Nageshwar Jyotirlinga is located in Gujarat province at a distance of about 25 km from Dwarkapuri. Good means of road, bus, taxi, and many others. are available from Dwarka to Nageshwar-temple. The train route arrives Rajkot to Jamnagar and Jamnagar railway to Dwarka.
Nageshwar Jyotirlinga Mythological history
The history of the establishment of this well-known Shivalinga is as follows- One was a religious, virtuous, and unique Vaishya devotee of Shiva, whose title was 'Supriya'. As he was boarding a boat, he was going someplace by the ocean waterway, at that time a fierce powerful monster named 'Daruq' attacked him.The demon Daruk kidnapped Supriya along with all of the folks and took him to his Puri and imprisoned him. Since Supriya was an exclusive devotee of Shiva, he was at all times devoted to the worship of Shiva.
His worship within the jail also didn't cease and he also made his different companions aware of Shankar's worship. They all became devotees of Shiva. Shiv Bhakti was spoken in jail.
When the demon Daruk was informed of this, he boiled in anger. He saw that Supriya was meditating within the jail, and scolded him and stated - "Hey Vaishya! What conspiracy are you making against me with closed eyes? ”He was shouting loudly, so nothing was effected on him.
The arrogant demon Daruk ordered his followers to kill Supriya. Supriya was not scared even by the fear of his homicide and he stored on calling the dreaded, troublesome Lord Shiva. At the moment, on the decision of his devotee, Lord Shiva appeared within the jail. Lord Shiva appeared to him as Jyotirlinga, located on a bright throne in an excessive place in the jail.
At the moment, Shankarji additionally gave one of his bestial weapons to the beloved Vaishya and after that, he disappeared. After buying Pashupatastra (Astra), Supriya killed the entire demons with his drive and in the end, he acquired himself to Shivaloka. In accordance with the instructions of Lord Shiva, that Shivling was named 'Nageshwar Jyotirlinga'.
Nageshwar Jyotirlinga Historical reason
Among the main historic reasons for calling or believing Jageshwar Shivalinga as Nageshwar Jyotirlinga are as follows-• Within the text of Dwadash Jyotirlingas, such point out is present in ‘Nagesh Darukavane’. Shivalinga positioned close to Almora is named Jageshwar. In such a situation how did Yogesh develop into Nagesh? It's price noting on this context that Pondrak, Dravid, Kamboj, Yavan, Shaka Pallava, Raad, Kirat, Darad, Nag and Khas, and many others.
Were outstanding amongst many from the hills and totally different plains of Kashmir province. According to Mahabharata, all these castes had been very powerful and civilized. When the Pandavas needed to fight with these people, they also came to know that all these Kshatriyas are full of religion and its qualities.
• It's also recognized from looking at the pages of history that the non-Aryan castes of Kumaon also tried to get into Brahmin faith, but failed. The wrestle between Vasistha and Vishwamitra for years is a symbol of this intention. Mr. Oakley Sahab has written in his well-known ebook 'Holy Himalayas' that there's a caste of Nag folks in the Garhwal area of Kashmir and Himalayas. According to Oakley, he's known as 'Naag' because of the serpent worship.
• Rai Davids, who was a well-known Buddhist writer, is of the opinion that in the previous Buddhist period, work and sculptures depict Naga worship in the linked form of man and snake. This practice is still practiced in Garhwal and Kumaon.
• It's also the opinion of a scholar named Atkinshan, who has written a book known as 'Himalayan distrix', in many of the temples of Garhwal, there is still a puja.
• The place where Jageshwar Shivamandir is located nonetheless has locations like Verinag, Dhaulenag, Kaliyanag, and many others. wherein the phrase 'Nag' reminds of that Naga caste. On their foundation, it appears logical that amongst these snake-temples, a big temple known as 'Nagesh' has existed in Kumaon since historic occasions. The worship of mythological faith and ghosts has also been calculated in Shivopasana.
It's difficult to say whether these deities had been sacrificed or not, however, it's sure from the pages of historical past that Kathmandu, 'Pashupatinath' of Nepal, and 'Pashupateshwar' of 'Yageshwar' in Kumaon are each worshiped deities from the Vedic interval. The whole peaks of the holy Himalayas are accepted as ascetic Lord Shiva idols, however, Mount Kailas has been described as a pure Shiva temple since the beginning.
• It's clear from all these things that the prevalence of Shiv Pujan in the Kumaon division is very ancient.
According to a well-known legend, 'Yageshwar Temple' is located on the north-west side of the Himalayas, and here is a dense deodar forest. The construction of this temple is a mixed type of Tibetan and Aryan style. The remark of Jageshwar-Mandir shows that its building dates back to no less than 2500 years.
Mrityunjaya and Dindeshwar temple near it are also previous. The idols of Shiva-Shakti and the idols of the gatekeepers of the doors of the Jageshwar temple are also very historic in that type. The silver statue of King Deepchand is also put in in the Jageshwar temple.
