Baffled to see Ghee turning to Butter - Feb 16 2008
We went to Siva Ganga with my In-laws and my wife's Uncle's family.
Shiva Ganga is near Tumkur about 60 km from Bangalore. This town houses a Shiva Temple on the top of a Hill. This Shiva Linga is Swayambu (no known event of any human being having done the Prathishtapana) and it has been there since Kratha Yuga (1st Yuga).
The importance of this temple is also the fact that only in this temple, when you do Ghee Abhishekam, it turns to Butter. We have seen this in our own eyes. Aso, there is a cave which comes all the way from bangalore to this temple top hill. It is documented that the founder of Bangalore Mr. Kempa Gowda used to come from Bangalore secretly using this tunnel to avoid killing by Britishers when they were ruling India. One can imagine the technology that was used those days to carve our a cave and tunnel from bangalore to top of the hill. The end of the tunnel is just opposite to the Shiva Garba graham !.
Some of us climbed further up hill to see a place called Volakal Theertha (Holi Water) where spring water is found inside a hole. The local belief is that if you could reach and gather this water through the hole, you have done Punyam. (Apparently I could gather some water !!)
One cannot imagine how water is flowing atop a hill all through the year. We climbed up further to two other places where water is flowing - places called Uthbava Ganga and Thadava Ganga. Our wells are getting dried these days but top of the hill, natural water is flowing all through the year.
One can climb further up to the top most tip of the mountain to see a beautiful Shiva Temple. We did not go that high. One can see a beautiful Nandi on top. Few years back, someone stole a very heavy Bell at the top of the hill. The whole town could hear the sound from the bell on festive occasions. But that bell is gone now. Our modern day technology is used to steal from a wholy place when those days, people used the technology to cut a tunnel to visit the temple !
Opposite to SivaGaga is Siddha Ganga. This place is very special as even today it seems one can see natural water flowing from ground where it is believed to be from a spot where Lakshmana shot an arrow to get water to Sita when she was thirsty during their walk from Ayodya during their 14 year exile.
Tumkur is famous for Tamarine. Also, near tumkur very good Agarbathis are available. Apparently my father came to Tumkur to seek admission for me in an Engineering college. Because of cost involved, it seems I refused to go there.
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