Goddess and called her 'Vijaya'. Hence a temple in her honour was built which was called Vijay Shanta Durga or Vijaya Durga. The Vijaya Durga temple was once located in close proximity to Shri Shankleshwari Shanta Durga and Shri Lakshmi Narsimha in Sancoale but had to be shifted to Kerim, Ponda Taluk in Goa.

History

Shanta Durga Sankhwaleshwari is located in present-day Velinga, Gothana (Goa) and Vijaya Durga is located in Curti, Kerim (Goa). These Deities were once located in modern-day Sancoale (Sankwal), Salcette Taluk. The humongous Pipal tree marked the territory of the two prominent temples in Sancoale (Narcinva and Shanta Durga). Due to the forceful Portuguese inquisition and mass destruction of temples in Sancoale by Diogo Rodrigues, the Captain of Rachol Fort in the year 1567, the deities were shifted from their present locations.

The temple of Narcinva along with Shanta Durga were burnt down on 15 March 1567. Days later the Vijaya Durga temple suffered the same fate. The immovable deities were axed and powdered for the construction of churches. It is said that the Saraswats who migrated with the idol of the Goddess from Sancoale, halted at the Mahadev/Maddhava temple in Agapur - Durbhat which is located on the banks of Zuari (Aghnashini). They had decided on to build a temple in the vicinity, but due to the predictions divined by the oracle, the idol had to be shifted to Kerim, Shiva its present location.

As it is quite common amongst the Konkani Saraswats to refer their deities colloquially, subsequently these goddesses too have a pen name bestowed upon them, for instance 'Sateri' as referred to Shanta Durga all over Goa and 'Vaijari' specifically to Vijaya Durga. Hence at times the Kanarite Saraswats often refer their Kuladevatha as "Santeri" Vaijari Narasimha". The temple has recently banned entry of foreigners into the temple citing objectionable dressing and conduct as the reason.

Pooja Timings

8.00 a.m. to 9.30 a.m.	Abhishek
1.00 p.m.	Aarti
8.30 p.m.	Evening Aarti
8.30 p.m.	Palakhi: Fortnightly on Dashami day

Connectivity

The Temple is located at about 300 meters from Keri Vijaya Durga Temple Bus Stop, 500 meters from Keri Hanuman Temple Bus Stop, 10 Kms from Ponda, 10 Kms from Ponda Old Bus Stand, 10 Kms from Ponda New Bus Stand, 17 Kms from Karmali Railway Station, 27 Kms from Panaji and 28 Kms from Goa International Airport, Panaji. Public bus transport is available from Ponda Bus Stand on weekdays at an interval of 1 hour from 8.00 am in the morning till 7.00 p.m. in the evening. One must board a bus going to Savoi-Verem or Volvoi from Ponda Bus Stand and get down at Keri Hanuman Temple Bus Stop. The temple is at about 500 metres from this bus stop. Taxi and rickshaw services are also available from Ponda city.

Location