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| Martand Tirath : Ist Paddav of Amarnath Yatra | | Salvation and Peace for Departed Souls | |  A.K Trisal
The ancient and glorious temple of Sun God popularly known as Martand Tirath is situated at piligrim village Mattan on Pahlagam road at a distance of 6 kms from District Hq Anantnag and 65 kms from Srinagar City. Before the mass migration of Purohit community during 1990 turmoil from the village Mattan, lakhs of pilgrims used to visit this holy shrine after performing Sh. Amaranth ji yatra. It is believed that Amarnath Yatra is complete in all respects only when on way back the piligrims feed the holy fishes present in the holy springs of the Martand Tirath. Due to the opening of Yatra from BALTAAL thousand of pilgrims are lacking the darshan of this pious place. The place is very famous as a very old Hindu pilgrimage place in the valley and enjoyed prominence at par with Haridwar among the Hindus of all over the country. Many religious festivals are celeberated through out the year at Martand but the main celeberation is Birthday of Martand ji(Sun GOD) which falls every year on Magh Shukla Paksh Saptami i.e the 7th day of the bright fortnight of Magh(February) as per the Hindu calendar. The name Martanda means "Sun God". The village was earlier name as Machh(fish) Bhawan too. There are main two springs in the premises of the tirath known as Vimal and Kamal Kund. A beautiful Shiva temple is constructed in the center of the Kamala kund giving an unforgettable and adorable look to Tirath.During the early morning hours piligrims are allowed to have a holy dip in this spring. Those who know swimming are allowed to offer water over the shiva linga in the temple and after that they proceed to have darshan of Sun god and other temples constructed in the premises of the Tirath.
Different stories exist in our religious documents which tell us about the detail of the Sun god and its abode at Mattan. According to 'Markand Katha' ' Markandya-puran' and other texts, the Martand(Sun God) was born from Aditi, the wife of Kashyap Rishi. Earlier Aditi had given birth to 12 off springs in the form of eggs which later produce 12 suns known as Data, Arima, Mitra, Varun, Inder Vivaswan, Pushpa, Parjiney, Anshuman, Bug, Trusht and Vishnu. Aditi gave birth to 13th sun before time in a fit of anger after an argument with her husband Kashyapa she abandoned him into waters of Satisar. The 13th Sun in the form of lifeless egg remained in satisar for a long time. To kill a demon called jalobhava who was living under the water.Kashyapa with the blessings of Brahma ,Vishnu and Mahesh made a cut in the mountains and drained off the waters from satisar.thereafter he found an egg in deep waters that he recalled as his 13th Son Mart-anda dropped by her wife Aditi.
As soon as he tried to hold on him, he was warned by his son of dire consequences. Kash-yapa visualized the situation and prayed the gods Brah-ma,Vishnu,Mahesh and goddess Parvati to do the needful. Then, Mata parvati asked lord Vishnu to cut this egg into two parts with his sudarshan chakra.These two parts transformed into springs known as Vimal and kamal Kund . In this process a mysterious glowing and flames beamed from the broken egg.
The light came to known as Martanda where as the flames hit four places are known as Four great Shaktis… Bharg-shikha, Bheema Devi, Baswati and Shree Bhawani. Sacred fishes are found in these springs.
Water of the springs is sacred enough to take it home in bottles. The water of the springs flow down from higher level to lower through a channel made up of stones.The main and ancient site of Martand lies beneath the mountain called Devi Bal where temple of Goddess Bhargahshikha the great power is in the form of a holy rock(Shila) is situated on the top of the hill. Local and other Hindus from near by villages worship this goddess during Navratars and assembled there and have pooja archna. Another spot is Sangam in the village Mattan which is considered very pious for Hindus as it is place where the SHRADS of departed souls are performed.The rituals like Pind daan,Pitre Shrad,Tarpan etc.performed at this Sangam in particular area regarded as highly ausipicious.
How ever the rituals carried out in the month of Malmass and on vijay saptami, San-karati, Solar and lunar eclipse days, Amavaysa etc. and specially on Sundays lends towards salvation and peace and same is blessed by Lord Shiva too.
The most sacred and well known religious festival 'Malmass' is held at mattan after every two and half years where pilgrims from all over the country assemble here and perform religious rituals along the Chaka nadi. |
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