Har Ki Pauri is name of the popular bathing ghat in Haridwar, the sacred city of Hindus. Jammu city also has a temple named as "Har Ki Pauri".Har Ki Pauri temple of Jammu is divided into three sections. The river bank is named as Ganga Ghat although the river over here is Tawi. The first section of the temple has a magnificent idol of Ganeshji on the temple roof. This idol is visible even from a long distance outside the temple. This particular section of the temple has a shrine of Chamunda Devi, the Goddess sitting on lion. On either side of this main shrine, the idols/shrines of Surya (Sun God), Dharma, Yama, Chitragupta, Santoshi, Saraswati-Lakshmi-Ganesh and Siva getting alms from Annapurna. There is a separate shrine where the Goddess Chamunda is in the sleeping posture. The idols of Vishnu and Naga (snake) are found near this shrine.
Thursday, 20 December 2012
Har Ki Pauri is name of the popular bathing ghat in Haridwar, the sacred city of Hindus. Jammu city also has a temple named as "Har Ki Pauri".Har Ki Pauri temple of Jammu is divided into three sections. The river bank is named as Ganga Ghat although the river over here is Tawi. The first section of the temple has a magnificent idol of Ganeshji on the temple roof. This idol is visible even from a long distance outside the temple. This particular section of the temple has a shrine of Chamunda Devi, the Goddess sitting on lion. On either side of this main shrine, the idols/shrines of Surya (Sun God), Dharma, Yama, Chitragupta, Santoshi, Saraswati-Lakshmi-Ganesh and Siva getting alms from Annapurna. There is a separate shrine where the Goddess Chamunda is in the sleeping posture. The idols of Vishnu and Naga (snake) are found near this shrine.
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