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05-26-2013, 05:41 PM | #1 |
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A significant number of fans each year go to the sacred cave shrine of Amarnath located around the narrow spaces between your hills of Lidder area at a peak of 3,888 metre in south Kashmir. The Amarnath Cave is among the a dozen holiest shrines devoted to Lord Shiva, collectively referred to as 'Jyotirlingas.' Significantly more than 5,00,000 pilgrims are required to go to the sacred cave shrine this season. This past year, the pilgrimage stayed incident-free and significantly more than four lakh enthusiasts had a view of the 'snow Shivalingam (phallic image of Lord Shiva). The lingam is created normally with a snow stalagmite, which waxes and wanes with the moon. Nevertheless, this season the lingam continues to be purported to be man-made and the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) is experiencing the temperature. The Mahant of the Dashnami Akhada, where in fact the Amarnath Yatra starts, is seeking a judicial inquiry in to the performance of the Board, that will be accused of creating an artificial lingam. The Board has nevertheless, referred to as "unfortunate" the efforts being designed to rake up a debate over the development at the sacred cave, saying there's no problem of the Board tampering with the sanctity of the shrine. The Board provides that it had been not really a industrial company seeking for revenue, but merely a company to give and regulate logistic support for sleek pilgrimage. "This year because of high temperatures the Shivalingam hadn't been formed merely a little Shivlingam had formed, but we did get reports that some people had put some snow. I actually do not believe its likely to transfer Shivalingam. It's a strategy, many people in excitement might have set something," CEO of SASB, Dr Arun Kumar says. Reacting to press studies, a representative of the SASB had stated that the Board got information from its resources from the sacred cave that there is really small lingam development this season when compared with prior years. Appropriately, according to program, a group of panel authorities visited the collapse the 2nd week of May and discovered that the development hadn't occurred, he added. The group found the cave-top free of charge from snow and the glacier cover thereon receded by 100 metre approximately. The site was found dry. The spokesman had also stated that just before beginning of the annual pilgrimage, issues about mounting up of application and snowflakes of vermilion on-the Shivalingam by many people had been obtained. Nevertheless, the grill in the sanctum sanctorum was instantly lifted and along side it entrance shut. Sources have told CNN-IBN that technicians from Maharashtra were taken up to the shrine to help make the lingam. The Malik family of Batakote, the Muslim caretakers of the shrine also concur that all's not well. "Shankar bhagwan ki meherbaani hai is saal wahan Shiv bhi nahi hai aur shiv lingam bhi nahi hai. Hamare jawan wahan gaye the to unhoon n-e kaha suna hai kuch bahar se laaya hai (It's the acceptance of Lord Shiva the thee is no Shivalingam and no Shiva. Our army choose to go there and they told that they heard about anything is included ),' President of Malik Clan, Guhlam Qadir Malik said. Some enthusiasts opine that this season if the lingam hadn't created the authorities must have let it be. Nevertheless, for many, there religion hasn't been shaken. Lakhs are enduring the bitter cold to go 3-6 km for the shrine to obtain a view of the lingam, whether organic o-r not. source
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