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'First Shesha'), is a serpentine demigod and king of the serpents , as well as a primordial being of creation in Hinduism. In the Puranas, Shesha is said to hold all the planets of the universe on his hoods and to constantly sing the glories of Vishnu from all his mouths. He is sometimes referred to as Ananta Shesha.
A temple devoted to Nagaraja exists in Poojappura of the Thiruvananthapuram District in Kerala, India. It is known as the Poojappura Nagarukavu Temple. The uniqueness of this temple is that here the family of the Nagaraja, including Nagaramma (queen of nagas), and Nagakanya (princess of the naga kingdom) are placed inside a single temple.
Ananta is also a name of Shesha, the celestial snake, on which Vishnu reclines in the cosmic ocean. [ 3 ] In the Mahabharata , Ananta, or Shesha, is the son of Kashyapa , one of the Prajapatis , through Kadru as her eldest son.
Nagalakshmi (Sanskrit: नागलक्ष्मी, romanized: nāgalakṣmī) is a serpent goddess and the wife of Shesha, a nagaraja (king of the serpents) and one of the two mounts of Vishnu featured in Hindu mythology.
The temple hosts the deities of Garuda (Vishnu's vehicle), Narasimha, Varadaraja, Kubera, Hanuman in their respective sub-shrines. The temple also host the deities of Shesha (Vishnu's serpent), Viswaksena, Sugriva, Ramanuja. Vimana Venkateswara is the exact replica icon of Venkateswara carved on the Ananda Nilayam Vimana's second tier north ...
During the Dvapara Yuga, Shesha blocked Vayu from entering Vaikuntha as Vishnu was in the company of his consort, Lakshmi. An incensed Vayu challenged Shesha to a fight to decide the stronger between them, Vayu was tasked with trying to blow off Shesha from the holy Meru mountain while adisesha was asked to protect the peak with his hood. After ...
Ananta Vasudeva Temple ("Temple of the Infinite Vāsudeva", Odia:ଅନନ୍ତ ବାସୁଦେବ ମନ୍ଦିର) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Krishna, an avatar of Vishnu located in Bhubaneswar, the state capital of Odisha, India. [1]
Bhojpuri Maai Mandir ("Mother Bhojpuri Temple") is a temple in which the presiding deity is Bhojpuri Maai, representing the Bhojpuri language. This temple is located in Jeevandeep Public School campus, Baralalpur, Varanasi, India. [17] There are around 150 million Bhojpuriyas in the world and they give Bhojpuri language the same status as their ...