Izindawo ezingcwele zobuHindu eNdiya

Ithempeli laseKamakhya

Namuhla sizovakashela i- izindawo ezingcwele kunazo zonke zobuHindu eNdiya. Ake siqale ukuvakasha ku- Ithempeli laseKamakhya, Ithempeli elinikezelwe kunkulunkulukazi u-tiakti, otholakala egqumeni laseNilachal, engxenyeni esentshonalanga yedolobha laseGuwahati, esifundazweni sase-Assam. Yithempeli eliyinhloko lenkimbinkimbi yamathempeli anikezelwe ezinhlotsheni ezahlukahlukene zikankulunkulukazi uMajá Vidiá. Kumele uqaphele ukuthi akuyona nje kuphela indawo yokuhambela kwamaHindu kodwa futhi ne-Tantrism.

U-Ahobilam iyindawo etholakala e-Andhra Pradesh, esifundeni saseKurnool. Ingenye yezindawo eziyinhloko zokuhambela eningizimu yesizwe njengoba kuyikhaya lamathempeli anikezelwe kuVishnu. Ngokomlando, kumayelana nendawo lapho uNarasimha alimaza khona uPrahlada futhi wabulala idimoni uHiranyakashipu.

Bhimashankar Ingenye yama-jyotirlingas ayishumi nambili noma izindawo ezingcwele ezinikezelwe eShiva. Ithempeli laseBhimashankar lisendaweni yaseBhorgiri, entshonalanga yeNdiya.

Chidambaram yidolobha elisendaweni yaseTamil Nadu. Kubhekwa njengenye yezindawo ezingcwele ezibaluleke kakhulu ezihlotshaniswa neShiva futhi lapha sithola amathempeli amahlanu amahle.

El Ithempeli lase-Ekambaréswarar Ingenye yePancha Bhuta Sthalam ('amathempeli amahlanu amakhulu') ahlotshaniswa nezinto ezinhlanu eziyisisekelo eSaivite Hinduism (Shivaism), kulokhu umhlaba. Itholakala edolobheni laseKanchipuram, elinye lamadolobha ayisikhombisa angcwele eNdiya, esifundeni saseTamil Nadu. Amanye amathempeli amane yi-Annamalaiyar (Arunachaleswara ngesiSanskrit), ehambisana nomlilo; I-Thiruvanaikaval, ehlotshaniswa namanzi; IChidambaram, ehlotshaniswa nesikhala, neKalahasti, ehlotshaniswa nomoya. Ithempeli elidala kunawo wonke eKanchipuram, eKalashNatha, nalo linikezelwe eShivá.

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