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Not many people know that the earliest Tamil reference to Ujjain is in Tamil epic Silappadikaram that is 2000 year old . Later Saivite saint Appar sang about it in Thevaram that is 1400 year old. But Sanskrit references are 1000 older than Tamil references .
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Not many people know that Ujjain is mentioned as Avantika in the Saptapuri Sloka/couplet. It is mentioned there that Avantika is one of the Seven holy cities which will help one to attain liberation from the birth and death cycle.
In the Seven Holy Cities sloka/couplet it is called Avantika, not Ujjain.
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची अवन्तिका । पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायकाः Meaning: 1: Ayodhya, Mathura, Maya (Mayapuri or Haridwar), Kashi (Varanasi), Kanchi (Kanchipuram), Avantika (Ujjain) … 2: … and Dwaravati (Dwaraka); These seven cities are giver of Moksha (Liberation) (and are called Mokshapuri).
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Not many people know that Ujjain’s longitude time is the IST. Ujjain is in Madhya Pradesh on the banks of River Shipra.
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World famous poet Kalidas in his Megaduta Kayva, tells the Cloud Messenger not to miss Ujjain and its famous temple.
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Not many people know that Emperor Asoka was the Governor of Ujjain when his father ruled India. After him came the greatest emperor Vikramaditya who defeated all the foreign invaders and started new era.
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Maha kaleswar Shiva temple of Ujjain is one of the 12 Jyotirlinga Shrines.
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Hindus were well versed in Geography, map reading and astronomy and they rightly chose Ujjain as the middle point of India and built temple exactly on the longitude and called it Temple of God of Mr Time (Kaala +Eswara). It is like Greenwich.
Not many people know the greatest astrologer and astronomer Varaha Mihira is from this city.
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Not many people know Jai Singh in the 18th century built five stone observatories called Jantar Mantar in 5 towns and one of them is in Ujjain.
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World’s largest festival Kumbh Mela is celebrated in Prayag every 12 years; in between three Kumbh Melas are held in Nasik, Ujjain, Haridwar in 4 year interval.
Amrit that was churned out from ocean fell in these 4 places when flying Garuda stole part of it.
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The temple has Five Stories and five Sabha Mantaps. The idol of Mahakaleshwar is known to be Dakshinamurthi, which means that it is facing the south. The idol of Omkareshwar Mahadev is consecrated in the sanctum above the Mahakal shrine. The images of Ganesh, Parvati and Karttikeya are installed in the west, north, and east of the sanctum sanctorum. To the south is the image of Nandi, the vehicle of Shiva. The idol of Nagchandreshwar on the third storey is open for darshan only on the day of Nag Panchami. The temple has five levels, one of which is underground.
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Maa Harsiddhi temple is just a 2-minute walking distance from Baba Mahakal temple. Maa Harsiddhi is one of the most sacred Shaktipeeths in India.
The evening aarti is the best attraction at the temple, but there is not much space to accommodate the crowd. It’s better to enter the temple before the Aarti starts.
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There are famous Maha Kali Temples associated with Vikramaditya and Kalidas. Bhairava has got a separate temple with his Dog Vahana.
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Tags- Ujjain, Facts, Mahakaleshwar, Jyotirlinga, Saptapuri, Jantar Mantar, Maha Kali, Temple
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