Rukmini Temple
After climbing the steps of Rukmini Temple, you can see the ‘Rahi and Satyabhama temples’. The idols are very beautiful and attractive. Besides the sanctuary of Rukmini temple, there are main four parts of the temple.
- Main Sanctuary
- Middle House
- Main pavilion
- Sabha Mandap on the north side a room which is a bedroom of Rukminimata.
The doors of the bedroom are covered by silver sheet. There is a silver cot and velvet bed. A square beautiful step is in the sanctuary, Beautiful where goddess Shri Rukmini’s idol stands up. Her face is towards the east. Her hands are on her waist. After daily worshiping she wears ornaments and cloths. Her face is cheerful and after seen, her face the pious people says ‘Aaisaheb’ or ‘Matoshri’. The pious people plead her blessing. After darshan you can go the back side of the temple where you can take darshan of the peak. Then you can enter into sabha mandap. Recently the ‘Sabhamandap’ has been artificially built by red stone. You will get to see many pictures of ‘Rukminimata’. The pictures are based on the wedding story of Goddess ‘Rukminimata’, the beautiful attraction of ‘Rukminimata Temple’. The beautiful pictures of Goddess attract the pious people. There is a high stand lamp.
Within four months from July to Octombar and Navratra Mahostav many religious programs are held in ‘Sabhamandap’. During this period she is worshipped daily by different ways. The Sabhamandap is decorated by various blossoms of flowers.
There is a same place after you come upwards, there are many small rooms, and in these rooms you can see small idols if great Hindu Gods and Goddesses. At the end of this space there is a door. Through this door you can enter this ‘Solkhambhi’. There you will find an ancient inscription. You can see the names of donors on the inscription. The pious people rub their back on this inscription. They believe that after rubbing back a man can be freed from human life. In fact the inscription is becoming indistrct by rubbing the back of pious people. Now a day’s an iron net covered on the inscription.
After taking ‘darshan’ of all gods and goddesses you can come in ‘Solkhambahi’ where you can take darshan again of Lord Shri Vitthal.This Solkhambi has 3 doors on the side. On right side you can see again an important inscription.
After Darshan the pious people come in ‘Mahaddwar’ where there are small temples of ‘Shri Kalbhairavnth’, ‘Shri Shanaishwar’, ‘Shri Shakambari’, and next ‘Shri Kanhobaraya’. You can see a newly constructed shri Saint Narahari Sonar Temple in front of ‘Kanhobaraya Temple’. The temple is maintained by the goldsmith society. There is a historical tradition behind this temple. Near to the ‘Narhari Sonar Temple’ there is a temple of ‘Shri Malikarjun’. A famous Saint Narahari Sonar daily worshipped the ‘Shivaling’. He had a house and shop. He was stubborn devotee of Lord Shiv. ‘Lord Vitthal’ gave him darshan of the Shivling through idol of himself; from that day Shiv and Vishnu had united. Therefore the gift of this is the meaning of Har and Hari, our Lord Vithhal has possessed ‘Shivling’ on his head as symbol of meeting. There was a big village gate. In road widening the gate was fallen down.
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