In the morning,after visiting the Datia palace , we were free for the rest of the day . From Najiyai , opposite to the Maharani Laxmi Bai girls school, we got a shared auto rickshaw to the Sonagiri hill shrine . Local transport is really sparse at the Sonagiri village so the waiting time at the auto rickshaw was for around one hour. The dusty road took us to one of the holiest Jain teerth Kshetras where billions of Jain sadhus have attained Nirvana . The white temples numbering more than hundred have been standing for a thousand years now . Temple no. 57 is the main temple here , where the 8th Teerthankara , Bhagwan Chandraprabhu is worshipped . Passing by the white temples and absorbing the chirping of the birds , we were slowly climbing the stairs to reach the top . We went during the sunset, and saw plenty of peacocks roaming freely at the temple complex .The calm and quiet rustic settings gave inner peace and the enchanting ambience made the mind happy . There is a train in the evening from the Sonagiri railway station that goes to Jhansi, and after spending some time at the top of the hill , we reserved an auto rickshaw to reach the station .
Bindu Sarovar Sidhpur Gujarat | Matru Tarpan Place | બિંદુ સરોવર સિધ્ધપુર
After seeing the #RudraMahalaya temple , we again boarded an auto rickshaw to reach the #BinduSarovar. #Siddhpur was originally called Sristhal , there is a museum inside the #BinduSarovar complex which is named as the Sristhal museum . Broken pieces of the temples specially of the Maru-Gurjar architectural style of the Solanki period is kept inside the museum, beautiful wooden carvings are there and a beautiful mirror is also exhibited. Ticket fare is only 5 rupees. There are more than one mythological stories sorrounding the Bindu sarovar . The holy tank ,finds it's mention in the Rig Veda as well . It is believed Parshuram and the Sage Kapil , had conducted the last rites of their mothers over here in Bindu sarovar . Hence it's also called #MatriGaya or #MatriMokshSthal . This is the only place in India , where people come to perform the last rites of maternal lineage .
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