UTTARAKHAND DISASTER
August 1st, 2013 by | Posted in News Comments Off on UTTARAKHAND DISASTERJAI MAA DHARI DEVI.
June 16th witnessed the worst ever natural calamity in the hills of Uttarakhand. It was a cloud burst, rush of water into the Ganges, erosion of soil along it’s embankments, resulting in destruction of the roads along the entire route, and a total catastrophe supported by incessant rains thereafter.
Rest houses, buildings, approx 90 Dharamshalas were washed away within seconds at KedarNath alone.
Lakhs of pilgrims go to Char Dham Yatra which include – KedarNath, BadriNath, Gangotri and Yamunotri every year and on that day also there were no less.
After the disaster bodies have been found floating in the Ganges downstream right upto Rishikesh, Haridwar and beyond. Thousands of people are still searching for their loved ones.
The disaster management team was a total failure in the face of a tragedy of Himalayan proportions. Only the Indian Army personnel lead by The Commandant Central Command, Lt.Gen. Anil Chait were able to rescue more than 85,000 pilgrims and brought them down to safer places by employing helicopters in such difficult terrain and horrible weather.
How could Mother Nature become so cruel to the helpless pilgrims whose sole purpose was to pay obeisance to the Gods?
Did uprooting of the Idol of Maa Dhari Devi from her temple unleash the flood fury? Probably yes.
Was the Uttarakhand tragedy really the fury of Goddess Dhari Devi who was forced to relocate? The elders and the pundits do think so.
The temple of Dhaari Devi is located near Srinagar, Uttarakhand and is considered to be the protector of the pilgrims visited the Char Dhams. Those who believe in Hindu mythology understand that this temple was directly in the line of sight of Lord Shiva who also helped in ensuring the safety and welfare of the pilgrims enroute. The temple of this Diety, believed to be another manifastation of Goddess Kali, is located on the banks of river Alaknanda, 19 kms from Srinagar.
But on 16th June, hours before the flash floods hit the upper reaches of Uttarakhand, the temple of Dhari Devi was shifted uphill to prevent it from being submerged by the water of 300 MW hydel power project being built by the Alaknanda Hydel Project Company, a subsidiary of GVK Power.
The idol, which rested on a small hill was cut from its base.
For years the locals and Pundits had been protesting the relocation of the temple but the State Govt. was adament about the shift. Reason -without the relocation, the project work could not start. GVK officials , however, claim that the relocation was decided much earlier and was not done in a haste.
And when it was done, all hell broke loose. The cloud burst occured approx 3 hours after the Statue of the Goddess Dhaari Devi was moved from it’s original place to be re-installed to a new temple. Sources reveal that approx 20,000 people were washed away, several Buildings, both commercial and private were damaged and washed away by the flood fury and approx 180 kms of metalled roads are no where to be seen.
Two days after, 18/6, these occurences were tweeted and here is the copy of the tweets that were exchanged live on what had happened there :- These tweets will have to be read from No. 1 upwards.
Madhavan Narayanan?@madversity1h
Where did the number come from? Reporter claims Modi’s ‘15,000’ rescue figure came from BJP itself http://thne.ws/13bzRmR – 39
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL91h
@Sanity_3 Do read this on kali’s anger, the significance of Dhari Devi, Kalimath and kedarnathji. http://srath.com/jyoti%E1%B9%A3a/mundane/vastu/kalis-anger/ … …38
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL91h
RT: ?@MukulAgarwal66 Do read this on kali’s anger, the significance of Dhari Devi, Kalimath and kedarnathji. http://srath.com/jyoti%E1%B9%A3a/mundane/vastu/kalis-anger/ …37
Raghunath AS?@asraghunath1h
140 Villages face hunger in Uttarakhand. Only 44 villages received ration relief. supplies. pic.twitter.com/CKXjh8gnrP – 36
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL92h
@dkpcrwa Looks like a huge Temple..35
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL914h
@Ravi_Matah pic.twitter.com/EBRWHlZLdQ -34
@manojsirsa14h
“@ALKAAGARWAL9: These joint temples are exactly at NE-SW direction (see image) /15 pic.twitter.com/9IGNeXFegn #ShriKedarNathJi #DhariDeviTemple33
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL914h
Please read full article .. the significance of Dhari Devi, Kalimath and kedarnathji. http://srath.com/jyoti%E1%B9%A3a/mundane/vastu/kalis-anger/ … … …32
KA ?@ALKAAGARWAL914h
and this will prove to be one of the worst years in the history of modern India.31
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL914h
URGENT-4 If this is not done, then the agitation of Kali shall spread throughout India-cont..30
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL914h
URGENT-3 If this is done, then Kali will calm down and the agitation of nature will stop29
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL914h
URGENT-2 Shri Yantra s?dhan? has to be maintained at K?lima?h and Bael leaf must be offered to Kedarnath.28
LKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL914h
URGENT-1 Restore the idol of Dhara Dev? (Kali torso) to its original shrine and start the prayers that calm her down.27
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL914h
when official (?) death figures are at 1000 the unofficial figures is way beyond 5000 deaths and more are still following26
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL914h
Exatly on the next day massive cloudburst and flash floods started in Uttarkhand and even today,26
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL914h
and she seeks the demon Raktabija (seed of blood). As per mythology, Raktab?ja took various bodies and she continued to destroy each one.25
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL914h
With the shifting of Dhara Dev?, the agitated Kali has been woken up, 24
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL914h
There are energies we human beings do not understand as yet and it is best to let these spiritual shrines where these energies are contain
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL914h
They were right in their belief as any movement would lead to a change in the angle of the Dhara Dev? and K?lima?h,/23
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL914h
locals were opposing the conception of the project with the belief that the moving of the Dhara Dev? would somehow agitate Kali/22
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL914h
On June 15th, 2013, the idol of Dhara Dev? was removed to be shifted to another location to facilitate the construction of the same dam/21
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL914h
In this Kedarnath being to the north (Mercury direction for ahimsa) is constantly calming the dev? who is in the south (Mars direction/20
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL914h
The Kedarnath jyotirliñga is exactly North from K?lima?h (see image) symbolising the husband-wife or ?iva-?akt? relationship./19
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL915h
The upper part of the dev? with the head symbolises the calming of Kali by ?iva, the Guru. /18
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL915h
This causes the energy to flow in the NE direction, which in jyoti?a, is the direction of Jupiter (I??na ?iva), the parame??hi guru/17
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL915h
symbolising Kali as sleeping with her feet in NE direction and head in the SE /16 http://direction.pic.twitter.com/EBRWHlZLdQ
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL915h
These joint temples are exactly at NE-SW direction (see image) /15 pic.twitter.com/EBRWHlZLdQ
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL915h
the remaining lower part is believed to be in Kalimath in Rudraprayag district/14
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL915h
The temple of Dhari Devi in Srinagar hosts only the upper part of idol of Godess Dhari,/13
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL915h
It is believed that the idol of Dhari Devi shall not be put under roof. For the same reason/12
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL915h
known as Dhari Devi, under the open sky, and thousands of devotees on the way to Badrinath pay their obeisance to it/11
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL915h
the villagers heard the cries of the idol. On reaching the site they heard a divine voice instructing them to install the idol as it was/10
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL915h
According to a local legened, the temple was once washed off by floods, while floating the idol struck against a rock,/9
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL915h
Dhari Devi is a temple on the banks of the Alaknanda River in the Garhwal Region of Uttarakhand state/8
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL915h
These are not just any other Shakti temples, they are among the 108 Shakti Pitha mentioned in the Devi Bhagavat/7
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL915h
There is some strange connection between these guardian goddess and the Kedarnath jyotirliñga./6
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL915h
an attempt to shift the shrine was immediately followed by havoc in Kedar Valley/5
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL915h
The government has tried to build up dams to overcome the power shortage. This has been opposed by locals/4
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL915h
. Let us look at the events leading to the great devastation of Uttarakhand by flooding of Uttar Kashi./3
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL915h
The fury of the goddess is well known and any attempt to instigate her would lead to great destruction/2
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL915h
This may sound like a story – but it is not so – its reality that most people today like to ignore and push aside as superstition/1
ALKA ?@ALKAAGARWAL915h
RT: ?@MukulAgarwal66 Do read this on kali’s anger, the significance of Dhari Devi, Kalimath and kedarnathji. http://srath.com/jyoti%E1%B9%A3a/mundane/vastu/kalis-anger/ … …
Alok Bhatt?@alok_bhatt16h
Dear media, Kedarnath hasnt been damaged, what was damaged are buildings around temple…..temple of faith is standing tall!
@thinkerspad17h
Tell me honestly, doesn’t Congress look like the most useless & repulsive organism in the entire Uttarakhand episode? Who wants them around?
Ravi Matah.
Tags: BadriNath, Char Dham, dhara dev, dhari devi, direction, Gangotri, kalimath, KedarNath, Lord Shiva, Maa Dhari Devi, pilgrims, Uttarakhand, Uttarakhand floods, Uttarkashi, Yamunotri
I have been in the Dhari Temple twice, what peace I felt. I believe the whole portion of the temple was shifted from base and relocated to a height. Nature at its worst?