Grishneshwar Jyothirlinga
Grishneshwar Jyothirlinga Location in Maharashtra
Coordinates:	20°1′29″N 75°10′10″E / 20.02472°N 75.16944°E / 20.02472; 75.16944Coordinates: 20°1′29″N 75°10′10″E / 20.02472°N 75.16944°E / 20.02472; 75.16944
Location
Country:	India
State:	Maharastra
Architecture and culture
Primary deity:	Grishneshwar(Shiva)

Grishneshwar, also known as Ghushmeshwar, is a famous Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva and is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, the sacred abodes of Shiva. The temple is located eleven km from Daulatabad, near Aurangabad in Maharashtra India. The temple is located near the famous Ellora Caves.

Jyotirlinga[link]

As per Shiv Mahapuran, once Brahma (the Hindu God of creation) and Vishnu (the Hindu God of saving) had an argument in terms of supremacy of creation.^[1] To test them, Shiva pierced the three worlds as a huge endless pillar of light, the jyotirlinga. Vishnu and Brahma split their ways to downwards and upwards respectively to find the end of the light in either directions. Brahma lied that he found out the end, while Vishnu conceded his defeat. Shiva appeared as a second pillar of light and cursed Brahma that he would have no place in ceremonies while Vishnu would be worshipped till the end of eternity. The jyotirlinga is the supreme partless reality, out of which Shiva partly appears. The jyothirlinga shrines, thus are places where Shiva appeared as a fiery column of light.^[2][3] Originally there were believed to be 64 jyothirlingas while 12 of them are considered to be very auspicious and holy.^[1] Each of the twelve jyothirlinga sites take the name of the presiding deity - each considered different manifestation of Shiva.^[4] At all these sites, the primary image is lingam representing the beginningless and endless Stambha pillar, symbolizing the infinite nature of Shiva.^[4][5][6] The twelve jyothirlinga are Somnath in Gujarat, Mallikarjuna at Srisailam in Andra Pradesh, Mahakaleswar at Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, Omkareshwar in Madhya Pradesh, Kedarnath in Himalayas, Bhimashankar in Maharastra, Viswanath at Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, Triambakeshwar in Maharastra, Vaidyanath at Deogarh in Jharkand, Nageswar at Dwarka in Gujarat, Rameshwar at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu and Grishneshwar at Aurangabad in Maharastra.^[1][7]

The Temple[link]

The Grishneswar temple was re-constructed by Maloji Raje Bhosale of Verul, (grandfather of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj) in the 16th century and later by Ahilyabai Holkar in 18th century, who also re-constructed the Kashi Vishwanath temple at Benares, and the Vishnupad Mandir at Gaya.

Pilgrimage[link]

Grishneshwar is an ancient pilgrimage site revered as the abode of one of the 12 Jyotirlingas of Shiva. It is located at a distance of 11 km from Daulatabad near Aurangabad in Maharashtra. Daulatabad was once known as Devagiri. Located nearby are the popular tourist attractions Ellora - featuring ancient rock cut monuments from the 1st millennium CE, and Ajanta known for its exquisite cave paintings again from the 1st millennium CE.

The Grishneswar temple was constructed by Ahilyabhai Holkar who also re-constructed the Kashi Viswanatha temple at Benares and the Vishnu Paada temple at Gaya. Grishneshwar is also known as Ghushmeshwar.

Legend[link]

Legend has it that a devout woman Kusuma offered worship to Shiva regularly by immersing a Shivalingam in a tank, as a part of her daily ritual worship. Her husband's first wife, envious of her piety and standing in society murdered Kusuma's son in cold blood. An aggrieved Kusuma continued her ritual worship, and when she immersed the Shivalingam again in the tank, her son was miraculously restored to life. Shiva is said to have appeared in front of her and the villagers, and then one is believed to have been worshipped in the form of a Jyotirlinga Ghusmeshwar.

Gallery[link]

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  Temple View

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  Temple View from exterior

References[link]

Notes[link]

• Chaturvedi, B. K. (2006), Shiv Purana (First ed.), New Delhi: Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd, ISBN 81-7182-721-7, http://books.google.com/books?id=bchgql0em9YC&pg=PA58&dq=jyotirlinga&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tatJT_lXtIayAvm-2OoI&ved=0CEEQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false 
• Eck, Diana L. (1999), Banaras, city of light (First ed.), New York: Columbia University Press, ISBN 0-231-11447-8, http://books.google.com/books?id=J57C4d8Bv6UC&pg=PA107&dq=jyotirlinga&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uCxKT_eNKczMsQLV9vj6BA&ved=0CGEQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=jyotirlinga&f=false 
• Gwynne, Paul (2009), World Religions in Practice: A Comparative Introduction, Oxford: Blackwell Publication, ISBN 978-1-4051-6702-4, http://books.google.com/books?id=tdsRKc_knZoC&pg=PT271&dq=jyotirlinga&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uCxKT_eNKczMsQLV9vj6BA&ved=0CGcQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=jyotirlinga&f=false .
• Harding, Elizabeth U. (1998). "God, the Father". Kali: The Black Goddess of Dakshineswar. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 156–157. ISBN 978-81-208-1450-9. 
• Lochtefeld, James G. (2002), The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism: A-M, Rosen Publishing Group, p. 122, ISBN 0-8239-3179-X, http://books.google.com/books?id=5kl0DYIjUPgC 
• R., Venugopalam (2003), Meditation: Any Time Any Where (First ed.), Delhi: B. Jain, ISBN 81-8056-373-1, http://books.google.com/books?id=ZtnNw_hiA9oC&pg=PT113&dq=jyotirlinga&hl=en&sa=X&ei=p5FJT87jJsOHsgLpg_zqCA&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=jyotirlinga&f=false 
• Vivekananda, Swami. "The Paris Congress of the History of Religions". The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. Vol.4. http://www.ramakrishnavivekananda.info/vivekananda/volume_4/translation_prose/the_paris_congress.htm. 

External links[link]

• Virtual Lord Shiva Darshan and pilgrimage with videos and images
• Grishneshwar Jyotirling - Google Earth Community

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Sakshi Tanwar
Born	(1973-01-12) 12 January 1973 (age 39) Alwar, Rajasthan, India
Residence	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Model , Actress , Television Presenter
Years active	1996–Present
Religion	Hinduism
Parents	Father: Rajendra Singh Tanwar

Sakshi Tanwar (born 12 January 1973) is an Indian television and Bollywood actress. She is best known for playing the role of Parvati in the television soap opera, Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii (Translated literally as "The Story of Every Home").^[1] Sakshi is one of the leading ladies of Indian Television. Sakshi's consequent continued patronage of the largely female audience of the show had been instrumental in changing the fortunes of the production house Balaji Telefilms and in creating a successful genre of tearjerker family dramas, which still continues in the Indian TV industry.^[1] The serial enjoyed tremendous popularity in India and abroad.

Early life[link]

Sakshi Tanwar was born in a middle class family from Alwar, Rajasthan. Her father Rajendra Singh Tanwar is a retired CBI officer. She belongs to Rajput caste.She was educated in many Kendriya Vidyalayas (Central School) and graduated from Lady Shri Ram college in New Delhi. After her graduations she was preparing for the entrance tests to the administrative services and mass communications, when a close friend of her suggested that she should go and audition for the national broadcaster Doordarshan's film songs based program Albela Sur Mela. To her surprise she was selected and from there begun her journey towards television. On the other hand her academic career graph came to a standstill as she failed to clear both the tests. But she did not stop there. Acting was not a new experience for her. During her college days she was the secretary and president of the dramatic society and had her fair share of stage. Facing the camera however was altogether a different experience for her. But she was encouraged to pursue her acting career after her experience in anchoring. Initially the acting bug smote her mainly for the money and popularity. She picks serials that does not require much commitment but gradually excelled her acting skills and became a fine actress. Presently she lives in Malad West area, in Mumbai.

Career[link]

Sakshi Tanwar at Femina Miss India 2012 pageant

Sakshi started her career as an anchor in Doordarshan.She anchored Film songs based program 'Albela Sur Mela'.Sakshi Tanwar was then seen acting in soaps like Ehsaas, Dastoor, Bhanwar, X-Zone before she got her big break of playing the central role in Rajdhani. Once she also had to work on her voice while playing the character of Sher Bano, in Dastoor. Her favorite character remains to be that of a social worker in the serial Bhanwar.

The major turning point of her career came when she was offered the role of Parvati in Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki. She got this role by sheer coincidence when she was shooting for a pilot of a serial under Balaji Telefilms where suddenly Ekta Kapoor walked in the sets and offered her the role of Parvati. At first she was apprehensive about the role but after hearing the script she agreed to enact the character and the rest is history. Thus, the role of Parvati in Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii gave her a big break.

Sakshi has worked in other serials, including the very popular Devi, where she played the central character of Gayatri, who is a spiritually inclined woman with a strong connection to Goddess Durga. She also did a digital film Kahin Door, directed by Sandeep Varma, in 2002. Her work in Colors most popular show Balika Vadhu, as Teepri was also well appreciated. She appeared in a few movies in 2008, one of them being Coffee House, in which she was the main protagonist. She has also done a cameo role in Ekta Kapoor's C Kkompany.

The actress has also played the role of a municipal officer in Saluun movie. She made her bold presencein two short films O Re Manva and Bawra Mann. O Re Manva won the best international narrative short at New York International Film Festival in 2009.

She works as a creative director in the production company Positive Thinkerz and tried her hands directing Sammaan Ek Adhikaar.^{[citation needed]}

She is currently playing the female lead role of Priya Ram Kapoor in Ekta Kapoor's Bade Achhe Lagte Hain. The show along with her character of Priya has become popular and her acting skills are well praised.

Television Shows[link]

Bollywood Movies[link]

Awards[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Sakshi Tanwar at the Internet Movie Database