Kunjapuri Temple journey from Rishikesh as part of a yoga teacher training course
You know, that the most exciting excursions during the yoga teacher training course in India is the trip to the Kunjapuri Temple. We always include it in the TTC 200-hour yoga teacher training program.
The temple is located high in the mountains, at an altitude of about 1,700 meters above sea level, offering stunning views. You will discover that this can become a good tradition to meet the sunrise here, and it is truly very beautiful!
Once you've been here, you'll want to come back again and again.
There's an extraordinary spiritual atmosphere here; once you've arrived, you don't want to go back at all. You just want to sit for hours and meditate, admiring the mountains and silence...
The temple is located high in the mountains, at an altitude of about 1,700 meters above sea level, offering stunning views. You will discover that this can become a good tradition to meet the sunrise here, and it is truly very beautiful!
Once you've been here, you'll want to come back again and again.
There's an extraordinary spiritual atmosphere here; once you've arrived, you don't want to go back at all. You just want to sit for hours and meditate, admiring the mountains and silence...
Just 1-2 hours along the mountain serpentine road, and you'll be enjoying beautiful views and fresh, clean mountain air. Climb 300 steps and you'll be treated to a stunning mountain view.
Do you know the history of this temple? It's one of many sacred spiritual places of power that attracts thousands of travelers year-round. It houses a fragment of the body of Sati, Shiva's consort. Sati burned herself, offended that her father did not invite her and her husband to the sacrificial ceremony. Shiva grieved for a long time and wandered with her body through the Himalayas for many days and nights, until Vishnu cut her body with a powerful weapon - the Sudarshana chakra. He did this with good intentions, otherwise she would not have been able to be reborn and again become the wife of Shiva, since the funeral rituals would not have been performed.
Now, pieces of her body are scattered in 51 locations across India and Nepal, considered sacred and highly revered. It is believed that the site of the Kunjapuri Temple is where Sati's heart resides. Subsequently, thanks to the observance of traditions, Sati was able to be reborn and become Shiva's second consort, Parvati.
More details can be read in the ancient Vedic texts – the Puranas.
Do you know the history of this temple? It's one of many sacred spiritual places of power that attracts thousands of travelers year-round. It houses a fragment of the body of Sati, Shiva's consort. Sati burned herself, offended that her father did not invite her and her husband to the sacrificial ceremony. Shiva grieved for a long time and wandered with her body through the Himalayas for many days and nights, until Vishnu cut her body with a powerful weapon - the Sudarshana chakra. He did this with good intentions, otherwise she would not have been able to be reborn and again become the wife of Shiva, since the funeral rituals would not have been performed.
Now, pieces of her body are scattered in 51 locations across India and Nepal, considered sacred and highly revered. It is believed that the site of the Kunjapuri Temple is where Sati's heart resides. Subsequently, thanks to the observance of traditions, Sati was able to be reborn and become Shiva's second consort, Parvati.
More details can be read in the ancient Vedic texts – the Puranas.
