Triambakeshwar Jyotlirlingam Tour

The Triambakeshwar is one of the most sacred place on earth. Even our classics says that there is no sacred place like Triambakeshwar, no river like Godavri and no mountain sacred than Brahmgiri. It is in Triambakeshwar where Lord Shiva resides in the form of jyotirlingam.It is the birth place of river Godavri.

The first view

Legend associated with Triambakeshwar

Sage Gautam was a very pious sage. He attained many divine powers with his meditation. Once there was a drought in his region called as Brahmgiri hills(Triambak) . He worshipped Lord Varun(the god of water). Pleased with the prayers of sage Gautam, Lord Varun blessed the area with plenty of water. The created jealousy among other sages. The deliberately send a cow at the hermitage of sage Gautam. While sage Gautam was trying to drive the cow away from his ashram, she died. It was considered as one of the greatest sin to kill a cow. The sage felt guilty for the sin which was done unintentionally. The only option was left to get rid of the sin was to perform the parikrama(circumambulation) of Brahmgiri hill for 101 times and bring the river Ganga here and worship the shivling . Sage Gautam performed this tough ritual. Later Lord Shiva and goddess Parvati appeared and granted the boon of appearing the river Ganga in this region. River Ganga appeared instantly on the order of Lord Shiva, but she requested Lord Shiva and goddess Parvati to stay along with here. Lord accepted the demand and decided to reside in the form of Triambakeshwar. From then the river got its name Godavri(Gautami-ganga). On seeing this divine occasion all other gods appear and promised to visit here once in twelve years when the planet Jupiter transits through the Leo sign. Since then when this planetary combination repeats ,the huge “Kumbh-mela” (festival) is held at the bank of Godavri. It is believe that to keep their promise all the gods present at the spot during that period and bathing in river Godavri considered as auspicious.

Where I stayed

I stayed at hotel Padma in nashik , opposite old CBS. The tariff was 600. they dont offer a/c room. the manager was very helpful. The hotel has inhouse restaurant offering food at reasonable price. Telephone number0253-2318095,2576837

Route

40km in SW direction from the Nasik Road railway station. The jyotirlingam temple is situated at the foothill of Brahmgiri hills in the Sahyadri range

Road to Triambak

How I went

My first step in Nashik

I boarded the train Mangla Lakshdweep from Hazrat Nizamuddin which departed at 9.20 am. The next day I reached Nashik Road at 6.15 am I hired a car Innova ac @ 8.5/km upto 300 km average per day. The name of the driver was Hari (tel no.09822315789). My plan was to explore the area around Triambak town. I check in the hotel which was in opposite direction of Triambak town. I choose nashik as a hub to travel further. I started at 8 am. The distance to be covered was 30 km. I reached the Triambak town in at 8.40. Immidiately after depositing shoes at the shop adjoining the main dwar(door) of temple , i manage to find one pandit for the abhishekam. After negotiation he asked Rs 400 for performing pooja. He instructed that I have to wait till 9.30 because at that time sanctum sanctorum was under the supervision of other pandits , may be appointed by trust, i guess. At 9.30 he reappear with dhoti for me which was the dress code for gents to wear for abhishekam. he statrted the pooja in the mandapam at 9.15. after the sankalp and other ritual he orderd me to prepare to go to sanctum sanctorum. After a bit struggle I was in front of Lord Triambakeshwar. Pandit removed all the the flowers above the deity. i witnessed the rare appearance of The TRINITY (Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh) in the form of three pinds. That was really the moment of my life time. I stayed in the sanctum for 5 minutes.
My pandit's name was Shri. Padmakar B Pingale(Phone-9922144835/9322831290)

Go sewa

souvenir shops around temple

one can fine ek mukhi Rudraksh at the roadside vendors for mere few rupees:Amazing Deal

1) Make sure about the pooja timings from the localites because during that period no abhishek is performed. Start as early as possible so that you are left with enough time to cover other places of mythological importance.

2) The sangam of Godavri and river Ahilya is just outside the temple. Dont miss it.

3) A tour to Neel Parbat, Anjeri Hills and Brahmgiri is must do. Local autos is the best bet to move around.
4) just 200 m away from the temple is Kushavrat pond,one of the holiest in universe. Do explore it as there are numerous temples around it at a walking distance.

5) outside the temple , do feed the cows as it is considered as auspicious.

6) Do at least one pradakshina of the temple

7) A special golden crown of the lord is shown to public every monday around 4 pm