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Jagdish Temple, Udaipur

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Jagdish Temple Udaipur, Rajasthan Jagdish Temple is one among the famous temples of Udaipur. Temple is made of Indo Aryan style is an architectural marvel, built by Maharana Jagat Singh, who ruled Udaipur. Temple is dedicated to Mahavishnu. Maharana Jagat Singh has renovated the structure because of Mughal Invasion. Mughals had destroyed many carvings here as a revenge against Rajput rulers. Three storied temple has beautifully carved pillars & decorated ceilings. Two huge elephants welcomes in the front of temple. Mahavishnu Vigraham is four armed image of Mahavishnu, carved out of a single black stone. It is believed that the marble slab in the Jagdish temple has magical powers that if we rub on it every pain disappears automatically Narayana

Brahma Temple, Pushkar

Brahma Temple Pushkar, Rajasthan Pushkar is called Temple city of Rajasthan. There are more than 500 temples in this city. The only temple in the world for Brahma Deva is situated here. Brahma Deva once tried to kill an asura named Vajranabh with his lotus. After destroying the asura, Brahma  Deva wished to perform yajna to relieve himself from this. During the Yajna, Saraswati Devi wasn’t present there so to complete ritual Brahma invited Devi Gayatri, and completed the yajna. On arrival when Saraswati Devi came to know about Gayatri Devi, She got furious and cursed Brahma to not to be worshipped anywhere, but later feeling sad told that Brahma’s temple will be here in Pushkar only. According to the people the temple is more than 2000 years old. Om Brahma

Tanot Mata Temple, Jaisalmer

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Tanot Mata Temple Jaisalmer, Rajasthan The temple of Tanot Mata is an eye witness to the 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pak war.  Temple is about 1200 years old. Tanot Mata is very close to the battle site of Longewala. In Indo Pak war more than 3000 of bombs were dropped in the vicinity of the temple, but none exploded. We can see some of those bombs in the Museum built by BSF inside the temple premises. Indian soldiers perform arti here at Tanot Mata Temple and offer their respects. Deity protected our soldiers Om Mata  

Brahma Temple, Pushkar

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Brahma Temple Pushkar, Rajasthan Pushkar is called Temple city of Rajasthan. There are more than 500 temples in this city. The only temple in the world for Brahma Deva is situated here. Brahma once tried to kill a demon named Vajranabh with his lotus. After killing demon, Brahma wished to perform yajna to clean himself from this killing. During the Yajna, Saraswati Devi wasn’t present there so to complete ritual Brahma married Gayatri, and completed the yajna. On arrival when Saraswati Devi came to know about Gayatri,  She got furious and cursed Brahma to not to be worshipped anywhere, but later feeling sad told that Brahma’s temple will be here in Pushkar only. According to the people the temple is more than 2000 years old. Om Brahma