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The Trigarta capital was moved from Jalandhara to Nagarkot (Kangra) in 1070 A.D. due to constant contact in Jalandhar with various ambitious invading forces who usually were en route to central India. [16] Ferishta mentioned another account of the 1st century A.D. when the king of Kanauj, Raja Ram Deo, went on conquest and overran the hills. He ...
Jalandharnath. Some members of the Nath Sampraday believe Rishi Dattatreya, an incarnation of the Hindu trinity Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva was its first teacher. [3] [1] [4] Other traditions hold that Matsyendranath received initiation directly from Shiva, also known as Adi Nath.
The city may be named after Jalandhara, a Nath Guru who was from here. [citation needed] The city was founded by Devasya Verma as mentioned in the Vedas.Other possibilities include that it was the capital of the kingdom of Lava, son of Rama or that the name derives from the vernacular term Jalandhar, meaning area inside the water, i.e., tract lying between the two rivers Satluj and Beas. [4]
Hindu texts such as the Skanda Purana, Padma Purana, as well as the Shiva Purana feature Tulasi in the tale of the asuras, Vrinda and her husband Jalandhara.Vrinda is described as a pious devotee of Vishnu who marries Jalandhara.
Jalandhar district is a district in Doaba region of the state of Punjab, India. The district headquarters is the city of Jalandhar . Before the Partition of India , Jalandhar was also the headquarters of the Jalandhar Division , with constituent districts Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur , Ludhiana , Ferozepur and Kangra .
Devi Talab Mandir is a Hindu temple, located in Jalandhar, Punjab, India. The temple is devoted to Goddess Durga [1] and is visited by thousands of pilgrims every year. It is regarded as one of the 51 Shakti Pithas in India. [2] A model of the Amarnath Temple, dedicated to God Shiva, is located within the temple complex.
Jalandhara (Sanskrit: जलन्धर, lit. he who holds water), also known as Chalantarana (Sanskrit: चलन्तरण, lit. he who walks and swims) is an asura in Hinduism.