Situated on the banks of river Ganges, on the foothills of
Himalayas, there comes a city, also known as the Yoga Capital of the
world-Rishikesh. The city is also mentioned as ‘Hrishikesh’ in the
Skanda Purana. In this city, one of the famous temple is Shri Bharat Temple.
In about 789 A.D on the auspicious day of Basant Panchmi,
Jagadguru Adi Shankaracharya reinstalled the presiding deity in the temple. On
this day every year the Shaligram is taken for a holy bath in the scared
Mayakund and then carried in a grand procession through the city to be taken
back to the temple for the symbolic reinstallation. It is also believed that if
any pilgrim on the day of Akshya Tritiya takes 108 parikarmas(rounds) of Lord
Shri Hrishikesh Naranyan at this temple and seeks the blessing at his feet (it
is only day when Lord's feet are uncovered), all his wishes are fullfilled and
it is equivalent to the piligrimage to Badrinath. Two life-size statues of a Yaksha and a Yakshi(demi-god and
demi-goddess, similar to angels and fairies of European myths) were discovered
when this place was being renovated. This temple is made of red sandstone and
possibly dating back to 2nd century A.D. they are in the style of
Mathura School. But the oldest statue here is that of the Jain sage Mahavira.
Among others is an idol of Indra on an elephant dating back to the Shunga
period. The red sandstone Buddha head belongs to the Gupta age.
The main temple is named after Bharat, Rama’s brother, who
mediated here at the time of Tretayug along with his other brothers. There is,
in fact, a belief that in the Kaliyug, Vishnu will be worshipped as Bharat.
The other temples in the vincity are dedicated to Rama or
Raghunath, Lakshmana and Shatrughana. Apart from this, A Bharat Mandir Sanskrit
Mahavidhyalaya, Shri Bharat Mandir Public School also runs within the
boundaries of this temple.
Written by The Garhwal Diary
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