Amarnath Yatra – begins on 07 June to 05 August 2009 – Online Registration for Amarnath Yatra
Amarnath Yatra is one of the most saught after hindu pilgrimage in India with thousands of visitors reaching state of jammu & Kashmir during summers every year for Amarnath Yatra.
Amarnath cave lies an ice stalagmite resembling the Shiva Linga, which waxes during May to August and gradually wanes there after. This lingam is said to grow and shrink with the phases of the moon, reaching its height during the summer festival. The Rig Veda evokes his presence in its hymns, Vedic Myths, rituals and even testify to his existance from the dawn of time.
“The Himalayan pilgrimages are the oldest organised travel system, evolved over time by Hindu sages and embodying the spirit of wander, adventure and spirituality”
Shiva, in the form of a lingam, is formed naturally of an ice – stalagmite One of the holy trinity, Shiva is a living god. Unknown to them, a pair of doves eavesdropped on this conversation and having learnt the secret, are reborn again and again, and have made the cave their eternal abode.
Shiva is known to have made his home in the Himalayas. He built no house nor shelter, not for himself or his bride. He was an ascetic, and yet married; he could be both for “he was the wild god sporting in the forest or taking his ease on a cloud.”
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