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Namacha


Namacha Bazaar Pandari Namacha Bazaar! Where Bhakti is the commodity, and Hari Nama is the currency! Panduranga Hari, Vasudeva Hari!!
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Shankaracharya

Pramanam bhavabdheridam mamakanam Nitambah karabhyam dhrito yena tasmat Vidhaturvasatyaihi dhrito nabhikoshah Parabrahmalingam bhaje pandurangam

I pray to the Panduranga, the representation of Para-brahman, who rested his hands on his waist to show his devotees the depth of the ocean of samsara, and who holds a (lotus) bud in his navel for Vidhata (Brahma) to stay. 
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Muktakeshi

Padma who was performing hard penance to get a suitable husband. Satisfied with her tapas, the Deity appeared before her in a very handsome form. Seeing him, Padma lost consciousness, her hair all-disheveled (muktakeshi). Her wish was granted and the place of her tapas became ‘Kshetra Muktakeshi’
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Rukmini


Gopalpur is located about a mile south of Pandharpur on the southern bank of the Pushpavati where, on a hill is the temple of Gopalkrishna. Hundreds of pilgrims gather here every year to mark the end of their yatra to Pandharpur.

The story starts with Gopalkrishna (an interesting combination of the boyhood and adult names of the god) and his 16,000 gopis and eight wives.

The favourite among his wives was Rukmini and the rule was that whenever she walked in on Krishna and his gopis or any of the other wives, they would stand up out of respect for her.
One day in Dwarka, Krishna sat with Radha on his thigh, amusing himself when Rukmini came in. But the two carried on and Radha, elated with the attention being showered upon her by Krishna, did not stand up.

An offended Rukmini walked out of Dwarka and marched to
  1. Dindirvan (present day Pandharpur). 
  2. Krishna rushed after her, followed by his cattle and cowherds. 
  3. River goddesses Ganga and Yamuna joined them in their present forms, Ganga is called Chandrabhaga (derived from Bhagirathi and Chandra) while Yamuna is the Pushpavati.
  4. Rukmini and Gopalkrishna made up on the Gopalpur hill, which is a part of the Govardhan mountain that had made the journey all the way from Dwarka. 
The two held a feast on the hillock for their followers where everyone brought their own food. The main food that they feasted on was kala – a mixture of parched maize and curds. It was made and consumed by all the participants of the feast as it is done today on appointed days during the months of the pilgrimage. Scholars have remarked extensively on the temple and the interested feast of the gods and their followers, kala. Many even believe that this is the ritual that lives on in the popular dahi-handi festival in Maharashtra (before the commercialization, pots used to carry buttermilk and even a mix of curd and maize).

http://talkingmyths.com/krishnas-feast-at-gopalpur/
https://www.google.co.in/search?q=Narad+Muni+Temple+at+Gopalpur
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The Padma Puran also mentions Dindiravan, Lohadand Kshetra, Lakshmi Tirtha, and Mallikarjun Van, names that are associated with Pandharpur.

http://www.holydham.com/other-temples-in-pandharpur/
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Four reasons for Panduranga's manifestation

In addition to the story of Krsna’s appearance to Pundalik, the Panduranga Mahatmyas from the Skanda and Padma Puranas cite three other reasons why Lord Vitthal manifested himself.

Indeed, what these Mahatmyas' story of Vitthal consists of is the narrative of his appearance in Pandharpur for these four reasons. The reasons are as follows:


  1. Pleased with the way that Pundarik(Or Pundalik) served his mother and father, Krsna carne to his asram in the form of a cowherd in order to give him a boon or a chance to have his darsan (PMSP, chapters 1 and 7) This is the reason I have discussed so far.
  2. Because Krsna allowed Radha to be close to him even in Dvaraka, Rukmini got angry with him and came sulking to the Dindira Forest (Dindiravan) on the bank of the Bhima. In order to assuage her anger, Krsna carne first to Gopalpur along with the cows and cowherds. Then, leaving his whole retinue there, he went alone in the garb of a cowherd to see Rukmini (PMPP, chapter 1).
  3. In order to kill a demon named Dindirava, who had become swollen with arrogance in the Dindirava (or Dindira) forest, Visnu took the form of Mallikarjun Siva. He killed the demon with an iron rod (PMPP, chapter 2).
  4. When a beautiful young woman named Padma had undertaken asceticism in order to get a good husband, God took a form even more beautiful than hers and manifested himself before her. She became infatuated when she saw the god's beauty; her clothes fell away and her hair came loose. By the god’s boon, a tirtha came into being. It was named Muktakesi (“Loose- haired”) in honor of her (PMSP, 3.4of.; 12.32; PMPP, 2114).
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Dham

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Sant Kaikadi Maharaj Math

Sant Kaikadi Maharaj Math - It is on the north side of the town. It is a modern innovation depicting the ethoes of the epic Gods and Saints. It may take minimum two hours to see the entire Math.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Sant+Kaikadi+Maharaj+Math

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Chandrabhaga

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrabhaga

Skhanda puran narrates this story of lord shiva’s fight with Tripurasur. Once Tripurasur was causing havoc in all three worlds. Lord shiva fought valiantly and killed Tripurasur. While killing him Lord shiva perspired heavily. His perspiration took the form of a river and traversed the earth planet causing flood. When this flood reached pandharpur the residents became fearful and prayed to Bhairav who is the guardian of this holly place. Lord became angry on river and was about to destroy it. The river in turn prayed to Lord Vitthal for protection. Lord Vitthal assured her protection and allowed her to flow through pandharpur, but withot making any noise. This river is non another than river Bhima and because she half circumambulates pandharpur like half moon, hence here she is also known as chandrabhaga.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Chandrabhaga
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Pandharicha Hari Om Vitthal

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Paithan

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Goma

There was an old lady called Goma Bai who used to make her living by making food at home and selling it to people in her locality. One day she happened to attend a discourse on Pandhari Mahathmiyam (the greatness of Pandharpur) and decided to go on a yatra to Pandhari. She started her journey towards Pandharpur and reached the banks of Chandrabhaga one morning after walking for several days. Chandrabhaga was flooded then and one had to cross the river only on a boat. On this side of the river was a dense forest and she had been standing on the banks of Chandrabhaga since morning trying to get across the river to visit the Vitthal Rukmani Temple. There was a boatman who was taking people on his boat from here to the other side of the river for a fee. As the old lady did not have any money with her, she pleaded him to take her to the other side of the river for free. The boatman however refused to take her with out any money and told her that if he does this for one person, others will also ask him to take them for free. The boat went up and down several times and she was asking the boatman and the others who travelled in the boat to take her to the other side of the river, but none of them came forward to help her. She then thought that the boatman would take her on his last trip as she was very old and would not leave her alone in the forest. The last trip was at 8pm and the boatman left her and went to Pandharpur. The next day was ekadasi and Gomabai was sitting under the tree thinking about Vitthal. It was very dark by now and foxes started howling. Gomabai was now afraid and prayed to Vitthal asking him to somehow take her to Pandhari and said that it would be better to die in Pandhari after seeing Vitthal rather than dying in the forest. As she was praying the boatman came back calling Gomabai and asked her to board the boat. Gomabai was happy and came on board. She then asked him why he had come now, after saying no to her several time during the day. The boatman then told her that as she was old and there was a dense forest nearby, he was worried if something might happen to her and so he came back to take her to Pandhari. She then told him that she would sit outside the temple tomorrow and beg for alarms and get him the money required to pay him for the trip. The boatman then dropped her in Pandhari and she came to the temple the next morning. She had a darshan of Vitthal and then came out and sat down to beg for alarms. As soon as she had collected the amount required to pay the boatman she came to the banks of Chandrabhaga in search of him. When the boatman saw Gomabai he asked her how she had come here. Gomabai then told him that it was he who had dropped her here yesterday night and as promised she has now has got the money to be given to him. The boatman then told her that he did not bring her yesterday in his boat. Gomabai immediately started crying and knew that it was Pandurangan who had come yesterday to bring her to the other side of the river. She then went back to the temple again and thanked Vitthal.
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Brick

Lord Shankar told parvati “the brick thrown by pundalik to pandurang is not an ordinary brick, but lord Indra himself. Long ago there was a demon named Vritrasur who was killed by indra by trick. While dying the demon cursed him to become a brick. However he was told that he will be expelled from this curse when Lord Vishnu will stand on the brick. So Indra was forced to accept the brick body. As a brick Indra had got good fortune of being in the house of pundalik. It was this brick which pundalik threw for Lord to stand on. As a result indra was free from the curse.

http://messengerofgods.blogspot.com/search/label/Chitraketu

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Shree Pundalik

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birdev

Ever heard of the Vitthal Birdev Annual Yatra? It’s very unlikely that you may have, because even Wikipedia doesn’t give enough information on this. Celebrated at the Pattan Kodoli village in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra, the celebration also known as Haldi Festival is attended by thousands of devotees who come down from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra. The festival is celebrated in the Vaishakh month of the Hindu calendar to offer prayers to Shri Vitthal Birdev, the principal deity of the shepherd community. 

 This is the peak moment of festival where the holy sword is handed to Baba. It is believed after this, God descends into him. He performs with the sword which mesmerises his devotees and everyone erupts into chanting and throwing turmeric power everywhere as a symbol of devotion and celebration.
It is believed to bring in good fortune to the community  between October 17 and 24

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=birdev
https://www.behance.net/gallery/44238817/Shri-Vittal-Birdev-Annual-Yatra-at-Pattan-Kodoli
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1600&bih=767&ei=kUQwW-WeBsjerQG__ZzoDw&q=birdev
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Janabai

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