मुंडेश्वरी मंदिर

muandeshvari mandir
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vivaran	muandeshvari mandir bihar ke sabase pramukh dharmik sthaloan mean se ek hai. yah bharat ke sarvadhik prachin v suandar mandiroan mean ek hai.
rajy	bihar
zila	kaimoor
nirmata	uday sen
svamitv	bihar rajy dharmik nyas parishad
nirman kal	635-636 ee.
bhaugolik sthiti	bihar ke kaimoor zile ke bhagavanapur aanchal mean pavara paha di par 608 phit ki ooanchaee par.
relave steshan	kudara sh‍teshan
yatayat	bas, aauto, jip adi.
any janakari	muandeshvari mandir ki prachinata ka mahatv is drishti se aur bhi adhik hai ki yahaan par pooja ki paranpara 1900 saloan se avichchhinn chali a rahi hai aur aj bhi yah mandir poori tarah jivant hai.

muandeshvari mandir bihar ke sabase pramukh dharmik sthaloan mean se ek hai. yah mandir bihar ke kaimoor zile ke bhagavanapur aanchal mean pavara paha di par 608 phit ki ooanchaee par sthit hai. yah prachin mandir puratatvik dharohar hi nahian, apitu tirthatan v paryatan ka jivant kenh‍dr bhi hai. is mandir ko kab aur kisane banaya, yah dave ke sath kahana kathin hai, lekin yahaan se prapt shilalekh ke anusar mana jata hai ki uday sen namak kshatrap ke shasan kal mean isaka nirman hua. isamean koee sandeh nahian ki yah mandir bharat ke sarvadhik prachin v suandar mandiroan mean ek hai. bharat ke 'puratatv sarvekshan vibhag' dvara sanrakshit muandeshvari mandir ke purutthan ke lie yojanayean banaee ja rahi hai aur isake sath hi ise yoonesko ki list mean bhi shamil karavane ke prayas jari haian.

prachinata

muandeshvari mandir ki prachinata ka mahatv is drishti se aur bhi adhik hai ki yahaan par pooja ki paranpara 1900 saloan se avichchhinn chali a rahi hai aur aj bhi yah mandir poori tarah jivant hai. b di sankhya mean bhaktoan ka yahaan ana-jana laga rahata hai. yah mandir bharat ka sabase prachin mandir mana jata hai. mandir parisar mean vidyaman shilalekhoan se isaki aitihasikata pramanit hoti hai. 1838 se 1904 ee. ke bich kee british vidvanh v paryatak yahaan ae the. prasiddh itihasakar phraansis bukanan bhi yahaan aye the. mandir ka ek shilalekh kolakata ke bharatiy sangrahalay mean hai. puratatvavidoan ke anusar yah shilalekh 349 ee. se 636 ee. ke bich ka hai.

is mandir ka ullekh kaniangham ne bhi apani pustak mean kiya hai. usamean spasht roop se ullekh hai ki kaimoor mean muandeshvari paha di hai, jahaan mandir dhvast roop mean vidyaman hai. is mandir ka pata tab chala, jab kuchh gadariye paha di ke oopar ge aur mandir ke svaroop ko dekha. us samay isaki itani khyati nahian thi, jitani ab hai. prarambh mean paha di ke niche nivas karane vale log hi is mandir mean diya jalate aur pooja-archana karate the. yahaan se prapt shilalekh mean varnit tathh‍yoan ke adhar par kuchh logoan dvara yah anuman lagaya jata hai ki yah aranbh mean vaishnav mandir raha hoga, jo bad mean shaiv mandir ho gaya tatha uth‍tar madhh‍yayug mean shakh‍t vicharadhara ke prabhav se shaktipith ke roop mean parinit ho gaya. mandir ki prachinata ka abhas yahaan mile maharaja duth‍tagamani ki mudra se bhi hota hai, jo bauddh sahity ke anusar anuradhapur vansh ka tha aur eesa poorv 101-77 mean shrilanka ka shasak raha tha.

nirman kal

is mandir ki naqqashi v moortiyaan uttar guptakalin samay ki haian. shilalekh ke anusar yah mandir maharaja uday sen ke shasan kal mean nirmit hua tha. janakar log batate haian ki shilalekh mean uday sen ka zikr hai, jo shak sanvat 30 mean kushan shasakoan ke adhin kshatrap raha hoga. unake anusar eesaee kaileandar se milan karane par yah avadhi 108 eesh‍vi sanh hoti hai. mandir ka nirman kal 635-636 ee. bataya jata hai. panchamukhi shivaliang is mandir mean sthapit hai, jo atyant durlabh hai. durga ka vaishnavi roop hi maan muandeshvari ke roop mean yahaan pratisthapit hai. muandeshvari ki pratima varahi devi ki pratima hai, kyoanki inaka vahan mahish hai. muandeshvari mandir ashtakoniy hai. mukhy dvar dakshin ki or hai. mandir mean sharadiy aur chaitr mah ke navaratr ke avasar par shraddhalu durga saptashati ka path karate haian. varsh mean do bar magh aur chaitr mean yahaan yajn hota hai.

bali ki satvik parampara

muandeshvari mandir ki sabase b di aur vilakshan visheshata yah hai ki yahaan pashu bali ki satvik paranpara hai. yahaan bali mean bakara chadhaya jata hai, lekin usaka jivan nahian liya jata. kahate haian ki chand-muand ke nash ke lie jab devi udyat huee thian, to chand ke vinash ke bad muand yuddh karate hue isi paha di mean chhip gaya tha aur yahian par mata ne usaka vadh kiya tha. atev yah muandeshvari mata ke nam se sthaniy logoan mean jani jati haian. ek ashcharyajanak tathy yah bhi hai ki yahaan bhaktoan ki kamanaoan ke poora hone ke bad bakare ki satvik bali chadhaee jati hai, lekin mata rakt ki bali nahian letian, balki bali chadhane ke samay bhaktoan mean mata ke prati ashcharyajanak astha panapati hai. jab bakare ko mata ki moorti ke samane laya jata hai to pujari 'akshat' (chaval ke dane) ko moorti ko sparsh karakar bakare par pheankate haian. bakara usi kshan achet, mritapray sa ho jata hai. tho di der ke bad akshat pheankane ki prakriya phir hoti hai to bakara uth kh da hota hai aur isake bad hi use mukt kar diya jata hai.

mandir ka ksharan

puratatvavidoan ka manana hai ki is ilake mean kabhi bhookanp ka bhayankar jhataka laga hoga, jisake karan paha di ke malabe ke aandar ganesh aur shiv sahit anek devi-devataoan ki moortiyaan dab geean. khudaee ke dauran ye milati rahi haian. yahaan khudaee ke kram mean mandiroan ke samooh bhi mile haian. bihar rajy dharmik nyas parishad ke adhyaksh achary kishor kunal ka manana hai ki is mandir ko kisi akramanakari ne to da nahian hai, balki prakritik apada toophan-varsha, aandhi-pani se isaka prakritik ksharan hua hai. paha di par moortiyoan ke bhagnavashesh aj bhi vidyaman haian. 1968 mean puratatv vibhag ne yahaan ki 97 durlabh moortiyoan ko suraksha ki drishti se 'patana sangrahalay' mean rakhava diya. tin moortiyaan 'kolakata sangrahalay' mean haian.thumb|250px|muandeshvari devi ki pratima

jirnoddhar kary

paha di ke shikhar par sthit muandeshvari mandir tak pahuanchane ke lie 1978-1979 mean sidhi ka nirman kiya gaya. vartaman mean isaka tezise vikas ho raha hai aur door-door se shraddhalu v paryatak yahaan ate haian. mandir ko 2007 mean bihar rajy dharmik nyas parishad ne adhigrahit kar liya tha. isake prayas se dhaee ek d jamin paryatan vibhag ko sauanpi gee. dharmashala aur yajnashala ka nirman karaya gaya. shraddhaluoan ki suvidha ke lie vaishno devi aur rajagir ki tarj par yahaan rop-ve banane ka kary bhi kiya gaya hai. mohaniyaan aur betari gaanv ke pas bhavy muandeshvari pravesh dvar banaya gaya hai. yahaan par atithigrih bhi bana hai. mandir ka dhvast guanbad banane ki bhi koshishean bharatiy puratatv vibhag ki or se ho rahi haian. puratatv vibhag ke pas us kal ke guanbad ka naksha upalabdh hai.

rochak tathy

1. yahaan bhagavan shiv ka ek panchamukhi shivaliang hai, jisake bare mean kaha jata hai ki isaka rang subah, dopahar aur sham ko alag-alag dikhaee deta hai.
2. maan muandeshvari ke is mandir mean bakare ki bali nahian di jati, balki bakare ko devi ke samane laya jata hai aur us par purohit mantr vale chaval chhidakata hai, jisase vah behosh ho jata hai aur phir use bahar chho d diya jata hai.
3. varshoan bad muandeshvari mandir mean 'taandulam bhog' arthat 'chaval ka bhog' aur vitaran ki paranpara pun: ki gee hai. aisa mana jata hai ki 108 eesvi mean yahaan yah paranpara jari thi.
4. mandir ka ashtakar garbhagrih isake nirman se ab tak kayam hai.
5. janakar yah manate haian ki uttar pradesh ke kushinagar aur nepal ke kapilavastu ka marg muandeshvari mandir se ju da hua tha.
6. 'mata vaishno devi' ki tarj par is mandir ka vikas kiye jane ki yojanayean bihar rajy sarakar ne banaee haian.
7. muandeshvari mandir ka sanrakshak ek muslim parivar hai.

kaise pahuanchean

yah mandir 'prachin sh‍marak tatha puratatvik sh‍thal evan avashesh adhiniyam', 1958 ke adhin 'bharatiy puratath‍v sarvekshan' dvara rashh‍triy mahath‍v ka ghoshit hai. yahaan pahuanchane ke lie pahale graiandak aaurd rel lain athava graand trank marg (enech-2) se kaimoor zile ke mohaniyaan (bhabhua rod) athava kudara sh‍teshan tak pahuanchana hoti hai. vahaan se muandeshvari dham tak s dak jati hai, jo vahan se mahaj adha-paun ghante ka hi rash‍ta hai. mandir ke aandar pahuanchane ke lie paha d ko katakar sidhiyaan aur reliang yukh‍t s dak banayi gayi hai. jo log sidhiyaan nahian chadhana chahate, ve s dak marg se kar, jip ya baik se paha d ke oopar mandir mean pahuanch sakate haian. muandeshvari dham mean shraddhaluoan ka sal bhar ana laga rahata hai, lekin navaratr ke mauke par yahaan shraddhaluoan ki bhi d zyada rahati hai.

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