5 Temples In India With Unusual Prayers
By: Pinki Thu, 06 July 2017 11:28:03
India, the very known country for its history has ample of unique things to offer to is tourists. Apart from very famous architecture and pictureque scenes, it has ample of temples with unusual prayers. Have a look at these temple and their unusual stories.
Attukal Temple, Kerala
Attukal Temple, Kerala
This Attukal Bhagavathy Temple is located in Kerala. During the temple's Pongala festival, millions of women participate. This festival is regarded as the largest gathering of women for any religious activity and it has also made it to the Guinness Book of World Records. The festival lasts for 10 long days and during this time, men are not allowed in the temple.
Chilkur Balaji Temple
Chilkur Balaji Temple
Situated in Chilkur in Hyderabad, this temple is officially called Chilkur Balaji Temple and is one of the oldest temples in Telengana. Sri Venkateswara Balaji deity is worshiped here however after a number of incidents of people praying to the deity for getting a visa stamp on their passport and their wishes coming true, this temple became famous as the Visa Temple.
Mahalaxmi Mandir, Ratlam
Mahalaxmi Mandir, Ratlam
Mahalaxmi temple on Dhanteras has been decorated with crores of rupees of jewelery, diamonds and jewels. The temple is situated in Ratlam city of Madhya pradesh. The activities of keeping the valuables have commenced in the temple and this will speed up from Dhanteras to Dipawali.
Bullet Baba, Jodhpur
Bullet Baba, Jodhpur
Also known as the Om Banna Temple, it is home to the motorbike of Om Singh Rathore who died in a crash after colliding with a tree. The bike was seized by the police and chained at the station many times but it kept ending up at the crash site and nobody could explain why or how. So the site was finally converted in to a spot for visitors to come and pray for a safe journey.
Aeroplane Gurudwara, Jalandhar
Aeroplane Gurudwara, Jalandhar
Devotees come to this Gurudwara to offer miniature aircrafts in hope that it will fulfil their wish of going abroad. The Shaheed Baba Nihal Singh is located in Talihan Village on NH-1.
