TRIMBAKESHWAR, NASHIK
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TRIMBAKESHWAR
ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम्। उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान् मृत्योर्मुक्षीय मामृतात् ॥
Trambakeshwar (Trimbakeshwar) is an ancient Hindu temple in the town of Trimbak, in the Nashik District of Maharashtra, India, 28 km from the city of Nashik.
It is dedicated to Lord Shiva and is one of the twelve Jyotirlingaas.
It is located at the source of the Godavari River, the longest river in peninsular India.
The Godavari River, which is considered sacred within Hinduism,
originates from Bramhagiri mountains and meets the sea near Rajahmudry. Kushavarta,
a kund is considered the symbolic origin of the river Godavari, and revered by Hindus as a sacred bathing place.
The following verse shall explain the importance of this sacred place and the next one gives names of the Twelve Jyotirlingaas in India.
Trimbakeshwar attains salvation. There is no sacred place like Trimbakeshwar, no river like Godavari,
no mountain like Bramhagiri etc.The reasons for its being so sacred are - Godavari river originates in this place,
its a place of Tri-Sandhya Gayatri, the birth place of Lord Ganesha, a place of the first Nath of
Nath Sampradaya consisting of Gorakhnath and others, a place where Nivrittinath was made to imbibe the holy knowledge by
his Guru Gahininath, a place where Nivrittinath made his brothers and sister attain the self by his preaching.
This is the holiest place to perform Shradha ceremony like Narayan nagbali As per Nirnaya Sindhu - a religious book of Hindus.
Trimbakeshwar Temple is one of the holiest and sacred place for Hindu pilgrims and is revered as a one of the 12 Jyotirlingaas shrines of Lord Shiva.
The temple lies in the foothill of mountain Bramhagiri which is the origin of river Ganga (called here by name Godavari).
The most divine part of this temple is the presence of 3 linga's each representing Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.
All three reside in a hallow space within the Shiva linga.
This temple is built by Shri Nana Saheb Peshawa in 1755-1786 AD. Its is built with black stone and the Shivlingam is said to be emerged naturally.