IZZATNAGAR

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Izzatnagar is a famous place and is situated in the western part of Bareilly district located in UttarPradesh ,India. Its comes under Bareilly Lok Shaba constituency & Bareilly Municipal Corporation. In this locality there are many residential properties including apartment, independent houses & commercial establishment. In this locality there are several Hindi as well as English medium, hospitals ,petrol pumps ,religious places including Mandir, Gurudwara, Church & Masjid are located. This place is well connected with roads, railways and airport from Bareiily district and rest part of the country. Izzatnagar is also famous for IVRI (Indian Veterinary   Research Institute),CARI(Central Avian Research Institute, Railway   Mechanical workshop, Diesel Loco shed ,Indian Air force Trishul Air Base, Central Jain, Kishore Sadan Juvenile Jail ,Irrigation workshop, IWP(Indian wood Product Ltd),Bara Bagh Mandir of Shri Hanuman Ji, Sai Mandir, Hartmann College etc. IZZATNAGAR ST

Temples , Nath Nagri (City of Lord Shiva),Bareilly Part 1


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Nath Nagri 


In this blog we can know in detail regarding 
Nath Nagri temples.

Bankhandi Nath Mandir

It is situated in East direction in area known as Joginavada.

The temple was established in Dvapara Yuga.

Rani Draupati establish a Shivling here as per the order of her Guru.Due to the dense forest  this temple is known as Vankhandi Nath.

In this temple their is a pond known as Ganga Sagar in which 108 Shivling are placed.It is believed that people suffering from Rickets /Sukha disease take bath in this pond and get rid of it .

 






Mandhi Nath Tample 


It is situated in West direction in Mandhi nath colony .The history of the this  temple is centuries old. It is believed that Pandavas built this temple during their exile .According to legends  an  aesthetic started digging a well here to quench the thirst of passers, in which a Shivlinga appears along with a serpent snake wrapped  on the lingam .After which the temple was established here and was named as Mandhi nath temple. According to the priest of the temple ,this gem containing serpent protect the Shivlinga. In this temple priest of Giri sect take care of worship .


Dhopeshwar Nath Temple

In the South direction of Bareilly  Dhopeshwar Nath mandir is situated. This tample is located in the Sadar Bazar of Bareilly.

It is believed that this place is a birth place of Draupati of Mahabharath Yuga. 

In Treta Yug, Dhumra Rishi,who was the discipline of Atri Rishi, Guru of Pandavas meditated  here .As a result of his meditation ,Lord Shiva appeared before him and told him ask for any wish to which Dhumra Rishi replied that  I want you to be  established here and do welfare of your devotees .Then Lord Shiva established himself in the form of Shiveling.The Shiivling established here in thousands of year old .

In this temple their is pond which make this temple too attractive. 




Alakh Nath Temple

 This temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva and is located in the Alakhnath area of Bareilly established by Aalakhia Baba of Aananda Akahara .

Saint Alakhiya used to penance below a Banyan Tree. Baba worshiped Lord Shiva and  attained enlightenment at this sacred site.It was after him, temple was named as  Alakhnath Temple .A 51 Feet Statue of Lord Hanuman is installed just outside the Temple Premises.  The history of alaknath temple is older than 6500 yeras. This temple is situated in 84 bighas of land.In  Mughal Era ,Baba alakhiya was sent to Bareilly by Anand Akhara to protect Vedic  religion due to frequent attack by enemy rulers.  He established a Shivlinga  here after severe penance. Enemy rulers could not spoil this divine Shivling even after many attempts This temple was named Alakhnath only after the name of Baba Alakhia. 

 The temple is the worship place of Naga sannyasins.








Devotees  from all around the world come here to worship in these shrine tamples, offer prayers over here for spiritual growth, well being with all devotion before Lord Shiva

In my next blog I will let you inform in details regarding Trivati Nath temple,Tapeshwar Nath temple and Pashupati Nath temple. 

Till than stay with me and take care 🙏

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