1.Rajarajeshwari Temple in Bihar This temple in Bihar is dedicated to Goddess Devi Durga .Not only Devi Durga there are many more Goddess st...
This temple in Bihar is dedicated to Goddess Devi Durga .Not only Devi Durga there are many more Goddess statues that have been installed here in this temple. Every night in this temple,sounds of someone speaking is heard by the people of neighbourhood .People around this temple claims that these sounds are the sounds of Goddesses talking with each other. Till now no one is allowed to enter this temple at night.
2.Jagganathar Temple in Uttar Pradesh
This temple is present in the city of Kanpur. This temple’s architecture is very different and is called as Rain Temple by the locals. There is a hole above the Garbhagriha of the temple. The mystery is if water droplets fall in excess there will be a heavy rain or a flood in the next week. If the droplets of water decreases then there will be a drought in this region sooner.
If size of water droplets on ceiling of temple is big, it is believed that there will be good rainfall and if it is small, drought may occur.
This temple is said to predict how good the monsoon will be - Times of India
3.Chaya Someshwar Temple in Telangana.
The major attraction of this temple is its mysterious shadow/Chhaya on which the temple has been named too. There is shadow that falls on the main deity, Shiva Lingam. The shadow is apparent even today when you visit the temple. Although there is no pillar in front of the lingam, a shadow appears in the form of one of the pillars that have been sculpted outside the sanctum of the temple. It was till recently that it was a mystery that many failed to solve.
The two pillars on either side falls on Shiva lingam as one.
The second garbhagriha is for Lord Brahma. Here if a person stands for praying in front of the god,one can witness shadows of him on all four directions.
The third grabhagriha is again for Lord Shiva. Here if a person stands in front of God his shadow will always fall in front of him irrespective of the time of the day.
Our ancestors really used science in all the architectural marvels they have built.
However, now it is known that it is the result of complex architecture and scientific calculations. It is nothing less than an architectural wonder that the shadow is created through the reflection of light through various pillars which have been placed strategically in front of sacred chamber.
4.Panchavarnaswamy Temple of Tamil Nadu
This temple dedicated to Lord Shiva is located in Woraiyur,a town in Tamil Nadu. The mystery here is Lord Shiva is believed to portray five different colours early morning - copper color,late morning-red,afternoon-melted gold color,evening-emerald green and night- dark green, giving the name of the presiding deity, Panchavarnaswamy. This temple is one among the 275 paadal petra sthalams of 63 Nayanmars.
It has several inscriptions dating back to the Chola period. Legend has it that the temple is believed to have been worshipped by Garuda, sage Kathiru and wife of sage Kasyapa.The inner sanctum is designed in such a way that durimg the day the suns rays falls on the Shiva lingam.
Similarly one more temple in Nellur of Tamil Nadu has a colour changing lingam. There is one more Panchavarneeswarar Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva at Thirunallur, Nallur, Papanasam, near Thanjavur. There also the Lingam changes to five different hues at various times of the day. More detail can be had in this link: Kalyanasundareswarar Temple : Kalyanasundareswarar Temple Details
5.Achaleshwar temple of Rajastan.
In Achaleshwar temple of Rajastan also a miracle happens but Shiva Lingam turns into 3 colours in a day.Morning light red,afternoon Kumkum colour and in night dark red.
It is said that the Shiva lingam present here is of Swayambhu(self manifested one) and the height of the Lingam in unknown and runs very deep into earth.
Sources:_
"Chaya Someswara Swamy temple" - Wikipedia
"Achaleshwar Mahadev Temple" - Wikipedia
"Panchavarnaswamy Temple" - Wikipedia
Edits:-Sorry guys.I have changed to Uttar Pradesh in 2nd point.
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6.Sahasra Lingam in Karnataka
Sahasralinga ( meaning 1000 Shiva lingams) is a pilgrimage place, located around 14 km from the Sirsi in Karnataka state of India.
On the river bed of Shalmala river one can find thousand lingams that are carved on rocks of the river and on its banks.
The history of this 1000 lingams is that they were carved during the rule of Sadashivarayavarma, king of the Sirsi kingdom . An interesting thing is that for each Shiva lingam,nandis are also carved.
It is a difficult task to carve these shiva lingams in a flowing river bed.Locals say that these lingams would have been carved during the drought times or during summers when flow of waters were less. On the auspicious day of Mahashivaratri thousands of pilgrims visit Sahasralinga to offer their prayers to Shiva.
7.Vadakkunnathan temple in Kerala.
The shiva lingam in this temple was installed by Parashurama.
The world famous thrissur pooram festival is conducted in this temple only.
The idol of Shiva, which is not visible, is covered under a mount of ghee, formed by the daily abhisheka (ablution) with ghee over the years. After abhishekam a portion of the ghee is returned to the devotees and they take it home as the ghee has miraculous powers to cure all diseases. A devotee looking at the sanctum now sees a thirteen-foot high mount of ghee embellished with thirteen cascading crescents of gold and three serpent hoods at top. According to traditional belief, this represents the snow-clad Mount Kailash, the abode of Parvathi and Parameswara.
"Vadakkunnathan Temple" - Wikipedia
8.Sree Kalahastheeshawara temple,Andhra Pradesh
Located at Sree Kalahasti- near Tirupathi AP.
It is the vayu lingam, signifies ‘air’ in the pancha bhootas. There is a lamp in front of the lingam which always flickers independent of the turbulence in the air.
OM MAHADEVAYA NAMAH!
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