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Jai
Jagannath,
Surprisingly I am talking
about the same Kemp Fort Lord Siba Temple at Airport Road Bangalore
. Which witnesses more than 60% of any time
instant visitors only from Orissa,
. Which gets colorful on Monday because of the flowers offered by
day long fasting unmarried girls from Orissa.
. Where evening rush is a common scene because of office returning
smarts and beauties from Orissa.
. Where Donation box and entry ticket coupon booklet gets
overwhelming response because of the huge donation and frequent
visits by Orians.
. Where every young hearts that meet, hold each other's hand and
look deep into Lord Siba's eyes with hopes and dreams are Oriyans.
But sad to say this temple doesn't have a prototype of our world
famous "Lingaraj Temple", Bhubaneswar. Kemp fort show cases
prototype replicas of thirteen of Lord Shiva's famous destinations
of holy pilgrimages in India. Surrounded by densely populated
Oriyans in the neighborhood and even mostly being visited by Oriya
People. Now this can be one or more of the following reasons.
1. A big mistake by the Kemp fort temple
trust. Ignorance of Sri. Ravi Melwani on Lingaraj Temple. ( To
introduce : He is a well-known business personality and owner of
Kemp Fort, who is also a staunch devotee of Shiva, was instrumental
in the construction of this idol and temple. This majestic 65 foot
open-air idol of Lord Shiva is located on Air Port Road, behind the
famous Kemp Fort. Shiva is portrayed in the posture of Padmasan with
the replica of the holy Ganga flowing from his topknot. )
2. Non-responsiveness of each and every Oriya in Bangalore who visit
there and still doesn't feel the importance of raising this issue in
front of the temple trust.
Even now also it's not that late. Truth is that the money which had
been spent by Oriya visitors to the temple either for tickets or
donation would have summed up to worth of ten such temples in the
heart of Bangalore. I have noticed around 60 percent of the visitors
at any time belong to Orissa. Then "Why our GOD is not there ?"
Let's all raise a voice on this. My dear friend I request you next
time you go to the Kemp fort Siba temple :
. In the donation box put a ten rupee note
stapled with a small letter to the trustee, requesting him to do the
needful for a prototype of Lingaraj temple, Bhubaneswar to reside
along with the other miniatures.
. And / Or meet the trust administrator or direct to Sri. Ravi
Melwani and discuss the religious importance of Lingaraj Temple,
Bhubaneswar and request to add the same as a prototype at his
temple.
. We can even offer him a proposal that if they allow we all non
residential Oriyans at Bangalore can contribute and pay for a
prototype of Lingaraj temple to be included there. Just he needs to
accommodate the same in a geographic sorting order.
. We can do this our selves and gift the prototype to him as a
surprise on the next "Shivaratri" and then to request him to add the
same.
About Lingaraj Temple : The Lingaraj
temple at Bhubaneswar dates from the 11th Century A.D. It is one of
the grandest and loftiest (147 ft. high) temple in eastern india.
The tower of the temple curves gracefully inwards, with its
impressive dimensions and appropriate decorative ornamentation, this
temple ranks high among the Architectural masterpieces of India. The
image of Ganesh, Kartickeya and Parvati in this temple are
remarkable for their fine modelling and imposing sites. Teh temple
is adorned with freezes of armed procession pagentry, miscellaneous
scenes, images of Hindu deities and Gracefull Female figures.
Majestic in conception, the Lingaraj temple is a world of its own
with 64 secondary temple clustered around the central pine and is
known as the temple of orissa.
The Temple is sorrounded by a massive one 520 ft. long and 456 ft.
broad. The wall is pierced by three gates on the north, south and
east. The gate is guarded by two stone lions and capped by a
pyramidal roof. Lingaraj, the God in the temple is represented by a
LINGA, a natural black stone, 8 ft, in diametre. Such a
representation of Lingaraj is called Swayambhu, a natural Linga.
Regards
Nilachakra
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