KukkeSubrahmanya- Belur-Halebidu
For a change went to Kukke through Mysore to Coorg, stayed for a day & then towards Kukke Subrahmanya. But for our bad luck the Bisile Ghat road was under construction & had to take the deviation, Sakleshpura - BMRoad - Gundiya, entered to Kukke Subrahmanya.
25th Dec & 26th Dec @ Kukke
Huge rush at Kukke Subrahmany being continuous 3-4 days leaves together lot of devotees had joined. 6:30 Am visit on Sunday in the queue ended with Darshan around 10AM (almost 3-3.5 hrs).
Someshwara Temple
Belur- ChennaKeshava Temple
Pillars inside Sanctorium - Suppose there are around 48 pillars and no two pillars are similar and the decorations on the pillars are also so intricate that you can put your fingers within those carvings, so intricate designs of various designs, gods & goddesses on the pillars.
Madanike - Forms of dancing women depicting various dance steps depicting different aspects of bhava & forms.
Halebid - Again some 10-15kms from Belur one more splendorous hoysala temple but decided to Shiva, with lot of glorious pastimes of Shiva, Ramayana depicted on the Outer walls of this temple.
The Gajasurasamhara form is associated by scholars to the epithet Krittivasa ("who has skin as his garment"), used in the Vedic hymn Shri Rudram Chamakam for Rudra, a Vedic God associated with Shiva.
For a change went to Kukke through Mysore to Coorg, stayed for a day & then towards Kukke Subrahmanya. But for our bad luck the Bisile Ghat road was under construction & had to take the deviation, Sakleshpura - BMRoad - Gundiya, entered to Kukke Subrahmanya.
25th Dec & 26th Dec @ Kukke
Huge rush at Kukke Subrahmany being continuous 3-4 days leaves together lot of devotees had joined. 6:30 Am visit on Sunday in the queue ended with Darshan around 10AM (almost 3-3.5 hrs).
Someshwara Temple
Temple nearby around 3 Kms on right hand side from Kukke temple towards the Kumara Dhara on the half way, with Kumara Dhara flowing near this temple and also very less known but a big temple and surrondings with water stream was a beautiful view and with almost no people around.
Kumara Dhara river flowing in front of the temple also have steps to reach to river.
Belur- ChennaKeshava Temple
Wonderful temple from Hoysala ruler Vishnuvardhana, welomes you with the "Hoy - Sala", the symbol of Sala killing a Tiger.
There was a incident in the past when Sala one of the desendents of hoysala rulers was in his gurukula, once there was a tiger attack when his guru exclaimed "Hoy- Sala", means Sala attack this tiger and threw a stick to him, which was later killed by Sala, there by the descendants are called Hoysalas.
Pillars inside Sanctorium - Suppose there are around 48 pillars and no two pillars are similar and the decorations on the pillars are also so intricate that you can put your fingers within those carvings, so intricate designs of various designs, gods & goddesses on the pillars.Madanike - Forms of dancing women depicting various dance steps depicting different aspects of bhava & forms.
Halebid - Again some 10-15kms from Belur one more splendorous hoysala temple but decided to Shiva, with lot of glorious pastimes of Shiva, Ramayana depicted on the Outer walls of this temple.
Ramayana - Sala Vriksha Upakatha - Where Sugriha before accepting Rama as his friend to eliminate Vali, puts a test to Rama to bring down 7 Sala Tree all together with a single arrow beautifully depicted here.
Mahabrahata - ChakraVyuha-War between the Pandavas & Kauravas, with the formation of warriors called as "Chakra Vyuha" depicted wonderfull with various Elephant riders, Horse riders & other armies forming a circular formation -ChakraVyuha.
Gajacharmambhara Shiva
The Gajasurasamhara form is associated by scholars to the epithet Krittivasa ("who has skin as his garment"), used in the Vedic hymn Shri Rudram Chamakam for Rudra, a Vedic God associated with Shiva.
The Kurma Purana describes the tale of Gajasurasamhara, when discussing the Krittivashvara ("The Lord who has skin as his garment") linga (the aniconic form of Shiva) of Varanasi. When an demon (Rakshasa) assumed the form of an elephant and terrorized Brahmins who were worshipping the linga, Shiva emerged from this linga, slew the demon, and removed the elephant skin, thereafter wearing the hide on his upper body
In sculpture, Gajasurasamhara is often pictured with eight arms. These multiple arms are uncommon in Shiva's iconography and are exclusively used in his combative forms.[6] In such multiple-armed images, Shiva may carry various attributes like the trishula, a damaru, sword, kapala, pasha, deer, ankusha (goad), vajra (thunderbolt), arrow, gada (mace), khatavanga, tanka (a chisel-like weapon), bow, snake, the elephant's tusk and akshamala. His hands may be held in suchihasta mudra (gesture to draw or point out attention) or vismaya mudra. At least, two arms hold the elephant skin around the body. Gajasurasamhara is shown wearing a jatamukuta (matted hair crown), with a jatamandala (braided hair spreading from the head, forming a circle around it) and garlands of skulls. The jatamukuta may be embedded with skulls and durddhura flowers, while the jatamandala may be adored by Shival's usual attributes such as a snake and the crescent moon. His face is fearsome with round rolling eyes and protruding fangs.
