A few kilometers from Kullu, there is this unique place. You can take a cab or bus up to a place and then have to walk all the way up to a mountain, on top of which there is a temple called Bijli Mahadev.
Well for a fact there is a lot of Bijli (Lightening) involved. Every once in two or three years during rainy season (i guess) there is a lot of thunder and lightening on the mountain. There is a small window / aperture on the side wall in front of the shivalinga ( a really huge one). The lightening in a most inexplicable manner manages to enter through the side-aperture and hits the huge boulder/rock. The linga breaks into a number of pieces and is strewn all over the place. The pieces are then picked up by the villagers and then joined together with butter, and lo and behold you have the shivalinga back. The villagers say, in case they miss any piece of the linga they can hear a slight moaning sound coming from the broken piece and they retrieve it.
Well for a fact there is a lot of Bijli (Lightening) involved. Every once in two or three years during rainy season (i guess) there is a lot of thunder and lightening on the mountain. There is a small window / aperture on the side wall in front of the shivalinga ( a really huge one). The lightening in a most inexplicable manner manages to enter through the side-aperture and hits the huge boulder/rock. The linga breaks into a number of pieces and is strewn all over the place. The pieces are then picked up by the villagers and then joined together with butter, and lo and behold you have the shivalinga back. The villagers say, in case they miss any piece of the linga they can hear a slight moaning sound coming from the broken piece and they retrieve it.
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| The Bijli Mahadev |
At the base of the linga there is a small hollow. If you place your hand (avoiding the eyes of the pandit) you will observe it is hollow and the rock extends (as told) to the base of the mountain. The river Parvati flows along the base of the mountain.
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| The temple layout (from the entrance) |
If you touch the shivalinga you can feel the butter.
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