India...Travel Dairies: Ujjain....Kingdom Of Mahakaal Bholenath

Ujjain.... One of the best place must visit,if one is big bhakat of Bholenath. Shiv as Mahkaal rules the place.

Today,let me have the pleasure to Share my experience of visiting the city of Mahakaal.

One can reach there easily till afternoon,by Trains like Malwa Express,Intercity Express direct to Ujjain or can take any train to Indore and from there can reach easily to Bhole Nagri Ujjain.

After reaching there, got to know the most interesting story that is really difficult to believe but yes its really true.

It is believed that..in Ujjain no one from politics,king of any other kingdom or any other person associated to the senior in level can not spend a single night in Ujjain.

There are various myths behind this. Some says that Because Ujjain the was the city of Raja Vikramaditya,the most loyal person.... he doesn't want any corrupted or fake person in his city to stay.It is his magic that such persons can not stay there.

Another story behind this is religious. As this is city of God Shiva,and is believed that two Raja at one place can not stay together,thats why it is Bholenath who is rulling Ujjain not allow such persons to spend a single night there.

It is believed that such persons can stay only outer the River Shipra,also called Mata Shipra by the local..which flows surrounding the city.

After reaching Ujjain,one can take any hotel to stay as there are a lot of them near the Mahakaal Temple. After having some rest and food,first thing is to visit the Mahakaal Temple which is in the mid of the city. One of the most beautiful and well maintained and organized temple of God Shiva.

There are various LED Screens places at many places in the city and in temple on which on can view the Live darshan of Mahakaal Shivling anytime.

Story behind the Mahakaal Temple is that it is one of the Jyotirlingas created by the pieces of the big original Shivling.

One can feel the peace inside the temple with the ausawm views. Lakhs of birds stays in the center of the temple in a tree,which gives a beautiful view when fly in groups. Sad but good thing is that Camera,Mobile etc are not allowed inside the temple. Good is because in their absence only,one can enjoy the beauty And bad because one cannot capture the sceen.

Take the pleasure of viewing every Aarti live.

Bhasam aarti is the most special one. In this the Raakh from the dead and burned people is used to do the aarti. Everyday one Pandit used to go Shamshaan in mid night and brought the fresh raakh to follow the rituals. Women's are not allowed to view this. And there is special dress code for this aarti, Lungies/dhoties for the Men's and Saaree for the Women's with the goonghat only.

After the Mahakaal Temple And the Aarti Darshan, one can enjoy visiting the local sight seeing.

There are various places to have a look over:

Main places are:-

1. Mahakaal Temple

2.Bada Ganpati Temple

There is a big Statue/Murti of Lord Shiva's Son Ganesh.

3.Harshidhi Temple

The temple is famous because it is one of the 52 Shaktipeeth of Mata Parvati.

4. Char Dham Temple

The highlight of this temple is that it has 4 sections named after 4 Dham's. i.e. Badrinath,Rameshwaram,Dwarkadheesh and Jagannath Puri.

Jagannath Puri

Rameshwaram

Badrinath

Dwarkadhish

Nandiji

5. Ramghat
One of the ghat on river Shipra.

6.Vikramaditya Temple
Vikramaditya was the Raja of Ujjain. Here is the Temple dedicated to him.

7. Sandipini Ashram
Sandipini Ashram is the Ashram where Lord Krishna grabs his education with Elder brother Balraam and Friend Sudama.

8.Mangalnath
The very famous temple where the rituals of removal of maanglik dosh takes place. People all over the country come here for getting rid of thier maanglik dosh.

9.Shiddhivat
Here is the very famous tree planted by Mata Parvati, the tree is very famous as the second hero of Vikramaditya's story Betaal lives on it.

10. Kalbhairav Mandir

Kalbhairav is the Sainapati of Mahakaal, His temple is situated in the outer of Ujjain.