A Year With The Maha Puranas: One year. Two Sisters. 19 Mahapuranas. 38 reviews. 100+ stories. One book. by Anvita and Anika Agarwal & Anvita Agarwal & Anika Agarwal

Author:Anvita and Anika Agarwal & Anvita Agarwal & Anika Agarwal [Agarwal, Anvita and Anika]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2018-07-08T16:00:00+00:00

Places of Pilgrimage

Gaya is said to be the holiest of all tirthas and let me explain why. Once an asura named Gayasura started to perform tapasya. His tapasya was so strong that it started to make the gods suffer. The gods ran to Vishnu and asked him to save them from Gayasura. Vishnu went and granted the asura the boon that he would be the holiest of all tirthas. Once Vishnu granted him that boon, the asura disappeared, but once this happened, the gods thought that Earth was too deserted without him. Vishnu instructed all the gods to go and ask Gayasura that they needed his body for a sacrifice. When the gods asked Gayasura, and as soon as he agreed his head fell off from his body. The gods then proceeded to make the sacrifice on his body, but the body started to shake. This indicated that the sacrifice was being performed wrong. They decided to place a stone on the asura’s body to make sure it was still. All the gods entered the stone along with Vishnu so that the sacrifice would be performed. Gaya is sacred as all the gods including Vishnu are always present at the spot.

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