Gandhamardhan Hill
The untold story of Gandhamardhan hill. Gandhamardhan hill is a beautiful natural place of Bargarh District of Odisha in India. It is located approximately 117 km from Bargarh. It is also famous because of lord Nrusinghnath temple. Lots of people visit every every year to spent their leasure time. This is also a famous picnic spot. There was a beautiful waterfall lay from Gandhamardhan hill towards the Nrusinghnath temple. The opposite side of the hill is Harishankar temple situated in balangir district.
History of Gandhamardhan Hill (Ramayana era/ Tretaya yug)
History of Gandhamardhan hill is so adorable.According to the Ramayana lord Ram and his younger brother Laxman with Hanuman, Sugriba, Jambant and Banar sena went Lanka to bring Devi Sita from the custody of the king of Lanka, Lankeswar Ravan. There was a big war happened between Sri Ram and Lankeswar Ravan. In the middle of the war Laxman was injured by Indrajeet/ Meghnad ( Son of Ravan) in a big fight. Suddenly there was mourning all round. Sri Ram , Bibhisan, Sugriba, Hanuman, Jambabanta all were worried for Laxman’s injury. Then Bibhisan and Jambabanta suggested that only one person can cure from the injury and he was “Susena” disciple of Aswini Kumar (a great clinicians) who lived in Lanka. After that conversation Hanuman went to bring him. He came and checked the health condition of Laxman and told Indrajeet used his Amokh Shaktived Astra (arrow) on Laxman and it will cure if Bisalya karani( The scientific name for the plant known as Bishalyakarani is Tridax procumbens.) will given to him before sun rises. Bishalya karani was available only on the Himalaya mountain range. All were loosing their hope but Veer Hanuman agreed to bring Bisalya karani from Himalaya before sunrise. Immediately he went towards Himalaya. Susena told him how to find Bisalya karani. He said that it will glow at night. When Veer Hanuman reached there he saw that many types of plants are glowing there and all were looking same at night. He confused which one is the Bishalya karani. He had no time to think more because he had to reach before sunrise. He suddenly took the hill in his hand and fly towards Lanka. When he was flying in the sky of Koshal the northern side of the hill fell in the current location of Harishankar and Nrusinghnath of Odisha state, India. That part of hill know as “Gandhamardhan” hill at present. Veer Hanuman reached at Lanka before sunrise and Laxman was cured. Then Hanuman again returned the hill from Himalaya. At present in Lanka (Srilanka at present) also found Bishalya karani and other medicine plants there. That plants also scientifically proved that those plants are not the native plants of Srilanka. Those plants are brought from another place.
That’s why people believe the northern part of Gandhamardhan hill which is lay on the Nrusinghnath side of Bargarh District of Odisha is full of medicine plant. This Gandhamardhan hill is full of medicine plant. The hill is famous not only in India but also in the whole world for its medicinate plants. People also believe that the water comes from Gandhamardhan hill towards Nrusinghnath also useful for the medicine plants. People like to bath there to cure there disease.
History of Gandhamardhan in Dwapara yug
In Dwapara yug in the time of Mahabharata also described about Gandhamardhan hill. When Guru Dronacharya taught Kauravas and Pandavas about different Astra shastra and archery. He visited Gandhamardhan hill for some days because there was different medicine plants and various types of archery decoration were found in the different part of the hill. He selected this place to make war training center.As per the Ancient era different holy books are described about Nagarjuna Konda which was in the Nrusinghnath temple or Gandhamardhan hill area. Nagarjuna konda was a place Buddhist. The chief of the Nagarjuna konda was Shree Nagarjuna who was a followers of Buddha. At present also different fame of Buddha was found in the different part of Gandhamardhan hill. The Gandhamardhan hill is more famous because of the Lord Nrusinghnath is worshipped at the foot of mt.Gandhamardhan hill.
Other picnic spot
Patora dam and Yogeshwar Temple
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