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2nd July 07:41
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Kooly do you also worship circumcised linga?
http://khordha.nic.in/lingaraj/lingaraj.htm LORD LINGARAJA Bhubaneswar is famous as a Saiva Khetra and Lord Lingaraja is its principal deity. Lingaraja, otherwise called Kirtivasa, Kruttivasa, Bhubaneswar and Tri-Bhubaneswar, is believed to be the most sacred of the 12 Jyotirlingas in India and is held in high esteem by every pious Hindu. It is a Swayambhu (self established) Linga. The form in which it is represented in the sanctuary is that of a huge uncarved block of granite, about 8 feet (2.4384 metres) in diameter, and rising eight inches (0.2032 metres) above the level of the floor. It is half-buried in the centre of the sanctum and is surrounded by a raised rim of black chlorite ending on the north-side into a point. This rim is called the Yoni, or the female emblem. The upper surface of the granite block was originally unhewn. Although frequent washings for many centuries have given it a polish, it is even now very uneven and undulating. Sebakas of Lingaraja There are various classes of servitors in the temple of Lingaraja. They are Akhanda, Abadhana, Bauri, Bhandari, Bhitar Khuntia, Changara(this is reserved for Kooly), Chaparasi(this is also reserved for Kooly), Charchita, Chata, Dakhinaghar sebaka, Dhoba, Dhopakhalia, Garabadu, Gauda, Ghantua, Gudia, Hadapa Naika, Kahalila, Karatia, Keuta, Kumbhara, Mahasuara, Mekap, Palia Badu, Panchuati, Puja Panda, Panti Badu, Parvati, Pasupalaka, Patri, Pharaka, Parakarana, Pradhan, Puspanjalia, Rosa Paika, Samartha, Teli and Baidya. |
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