Amarnath cave temple is located in Jammu & Kashmir. In ancient times, it is considered as important Hindus cave temple and 5000 year old hindu temple. The mulavar of this temple is Amarnath (Lord Shiva). The Linga which is made up of ice is located inside the Amarnath Ashram. This Linga is melted during the period of May and August and later on, it automatically reform into Linga. The reformation of ice linga is mainly based on the development of moon. According to Hindu Mythology, Lord Shiva reports to parvathi about the secrets of life. The ice statue of Goddess Parvathi and lord Ganesha are available here. The height of this cave temple is 3,888 metres and it is far away from the distance of 141km from srinagar. There are chances available to attack this temple by Islamic Extremists. So this cave temple is observed by Indian army. Therefore, people should seek prior permission of Indian Government to go to Amarnath Yatra.
AMARNATH TEMPLE HISTORY:
Amarnath temple is present in the beautiful state of Jammu & Kashmir and it is located in the lower part of the Himalayas. This cave temple is situated at a height of 4000 feet above the sealevel. In this cave, a Stalagmite is present which have the shapes of Linga, Parvathi and Ganesha. The devotees of Lord Shiva is well known the history of Amarnath temple. The Shravanimela festival is celebrated here. So many of the Lord Shiva Devotees gone there during the festival time. The Amarnath temple history details are mentioned in the ancient text of Bhringish Samhita. Amarnath is also known as Amareshwar and the pilgrims used to go there around the time of Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahan. The Amarnath Pilgrimage is conducted from the month of Ashadha to Shravana. So many of the people including Hindu, sikh and muslim people going there on that time. Finally it becomes tourist spots for the people.
AMARNATH YATRA:
The Amarnath Yatra is one of the most popular pilgrimage site for Hindus. There are many mythological stories available in Amarnath yatra. Amarnath cave temple plays a major tourist place and it is attracted by the people because of ice linga, ice formation of Lord Ganesha and Goddess parvathi. There are 3 routes available to go for this temple. one is by airways (by helicopter) and the other two by roadways.
* One Roadway is from Jammu to Pahalgam to Amarnath cave. Initially people gone to Jammu by air and from Jammu they are gone to Pahalgam at a distance of 315 km by using taxi and bus. The Government of Jammu & Kashmir provide taxis and buses for travelling. After reaching Pahalgam, they are gone to Amarnath cave via chandanwari, pissu top, sheshnag and panchtarni and finally reach Amarnath temple.
* Another roadway route is from Jammu to Baltal to Amarnath. The distance of Jammu to Amarnath is about 400kms. The visitors passing through a beautiful valleys, steeped mountains and so this make a memorable to visitor throughout their life.
* The third route to reach Amarnath by using Helicopters.
PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES:
*Physical fitness
*Breathing
PHYSICAL FITNESS:
Before going to Amarnath yatra, one should do some activities for their smooth travelling. Compulsarily, one should walk in their trip. So before going to yatra, everyday walk for 4 hrs in the morning or evening for one month. Apart from this, one should take body massage by using mustard oil and take bath of warm water for 1 month. By doing all these things, one should never get too much of tired and so it will be very easy to get a trip of Amarnath temple.
BREATHING:
Before going to yatra, one should compulsarily practice yoga exercise (ie) Prana yama. Because when one make a journey on foot, especially in the mountain, scarcity of oxygen occurs, so to avoid this one should practice deep breathing exercise.
ADVICES:
* One should keep his clothes and eatables in plastic bags because of the rain.
* one should have sufficient money for his accomodation.
* Always carry eatables and luggage along with them to avoid inconvenience.
* One should carry Medical kit with them.
* One should keep enchanting "Om namah shivaya" during his trip.
* Avoid intake of alcohol.
* sarees are not comfortable to women while walking so wear comfortable clothes.
* Children and aged people are not allowed for this trip because the nature of the trip is unsuitable.
During yatra one should carry gloves, raincoat, torch light, waterproof shoes, vaseline, sweater and woolen clothes. Because these are all suitable for that climatic condition. Eatables like dry fruits, biscuits, honey, lemon, chocolates, milk powder, sugar baked grams etc. If you follow and carry all these things, you will have a nice and comfortable trip.
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Amarnath Chalo Amarnath Special Gana
1)Bhagya Jagana Ho ToBaba
2)Marnath Ke JaikorBaba
3)Amarnath Ke Darshan Kar...
4)Tumhe Jo Sukh Paana HoChalo
5)Bhagto Shiv Ki Gufa MainChalo
6)Amarnath Chalo Amarnath
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