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Ravana was seriously doing sandhyavandhanam and was going to finish that.
At the moment, he din't recognize the cowboy calling him .
The cowboy called him thrice and kept the aathmalinga at a place.
Ravana, at a distance shouted at him not to keep the aathmalinga anywhere , but the precisely reverse happened.
The boy started to run after keeping the linga at the beach,and that place is now called as
Murudeshwar,Karnataka,India.
Ravana thought there must be a Maneuver behind this screen and started following the cowboy.
(to be continued... )

Slide 13

Ravana was returning successfully after getting the aathmalinga from lord shiva.
It was a fine evening for him to do sandhyavandanam.

Sandhyavandanam is the oldest extant liturgy in world religion.Sandhyavandanam literally means salutation to Sandhya. Sandhya literally means transition moments of the day namely the two twilight: dawn and dusk and the solar noon.

Rule of aathmalinga:If one keeps the aathmalinga at a place, then it will fix the place where he kept and cannot be taken anywhere else.

Ravana remembered the rule of aathmalinga and he searched for anyone to hold this aathmalinga. He saw a cowboy at that place and asked him to keep that linga.
The cowboy promised him that he will not keep the linga anywhere but on a condition.
The condition was, that he will call him thrice if it gets late and if ignored, he would keep that linga anywhere and will leave the place.
Ravana agreed to this condition and started his sandhyavandanam.
(to be continued..... )

Slide 12

Naarathan - The Messenger says Lord Ganapathi about penance of Ravana.
He asks Lord Ganapathi to stop Ravana and to bring back Aathmalinga from the hands of the Demon family.
Lord Ganapathi asks Naarathan to keep calm and assures him that he would plan something for Ravana and for the Aathmalinga.
(to be continued...)

Slide 11

Ravana takes years of penance but Lord Shiva didn't respond to his penance.
Disappointed Ravana starts to hurt himself with a sword.
He starts cutting his own head one by one.
Finally, Lord Shiva appears in front of Ravana and gave him the Aathmalinga.
(to be continued...)

Slide 10

 Ravana apologises to his Mother
And starts again for years of penance...
(To be continued... )

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Ravana takes Mandothari to introduce to his mother.
Ravana's  mother shocks after knowing that Ravana has married Mandothari but has forgot about the Aathmalinga.
she enquires about Aathmalinga first to Ravana before asking about Mandothari.
(to be continued...)

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After leaving Goddess Parvathi , Ravana saw a beautiful girl named Mandothari.
He marries her at his kingdom Lanka.
Then he goes to his mother .
what will be her mother's reaction.... (to be continued....)

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   Ravana takes goddess Parvathi with him.
On the way he meets Narathan.
Narathan says a secret about goddess Paravathi, that she is the incarnation of Goddess Kalli .
And also says that she is more powerful than him .
Hence Ravana leaves Goddess Parvathi and starts to Lanka again.
(to be continued.... )

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Finally, Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvathi  appears in front of Ravana.
Lord Shiva asks Ravana that what he wants in-return for his penance.
Ravana after seeing Goddess Parvathi, gets confused and forgets what he wants.
And the major twist is here, he asks for Goddess Parvathi.
Knowing what will happen next, Lord Shiva also accepts to take Parvathi with him.
Ravana then takes Parvathi along with him.
(to be continued...)

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 As Lord Shiva has not appeared before his eyes due to his penance, Ravana starts to shake the kailasha mountain which is said to be the home for Lord Shiva's Family.
What will happen next??
Wait till the next slide...
stay on the blog....
(to be continued...)

Slide 4

"Narathan" - A Messenger of upper world , starts spreading the News that Ravana has begun his penance for "Aathma linga".
Narathan is a character who always chants the sloga " naarayana .... naraayana" and repeats it every where.
Here "Narathan" is the one saying the event to lord Vishnu and goddess Lakshmi.
This News starts spreading through the upper world .
(to be continued...)

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So Ravana starts his penance for getting " Aathma linga " in-return from the Lord Shiva.
Thus Ravana's penance for full filling his mother's wish starts .

As said before Ravana was a great devotee of shaivism and he started extending his penance for years..
(to be continued...)

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Once Ravana saw his mother praying a mud statue of Lord Shiva which she made at her garden.
Due to a wave her works were spoiled and she became sad because of this.
Ravana said his mother that he will bring the "Aathma Linga" for her worship towards Lord Shiva.

Aathma Linga-
'Aathma' means 'Soul'
'Linga' is the shape given as a curse for Lord Shiva by a sage called Bhrigu.
(to be continued....)

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The one who is giving garland of flowers to the linga statue at the garden is Ravana's mother.
His mother's name is kaikesi and his father's is Vishrava.
Ravana's family is a great devotee to Lord shiva. Ravana will do anything for shaivism .
(to be continued.... )

Drama starts ....

As I  had promised early to you people,
Drama will start shortly....

Sculptural spot

As i have said it before, "the walls of the temple will speak the incarnations of Lord Vishnu "
You can see the sculptures on the outer wall of the temple.
What a sculptural spot!!
stay on the blog....

Rock chain

If you have seen the picture of Sringeri Temple,then You must have noticed this rock chain on that photograph.
The specialty in this rock chain is that it has no cracks on it and it is carved out of a single rock .
This chain is hanging on the Architecture of the temple and it moves when wind blows at this structure.

Sringeri,karnataka.

This is a famous temple at Sringeri , karnataka. and one of the oldest temples of India .

These Pictures will speak their Architecture and the Sculptures present in the walls will say many incarnations of Lord Vishnu.

stay on the blog to know more...

samse tea garden...

This is called Samse's tea garden.
I found it on the way to Siringeri, a holy place.

Many of them are thinking that it is just a plant . But the truth behind is Tea is a tree .
We human beings , cut those tree to our height so that taking tea leaves will be easier for us.

You must wonder (if u look at the picture closer) , what are those trees in between the tea plantation.
That's nothing but the OAK trees. Tea plantation will be good if the tea is under the shades of the Oak trees. Interesting !!
Isn't it?
Stay on the blog to know more..   

Endangered Species

The Sparrows

We all knew that these sparrows are the most common species of bird found in 20th century
But this is that same species of bird which is becoming an endangered species .
Taking a photograph having 4 sparrows at the same place has become a difficult job for the 21st century members . And the major problem behind is the frequency of the cell phone signals we use . There is no other way for the signals to pass through without that frequency and there is no way a man can't have a cell phone in his hand in this century.
Just try a day without cell phone to save them becoming an endangered species
:)