Amarnath Yatra is a long and arduous journey to the Amarnath cave situated in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The shrine is situated at a height of 3, m in the Himalayas. Every year thousands of pilgrims scale the height to worship the Shiva linga made of ice.
The Mythology According to mythology, Lord Shiva told the secret of his immortality here. Unknown to them, a pair of mating pigeons eavesdropped on this conversation and having learned the secret, are reborn again and again, and have made the cave their eternal abode.
Many pilgrims report seeing the pigeons-pair when they trek the arduous route to pay obeisance before the ice-lingam the phallic symbol of Shiva. The trek to Amarnathji, in the month of Shravan July — August has the devout flock to this incredible shrine, where the image of Shiva, in the form of a lingam, is formed naturally of an ice — stalagmite, and which waxes and wanes with the moon.
By its side are, fascinatingly, two more ice — lingams, that of Parvati and of their son, Ganesha. According to an ancient tale, there was once a Muslim shepherd named Buta Malik who was given a sack of coal by a sadhu. Upon reaching home he discovered that the sack, in fact, contained gold.
Overjoyed and overcome, Buta Malik rushed back to look for the sadhu and thank him, but on the spot of their meeting he discovered a cave, and eventually this became a place of pilgrimage for all believers. To date, a percentage of the donations made by pilgrims are given to the descendants of Malik, and the remaining to the trust which manages the shrine.
Yet another legend has it that when Kashap Reshi drained the Kashmir valley of water it was believed to have been a vast lake , the cave and the lingam were discovered by Bregish Reshi who was travelling the Himalayas.
Mention of this sacred cave is made by Pandit Kalhana in Rajtarangini where according to him King Ram Dera is stated to have imprisoned the debauch King Sukh Deva and drowned him into the Lidder river among the mountains of Amarnath and that at about B. King Sandimati 34 B. It only indicates that the sacred cave of Amar Nath Ji was known to people in the early times. The tirath of Amarnath has been mentioned in the old chronicles as Amaresbara and is said that Sultan Zain-ul-Abdin the pious ruler of Kashmir paid a visit to the sacred cave.
Kashmir has, since times immemorial, been the abode of gods and agoddesses. The most sacred and famous one is the holy cave ofShree Amarnath, the Eternal Lord, which is situated at a height of 13, ft. It is about 45 kms.
Herein is stated that rishi Bringesha told his disciples the importance of the Amarnath cave and instructed them to go to the holy cave and have darshan of the sacred ice-lingam. The pilgrims, however, were harassed by the Rakhashas. Thereupon, the rishi Bringesha prayed to Lord Shiva. The Lord gifted the rishi a scepter to ensure safe journey. This has ever since been the symbol of protection.
The traditional Yatra pilgrimage generally arrives at the cave every year at Rakhsha Bandhan Purnima full moon , which occurs near the last week of August.
The cave is in a deep gorge inside the Himalayas in Kashmir that is accessible by foot or on pony through a steep winding path in Sonmarg. The water freezes as it dripss slowly to form a tall, sharp, smooth conic ice shape— the lingam.
It gets its full shape by May after which it begins melting gradually and by August it's reduced to just a few feet in height. The geographic location of the site being in South Kashmir makes it vulnerable to random terror attacks from the Pakistan side. The pilgrimage was banned from to due to threats from terrorists. In the militants assured that they would not interfere post which the Yatra was resumed and far greater number of devotees joined than in previous years.
Several mass accidents and tragic deaths have occurred ever since the Yatra commenced. These include the incident in s where blizzards claimed lives; the tragedy where pilgrims died due to extreme weather; people dying in due to them not being fit for the challenging climb.
Nifty 18, Zomato Ltd. Market Watch. ET NOW. After that, people started considering it a sacred place of pilgrimage. Amarnath temple is located in Kashmir, km east of Srinagar and the trek begins on the panchami day of the bright half of the month at Srinagar. The first halt of the trek is at Pampur which is nine miles away from Srinagar in the South East direction.
The next stop is at Brijbihara, Avantipur and Martand which is famous for its great ancient temple dedicated to God Sun. Other subsequent halts in the way are Aishmukam and Pahalgam. Pahalgam is reached on the day of Dasami and is the confluence of rivers Liddar and Seshnag. The next halt is Chandanwadi and Pishu Ghati. Pishu Ghati is believed to be the place where demons were killed by Gods.
Moving further up, at a height of feet, there is Seshanag lake from where Seshanag River flows. After that, at a height of feet there is Mahagunus paas, which slopes down leading to Panchatarni. And finally on the full Moon day the Amarnath cave is reached.
The holy visit to the temple is made in the month from July to August in Savan. This is the time of the year when the devotees of Lord Shiva flock to this incredible pilgrimage to get a glimpse of the Shiva Lingam which is formed naturally from ice which gradually waxes.
Alongside the Shiva Lingam are also two ice lingams of Parvati and Ganesha.
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