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Manikarnika

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Main page "Manikarnika" redirects here. For the film, see Manikarnika: The Queen of Contents Jhansi. Current events (: मिणकिण됍का घाट) Random article Manikarnika Ghat is one of the holiest[1] grounds About Wikipedia Religion among the sacred riverfronts (), Contact us Affiliation Donate alongside the river Ganga, in the city of District Varanasi in the Indian state of Uttar Contribute Location Pradesh. In Hinduism, death is Location Varanasi Help considered as a gateway to another life Community portal State marked by the results of one's . It Recent changes Country is believed that a dead human's soul Upload file Geographic 25°18′39.134″N attains , and hence breaks the coordinates 83°0′50.708″E Tools cycle of rebirth when cremated here.[2] What links here Thus, scores of the elderly across the Related changes whole country seek to walk up to its edges, Special pages and spend their last days absorbing the Permanent link charisma of the ghat making death painless Page information Cite this page and insignificant to be pondered upon. Wikidata item The ghat is named after 's earrings [3] Print/export which fell here. genealogy registers at Varanasi are kept here. Download as PDF Manikarnika Ghat in 2007. Baba Printable version Mashan Nath temple at the top. Contents [hide]

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The Manikarnika Ghat is flanked by the and the Ghat. It is situated in Varanasi, India. History Of Manikarnika Ghat [ edit ]

It is one of the oldest . The Manikarnika Ghat is mentioned in a Gupta inscription of 5th century.[4] It is revered in Hindu religion. When Mata Sati (Aadi shakti mata) sacrificed her life & set her body ablaze after Raja Daksh (one of the sons of Lord ) tried to humiliate Lord in a Yagya practiced Manikarnika Ghat in 1922. Temples by Daksh. Lord Shiva took her burning are L to R: Baba Mashan Nath, Lower body to the Himalaya. On seeing the level: Tarkeshwar and Ratneshawar, upper level: Tripur Sundari and unending sorrow of Lord Shiva, Ganesh sends the Divine chakra to cut the body into 51 parts which fall on earth. They are called "Ekannya Shaktipeeth". Lord Shiva established Shakti Peeth wherever Sati's body had fallen. At Manikarnika ghat, Mata Sati's Ear's ornament had fallen.

The Manikarnika shrine as a Shakti Peeth [ edit ] Main articles: Yaga and Shakti Peethas

The Manikarnika shrine is an important place of worship for sect of Hinduism, It is near to the . The mythology of Daksha yaga and Sati's self immolation is the mythology behind the origin of Shakti Peethas. The etymology of the place is due to this mythology. It is believed that Sati Shiva carrying the corpse of Sati 's Ear Rings has fallen here. Manikarna Devi in means Ear Rings.[5]

Shakti Peethas are shrines that are believed to be enshrined with the presence of Shakti due to the falling of body parts of the corpse of Sati Devi, when Lord Shiva carried it and wandered. There are 51 Shakti Peeth linking to the 51 letters or akshar in Sanskrit. Each temple have shrines for Shakti. The Shakti of Manikarnika is addressed as Vishalakshi & Manikarni.

Significance [ edit ]

Hindu mythology teaches that the ghat is especially sacred and that people cremated there receive moksha.[citation needed] As the myth goes, Vishnu, after several thousand years of tapasya, trying to please Shiva, to convince him to not destroy the holy city of Kashi when he destroys the world, Kashi when he destroys the world, managed to do so.[citation needed] Mourners carrying a body

Lord Shiva along with came to Kashi before Vishnu to grant him his wish.[citation needed] Vishnu dug a kund (well) on the bank of Ganga for the bath of the couple.[citation needed] When Lord Shiva was bathing a Mani (Jewel) from his earring fell into the kund, hence the name Manikarnika (Mani:Beads Karnam:Ear Angad: Ornament).[6]

There is another myth about the ghat : the ear jewel from lord Shiva fell down while he was dancing angrily, which fell on the earth and thus Manikarnika Ghat formed.[7]

Manikarnika Kund [ edit ]

The well at the ghat is called Manikarnika Kund and was built by Lord Vishnu.[8]

Proposal [ edit ]

A proposal for renovating the Manikarnika ghat has been proposed by Departments of Landscape Architecture at the University of Ratneshwar Mahadev temple, Illinois at Urbana, Champaign (UIUC), USA, Varanasi, India and Bhanubhen Nanavati College of Architecture for Women (BNCA), Pune, India[9] A proposal for renovating and redevelopment the Manikarnika ghat is in progress by Eastern Infrastructure Fund of Varanasi, India.[10]

See also [ edit ] Ratneshwar Mahadev temple Ghats in Varanasi Dom, an ancient community that handles cremation[11][12]

Manikarnika Ghat in art [ edit ]

Edwin Lord Weeks (1849 Edward Lear (1812– The history of the world; – 1903), The Last 1888) Cityscape, 1873 a survey of a man's Voyage, 1884 record" (1902) Illustration

Eve Of The Eclipse Of Picturesque India. A The Moon 25 November handbook for European 1825, Litograph by travellers, J. Pedder James Prinsep (1850­1929), 1890

References [ edit ]

1. ^ Varanasi Guru (15 September 2020). "Manikarnika Ghat" . www.varanasiguru.com/manikarnika­ghat. 2. ^ "In queue even after death, wait for 'moksha' gets longer at Kashi ghats" . Hindustan Times. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2020. 3. ^ "Manikarnika Ghat Varanasi" . Varanasi Guru. Retrieved 5 September 2020. 4. ^ "The Varanasi Heritage Dossier/Manikarnika Ghat ­ Wikiversity" . en.wikiversity.org. 5. ^ "Kottiyoor Devaswam Temple Administration Portal" . kottiyoordevaswom.com. Kottiyoor Devaswam. Retrieved 20 July 2013. 6. ^ Varanasi Guru (5 September 2020). "Making of Manikarnika Kund" – via Varanasi Guru. 7. ^ Varanasi Guru (5 September 2020). "Manikarnika Ghat – The Burning Ghat Of Varanasi" – via Varanasi Guru. 8. ^ "Manikarnika Ghat" . Retrieved 20 December 2010. 9. ^ "Ghats of Varanasi on the Ganga in India The Cultural Landscape Reclaimed, Department of Landscape Architecture University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA, 2014" (PDF). 10. ^ PLANNER INDIA (29 May 2017). "REDEVELOPMENT OF MANIKARNIKA GHAT: PROPOSAL WALKTHROUGH ­ BY PLANNER INDIA PVT LTD, VARANASI" – via YouTube. 11. ^ Ray, Shantanu Guha (16 March 2014). "In Varanasi, a Lifetime Spent in a World of Death" . 12. ^ April 15, INDERJIT BADHWAR; April 15, 1986 ISSUE DATE; January 24, 1986UPDATED; Ist, 2014 18:12. "Varanasi's Shamshaan Ghat: The kingdom of Dom Raja, the wealthy owner of the ghat" . India Today.

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