Udaipur News: These days the ‘coronation’ of the brand new ‘Maharana’ is in dialogue in Mewar, Rajasthan. After the loss of life of Mahendra Singh Mewar, his son Vishwaraj Singh Mewar has been topped because the 77th ‘Maharana’ of Mewar. After his coronation, controversy was occurring for two days concerning the custom of worshiping in Ekling Mahadev temple of Udaipur. Which ended at this time after Vishwaraj Singh visited the Ekling Mahadev Temple of Mewar.
Ekling Mahadev Temple is a significant pilgrimage website of Udaipur. This uproar additionally occurred concerning ‘Dhuni’ darshan. Dhuni is within the City Palace of Udaipur, the place Vishvaraj Singh’s uncle Arvind Singh Mewar lives along with his household. When the brand new ‘Maharana’ Vishvaraj Singh Mewar arrived for Dhuni Darshan, the household of Arvind Singh Mewar closed the doorways of the town palace. After which there was an uproar.
Earlier, ‘Maharana Mewar Charitable Trust’, which is run by Arvind Singh Mewar, had issued a discover prohibiting ‘unlawful’ entry into the temple. However, at this time, amidst police safety, the brand new ‘Maharana’ has adopted the custom of getting darshan of Ekalinga Mahadev.
coronation scene
Let us know, what’s Ekling Mahadev Temple and what’s its relevance within the historical past of Mewar?
Ekalinga Mahadev is in Kailashpuri
There is a pilgrimage in Udaipur district of Rajasthan – Kailashpuri. Shiva is enshrined right here within the title of Ekling. In Eastern India the place Trikalinga has been acknowledged – Utkalinga, Madhyakalinga and Kalinga. Whereas in Western India, single gender is accepted. Originally the temple right here belonged to the Lakulish sect, an inscription of 971 AD has been discovered from right here. But, within the medieval interval, the current Eklingji temple was constructed and its separate worship technique was prescribed.
foremost gate of temple
According to Dr. Shri Krishna Jugnu, an skilled on people tradition and historical past, the current temple was constructed with nice devotion and secrecy. During the reign of Maharawal Samar Singh (1288), Shivrashi was its presiding deity who remained alive until he wrote the reward of Chirava. At the identical time, its nice reward was written by Chittor poet Ved Sharma, who isn’t any extra, however a few of his verses can be found.
This element is discovered within the inscription of March 12, 1489 AD through the reign of Maharana Raimal. This is a poetic and prose inscription consisting of 100 verses wherein it’s mentioned within the glory of this state –
asti svastimati supervajagati beautysarvasvabhurbhuri
श्रीरमहतिमहोविद्धती श्रीमेदपतावनीः.
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वीज्ञामान्तरानिर्विभ्राजिरानविति. 6.
(The that means of this verse is that this land of Mewar is nice and has the greatness of Shri Dhan Sampanna, which needs well-being in the entire world and has full great thing about your complete land, the place on this complete earth there’s a very enticing There must be a gaggle of venerable temples and on whose peaks many flags flutter, as if within the heat of the brightness of the solar’s rays. The fan is burning or which is enhancing the great thing about the boat or boat floating in movement amidst the rising waves.)
Shri Eklingji Prabhu
It has been mentioned that ‘Ekam Linga Yasya’ means the place there is just one Shivalinga. It is alleged in Shabdakalpadrum that the place no different Shivlinga is seen inside 5 miles, there may be Ekalinga and solely there may be the perfect Siddhi –
Panchkroshantare yatra na lingantarmikshate.
Tadeklingamakhyatam tatra siddhiranuttama.
This perception has come within the Devipuran of the seventh century –
Ekalingai naditire drumshaile onepi wa,
Worship of all data is fruitful.
Two Puranas written on Ekalinga Mahadev
Two texts had been written within the glory of this Shaivatirtha through the reign of Maharana Kumbha (1433-68 AD) and his son Maharana Raimal (1472-1509 AD). The e-book written through the interval of Kumbha within the title of Ekling Mahatma was popularized through the interval of Raimal. The Arya verses of the primary e-book had been written within the type of Anushtup verses within the second e-book and it was developed within the fashion of Sthala-Purana.
Dr. Shri Krishna Jugnu tells, “While translating each these texts, I got here to know that this Shaiva pilgrimage grew to become so well-known not solely among the many kings but in addition among the many widespread those who the rulers right here thought of each commandment because the commandment of Eklingji. People not solely strengthened the management of Maharana Sanga by cheering Eklingji but in addition supported Maharana Pratap. The rulers right here referred to as themselves the Diwan of Eklingji, the ruler accepted Eklingji. This is the nice specialty of this Shaiva pilgrimage.
