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The Holy Amarnath - Amarnath Yatra India
Amarnath cave is 145 km east of Srinagar in Kashmir.
There is an ice Silva-linga here that changes size
with the seasons, and also as the moon waxes and
wanes it becomes bigger and smaller. On the full
moon day the linga is about 6 ft high. Each year on
the full moon day of July-August (Sravana) when the
Siva-linga attains its maximum height there is a
festival at this Amarnath cave temple. It is said that Lord
Siva first appeared on this day.
It is located in a glacial valley at 4,175m (13,700
ft.). The Amarnath cave is about 150 feet high and 90 feet
long. Within the Amarnath cave there are four or five ice
formations that resemble the figures of different
gods. The biggest figures of different gods. The
biggest figure is regarded as Siva (Amarnath). On
the left side of the linga is an ice formation
called Ganesh, and on the right side is one of
Parvati and Bhairava.
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The of the most important event during July /
August, is Amarnath Yatra India to the Holy Pilgrimage.
This is an annual event when thousands of Hindus
from different corners of the Globe visit Amarnath
caves. The Amarnath Yatra India pilgrims trek from Pahalgam to these
caves and worship the great ice Lingam. Legend has
it that Shiva recounted to Parvati the secret of
creation in a cave in Amarnath Yatra India. Unknow to them, a
pair of mating doves eavesdropped on this
conversation and having learned the secret, are
reborn again and again, and have made the cave their
eternal abode. Many pilgrims report seeing the
doves-pair when they trek the arduous route to pay
obeisance before the ice-lingam (the phallic symbol
of Shiva). This is an event you certainly will talk
about for the rest of your life.
Discovery
of Holy Amarnath cave - Amarnath Yatra India
The story narrated by people about the discovery of
this Holy Amarnath cave is of a Gujjar ( shepherd) Buta Malik
. He is given the credit of discovering this Holy
Amarnath cave. Story goes like this , that a saint gave Buta
Malik a bag full of Coal. On reaching his home when
he opened the bag, to his utter surprise the bag was
full of gold coins . This made him overwelmed with
joy. He ran to thank the Saint . But, what he found
was that the Saint had disappeared. Instead , he
found The Holy Amarnath cave and Shiv Lingam there in. He
announced the discovery of this to the Villagers.
Then onwards this Amarnath cave become the sacred place of
Pilgrimage.
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