Referred as Manas khand in the Holy Scriptures,Uttarakhand ,Lord Shiva ‘s birthplace has many legendary and enigmatic tales in the Himalayas. It is ones commitment, they are real things, if they want to believe them, but if not, they are just folk tales. However If you look at the number of centers of pilgrimage in this state, every Hindu god and divinity must have come to this location. In addition to these wonderful places one can visit, one can hear from the locals about the mythological legends of Uttarakhand connected with this location. One can find it very fascinating visting such beautiful landscape with thrilling folk tales one can never stop wondering about. Kalimath This is known as Kalidasa, the birthplace of the most popular Sanskrit poet. This location is a Shaktipeeth, according to Hindu mythology. Shaktipeeth is basically a place or a temple that is worshiped by Hindu Goddesses. That is the place where Goddess Kali killed the demon Raktbeej. No idol is here. There’s nothing else that people worship other thanShree Yantra. There’s a stone in it. This pillar is called Prezhila. It is said that people used to take dead bodies here and bring them into the Pretshila in ancient times. Some water was taken from the nearby river to that dead body. It has been said that the dead body used to be alive for a few moments during this process. If we speak about this place ‘s principal puja, it willContinue reading “Legends And Landscapes”