Eklingji:
A
RELIGIOUS COMPLEX Northern region of Mewar (22 Kms)
It houses 108 temples chiselled out of sandstone
and marble,
this temple of Eklingji was built in 734 AD. Enclosed by high walls,
it is devoted to Eklingji (A form of Shiv Deity
adored under the epithet of EKLINGA).
One of the prominent deity of the Maharanas of Mewar, worshiped as
Mahadeva Chaumukhi,the quadriform divinity, represented by a bust
with four faces., it has an ornate Man dap
[ A pillared hall
] and the huge pyramidal roof composed of
hundreds of knots very vividly carved and finely decorated with the
coloured stones. Before the entrance in the main temple there is a
beautifully sculpted huge Nandi [ the
sacred brazen bull who is the loyal steed of Lord Shiva and has his
altar attached to all his shrines.
The temple of EKLINGJI was constructed
roughly in between the Uda- Nath route, with the hills towering
around it and abundant small springs of water where more or less
every tourist takes a break. And locals pay homage through
out the whole year.The Belief is such.
Nathdwara:Nathdwara
lies 48 kms from Udaipur and literally means the gateway to the
Lord. This great Vaishnavite shrine was built in the 17th century on
spot exactly defined by the Lord himself. The legends have it that
the image of the Lord Krishna was being transferred to safer place
from Vrindaban to protect it from the destructive wrath of the
Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. The image when it reached the spot it
vehicle the bullock carts wheel sank axel deep in mud and refused to
move further. The accompanying priest realised that this was lord's
chose spot and the image did not want to travel any further.
Accordingly a Temple was built here.
