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Bakhtiar Choudhary Rahul Shriram Sudke Chakane Sanjay Dnyaneshwar Director,Hyderabad AP India. Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore Arts, Science & Commerce College, Indapur, Pune S.Parvathi Devi S.KANNAN Ph.D.-University of Allahabad Annamalai University,TN Awadhesh Kumar Shirotriya Secretary,Play India Play,Meerut(U.P.) Sonal Singh, Satish Kumar Kalhotra Vikram University, Ujjain Maulana Azad National Urdu University Address:-Ashok Yakkaldevi 258/34, Raviwar Peth, Solapur - 413 005 Maharashtra, India Cell : 9595 359 435, Ph No: 02172372010 Email: [email protected] Website: www.isrj.org Indian Streams Research Journal ISSN: 2230-7850 Impact Factor : 4.1625(UIF) Volume - 6 | Issue - 11 | December - 2016 “A STUDY OF DIFFICULTIES AND PROBLEMS BY THE DEVOTEES OF JYOTIRLINGA TEMPLES: SPECIAL REFERENCE TO MARATHWADA REGION “ Akashe Swapnil M. Dept of Public Administration, Nagnath Senior College, Aundha Nagnath. ABSTRACT SELECTION OF SAMPLE FOR _ n India 80 percent _ STUDY: p e o p l e f o l l o w Sr. Name of Jyotirlinga Devotee _ _ 1 Nagnath 50 Hinduism. Since time 2 Ghrushneshwar 50 3 Vaidanath 50 _ I _ immemorial, the Hindu Total 150 culture gives much _ importance to religious _ Till today Jyotirlinga _ rituals, prayers, moksha _ temples are studied under etc. Lord Shiva is history, mythology and only _ considered as Gods god. _ by historical perspectives. A painstaking efforts to _ the difficulties and God is referred by 108 _ good temple administration _ provide the above problems faced by the different names and has _ p l a y s v i t a l r o l e i n _ many followers. As per _ mentioned facilities, devotees. development of tourism, _ the ancient religious t h r o u g h d i f f e r e n t w h i c h i s h e l pf u l fo r _ _ texts, there are 12 schemes. _ RESEARCH METHODO- economic stability to the _ _ sacred places called _ LOGY: by looking at the city. This study covers the Jyotirlinga temples of KEYWORDS:administrat _ nature of the topic and a d m i n i s t r a t i v e _ _ lord Shiva. In India, every i o n , R e s e a r c h _ i t s s c o p e , t h e m a n a g e m e n t o f t h e M e t h o d o l o g y , methodology of study is _ _ y e a r I n n u m e r a b l e _ temples. This research is devotees, Pilgrims visit mentioned facilities. mainly based on primary very useful for the giving _ _ the jyotirlinga temples, _ and secondary data. The such a better facility to the INTRODUCTION: _ study covers a period of every year. on the special _ devotee and to solve the _ occasions , such as Devotees have to face _ one year ie 2013 to problem which faced by the _ _ K u m b h M e l a , _ lot problems. Though 2015. devotee. S h r a v a n m a s , temple administration _ There are 3 Jyotirlinga A lot of study and research _ _ provider and employs a Mahashivratri Majority _ Temples viz . Nagnath has been done on these _ _ lot policies regarding ( A u n d h a ) , of the devotees and _ temples, from historical and p i l g r i m s v i s i t s facilities devotees, yet Grhushneshwar (Allora), religious point of view. This _ _ Jyotirlinga Temple. The _ new faced and fresh and Vaidanath (Parli) in research will assist and aid _ problems crop up every Marathwada Region. All _ a d m i n i s t r a t i o n i s _ to study the various confronting with several now and them. _ t h e s e J y o t i r l i n g a facilities and schemes, the _ _ difficulties like, the _ Temples are selected for problems , difficulties and OBJECTIVES: _ the study. The details of overcrowding of the _ d i s c o m fo r t fa c e d b y _ To study the facilities sample selection are as devotees, their stay, _ devotees , visitors and local _ cleanliness, food etc. The _ provided by the trust to follows; s. Eventually , it will lead to the devotees. To study _ administration is taking _ m i n i m i z e t h e a b o v e _ _ Available online at www.lsrj.in 1 “A STUDY OF DIFFICULTIES AND PROBLEMS BY THE DEVOTEES OF JYOTIRLINGA TEMPLES:.... Volume - 6 | Issue - 11 | December - 2016 mentioned problems and make this temple and temple premises ever glorified , and a worth visiting place. But, it is found and observed that, the administrative efforts and measures often fail to cater the needs of devotees. Currently, there is a scarcity of basic facilities to the devotees. Consequently, the devotees, civilians, businessmen etc. have developed a negative attitude towards administration. Even, it is heard that there. The carelessness, irresponsibility to wards and discomfort of visitors is increasing day by day. So, there is a great and acute need of transparency in the administration, so as to make the attitude of peoples, positive, towards, administration and Trust. A list of Jyotirlinga Temples in India 1.Somnath Jyotirlinga in Saurashtra (Gujrat) 2.Mallikarjun Jyotirlinga in Srisailam (Andrapradesh) 3.Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga in Ujjain (Madhypradesh) 4.Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga in mamaleswara (Madhypradesh.) 5.Vaidyanath Jyotirlinga in Parali ,Beed (Maharashtra) 6.Nagnath Jyotirlinga in Darukavanam,Aundha Hingoli (Maharashtra) 7.Kedareswar Jyotirlinga in Kedarnath (Uttharakhand) 8.Tryambakeswar Jyotirlinga in Nasik (Maharashtra) 9.Rameshwar Jyotirlinga in Rameshwaram (Tamilnadu) 10.Bhimashankar Jyotirlinga in Pune (Maharashtra) 11.Visweswar Jyotirlinga in Varanasi (Utterpradesh.) 12.Ghrishneswar Jyotirlinga in Aurangabad (Maharashtra). In all there are 12 Jyotirlinga in India. Out of there 12 Jyotirlinga, 05 are located in Maharashtra. 03 are located in Marathwada region, Out of the aforementioned 05 Jyotirlinga Jyotirlinga Temples in Marathwada 1.Nagnath (Aundha, Distt. Hingoli): Aundha Nagnath is one of the 12 Jyotirlingas in India. Among the 12 Jyotirlingas, 5 are located in Maharashtra. Aundha Nagnath is considered to be the first Jyotirlinga, where Shiva is worshipped. The Aundha Nagnath has Hemadpanthi style of architecture, spreading for over 60,000 sq ft area. The most unique part of this temple is that the idol of Nandi is not present in front of the shrine of Mahadeva. A separate Nandikeshwara temple is built beside the main temple. The main temple is surrounded with 12 Jyotirlingas by all four sides. In all, there are 108 Lord Shiva temples and 68 shrines of Shiva in the premises of Aundha Nagnath. 2. Grishneshwara (Dist. Aurangabad) Ghrishneswara temple is located very near to the Ellora caves. One among the 12 Jyotirlingas, the Grishneshwar is 11 km away from Daulatabad, distt Aurangabad. The Grishneshwar temple was constructed by Ahilyabhai Holkar. It is said that a woman named Kusuma worshipped the Shivalinga everyday by immersing it in a water tank.