A Historic, Religious, and Cultural Core in Karnataka Srirangapatna is a city of historic, religious, and cultural significance situated in the Mandhya district of the Karnataka state in India. It is also called Srirangapattana and Seringapatam (during the British rule). A worth visiting tourist destination on the Bangalore-Mysore Highway, it is about 19 km away from the city holding a historic importance named Mysore. Srirangapatna is actually an island surrounded by the holy River Kaveri that flows on its eastern side. To the west side of the town, flows the Paschima Vaahini segment of the holy river. Historic Importance Since ancient times, Srirangapattana has been a capital city and a place of pilgrimage. It became the ruling centre during the reign of the Vijayanagar Empire, from where  [...]

The Amarnath caves, dedicated to Hindu Lord Shiva – a sanctifier and supporter of good and destructor of evil, are 5,000 years old shrines in the northernmost state of Jammu and Kashmir in India. Within the cave, Lord Shiva is resembled in the form of an ice stalagmite, the Shivling. In this word, Ling has been derived from two words namely Leen meaning to dissolve and Gati meaning to grow. Therefore, the meaning of the word Shivling is that the man should stay dissolved (Leen) in the Lord Shiva and then he should grow (Gati). The miraculous ice pillar grows on its own during May to August and then slowly wanes, which is according to the moon’s phases. There are around four to five ice formations among which that of the Shiva is the highest. To his left is that of his son - Lord  [...]