Jump to content

File:Sankata Temple Tebahal Kathmandu Nepal Rajesh Dhungana (5).jpg

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file (5,647 × 4,050 pixels, file size: 16.07 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Description
English: The famous Sankata Devi temple is located in Tebhal Tol of Kathmandu. These Bhairavi-shaped deities were established in the eleventh century during the reign of King Narendra Dev by Bandhu Dutta Acharya from Kamru Kamaksha to Nepal. According to the records of 1742 BS, this temple is considered to be ancient. This goddess has 6 hands. Different types of weapons are held in different hands. It is said that even the priests do not look below the navel of this idol. Devotees worship Bhairav Shanishchar, Bhairavi, Bhagwati, Durga in various forms.

According to legend, during the reign of King Narendra Dev, the Buddhist scholar Vandhuratna Bajracharya, according to the king's orders, worshiped the elf in a urn with the power of his mantra. He even managed to get the goddess into his urn. In remembrance of that, every 12 years, the priests go to Katuwal Daham and worship Sankata and Yogini in two urns. And the urn is brought to the temple every 12 years with festivities by bringing Sankata and Barun i.e. Bajrayogini.

According to the Swasthani Bratakatha in the Skanda Purana, Sankata Shaktipith originated as Bhairavi Devi with her head falling off during the fall of Sati Devi's limbs.
Date
Source Own work
Author Rajesh Dhungana
Camera location27° 43′ 01.92″ N, 85° 19′ 26.4″ E  Heading=55° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Licensing

I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.

Captions

The famous Sankata Devi temple is located in Tebhal Tol of Kathmandu. These Bhairavi-shaped deities were established in the eleventh century during the reign of King Narendra Dev by Bandhu Dutta Acharya from Kamru Kamaksha to Nepal.

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

27°43'1.9"N, 85°19'26.4"E

heading: 55 degree

0.02 second

20 millimetre

image/jpeg

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current13:22, 17 October 2021Thumbnail for version as of 13:22, 17 October 20215,647 × 4,050 (16.07 MB)Sangita21957Uploaded own work with UploadWizard

The following page uses this file:

Metadata