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Amarnath Temple is a Hindu shrine located in the Pahalgam tehsil of the Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, India.It is a cave situated at an altitude of 3,888 m (12,756 ft), [1] about 168 km from Anantnag city, the district headquarters, 141 km (88 mi) from Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, reached through either Sonamarg or Pahalgam.
Swami Avdheshanand Giri is an Indian Hindu spiritual guru, writer and philosopher. He is the current Acharya Mahamandaleshwar of Juna Akhara. [1] [2] Juna Akhara is the largest Akhara for Naga Sadhus in India.
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On 26 May 2008, the government of India and the state Government of Jammu and Kashmir reached an agreement to transfer 99 acres (0.40 km 2) of forest land to the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) in the main Kashmir Valley [1] to set up temporary shelters and facilities for Hindu pilgrims to Amarnath Temple.
Jagadguru Sri Shankara Vijayendra Saraswathi Swamigal (born 13 March 1969) is the 70th Jagadguru Peethadipathi of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, Kanchipuram.He became the Peetadhipathi of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham following the Videha mukti of Sri Jayendra Saraswati, the 69th Pontiff, on 28 February 2018.
The temple is governed by the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) and has been chaired by the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir since August 1986. [26] It is one of the most popular Hindu pilgrimage sites in north-west India, with millions of devotees visiting the hill temple annually. [ 27 ]
Chaitanya; Chakradhara; Dadu Dayal; Harivansh; Jayatirtha; Jiva Goswami; Jñāneśvara; Kabir; Madhavdev; Madhvacharya; Manavala Mamunigal; Namadeva; Nammalvar; Nathamuni
The Sanskrit word Dola means a swing, [6] while utsava means a festival or a feast. Hence, Dolotsava literally means swing festival or swing feast and refers to religious service of swinging the idol of a deity on a swing. [7] Similarly, word Dola Yatra is compound of two Sanskrit words: Dola and yatra.