Indic religions lay emphasis on taking bath for internal and external purity.So most of the religious sites have water tanks/ponds or sarovar along with the temple/gurudwara.Amongst the holiest of the water tanks of India is the Brahma sarovar in Thanesar. It is believed to be the cradle of civilization because Lord Brahma, the creator of universe conceived the earth here. It is believed that a dip in this sarovar bears the sanctity of performing Ashvamedha. The sanctity of the water tank finds mention in the memoirs of Al Beruni named Kitab-ul-Hind. The scholar was describing India in 11th century AD. Kihryuzan Senjo-ji Temple, by Toyota Kokai (1780-1850) The word temple has different meanings in the fields of architecture, religion, geography, anatomy, and education. ... A Gurdwara is the Sikh place of worship. ... Thanesar is an old and historic town on the banks of the Ghaggar river in North India, located approximately 160 km northwest of Delhi. ... Brahma, the Creator, is depicted with four heads, each reciting one of the four Vedas. ... The Ashvamedha, or the horse-sacrifice is one of the most important royal rituals from Vedic India, described in detail in the Yajurveda (books 22–25) and the pertaining commentaries. ...
Today Brahma Sarovar has been renovted. It is 3600 X 1500 feet in size. Its important feature is holy seat of Lord Mahadev another name of Lord Shiva. Come solar eclipse and the tank tuns into a sea of humanity, because it is believed that to bathe here during the solar eclipse absolve one of all sins. This article is about the Hindu God. ... Lord Åšiva. ... Photo taken by John Walker during the Zambia 2001 eclipse A solar eclipse occurs when the Sun, Moon and Earth are on a single line with the Moon in the middle. ...
One of the most delightful occasions is the Gita Jyanti celebrations held in the last week of November or the first week of December. The tank presents breath-taking spectacle of Deep daan (ceremony of floating lamps in water) and Aarti organized on this occasion. Bhagavad Gīta भगवद्गीता, composed ca the fifth - second centuries BC, is part of the epic poem Mahabharata, located in the Bhisma-Parva chapters 23–40. ... Aarti, ãrti, arathi, or ãrati is a Hindu ritual in which light from wicks soaked in ghee (purified butter) or camphor is offered to one or more deities. ...
The Sthaneshwar MahadevTemple, whose presiding deity is Lord Shiva, is believed to be the oldest temple in the vicinity.
Other religious sites include the BrahmaSarovar, the Sannihit Sarovar, Gurdwara 6th Patashahi and the Devi Bhadrakali temple, which is counted among the 51 Shakti Peethas.
The bathing-fair held here on the occurrence of a solar eclipse is said to be attended by half a million pilgrims.
The Divine knowledge of brahm which is received with the Grace of God by the follower of the path of gyan or yog at the culmination of his practice.
Barsana, Gahvarban, Prem Sarovar, Nandgaon, Kamban, Govardhan, Radha Kund, Kusum Sarovar, Vrindaban and Gokul are the important places in Braj where Radha Krishn along with Gopis and Gwalbals did most of Their leelas.
It is revealed by God through Brahma before the beginning of human civilization and is represented through the Upnishads and the Puranas.
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