श्री पचली भैरव र १२ वर्षे खड्गसिद्धि जात्रा - राजु नापित

स्रोत व्यक्ति - इन्द्र माली तथा भरत माली
लेखक - राजु नापित
मिति - ने.सं. ११३२

Old Indrajatra

Indrajatra being celebrated on Durbar Square, before the earthquake. The electric poles were hooked up to the front grid in town when the hydroelectric station in Pharping, south of Kathmandu, went into operation in 1911.

Paśupati - Old Photo

Today, the complex of Paśupatināth temple is strictly prohibited for photography and video-graphy.

This photograph was taken in 1920 A.D. when there were no such prohibitions, as very few knew what cameras and films were.

Some may not want to bring this photo into limelight, because of the fact that a holy temple to one of the most revered deities of Hindus (or Śaivas) is wrongly(?) clicked onto a film. But for lovers of the past things and monuments, this photograph is indeed a wonderful sight to behold.

Paśupatināth Temple

पशुपतिनाथ मन्दिर

During the 1920s

 

Gvala (Devapāṭan / Deupāṭan)

Kāṭhmāṇḍu, Nepal.

No significant changes can be observed in the complex now, based on these photographs except some of the following:

1. The poles around the complex are interesting. I have not confirmed whether they were for electricity purposes or not.

2. Interestingly, no single person is seen in the photograph. With the flood of devotees at this holy temple now-a-days at every time of the day, it is almost hard to imagine the complex without any person.

3. The modern Paśupati temple is with marble floor and marble attached even to the main temple. This was not so when the above photograph was clicked. How the temple area looked like before the marble was introduced is clear from this one.

4. Few structural changes can be observed, e.g. the Unmatta Bhairava temple (south of the Paśupati temple) and other small temples.

MS - Nṛsiṃha and Śiva mantra

MS - Nṛsiṃha and Śiva mantra

 Courtesy: Dr. Govinda Sharan Upadhyaya (Friday 13 February 2015 at 20:41)

Available at the following link:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10203655345973241
&set=a.2868433198986.2117730.1504525933&type=1&theater

Dr. Upadhyaya gives the following caption to this: 

Mantra-Manuscript : Written in hand made papers by hand made Ink about 302 year ago by one of my ancestor.

मूलपाठ

श्री

१९

1. स्वाहा ।। वज्रदंताय शिखायै वषट् ।। धी

2. महिकवचाय हुं ।। तन्नोनृसिंहनेत्रत्र

3. यायवैाषट् ।। प्रचोदयात्अस्त्रायफट्

4. इति नृसिंहगायत्री ।। अथमंत्रः ।। ओं नृं नृं

5. नृं नृसिंहायनमः ।। इतिमंत्रः ।। १ ।। अथ

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(२०?)

1. शिवगायत्री ।। ओं महादेवाय विमहे ।।

2. रुद्रमूतर्ति धीमहि ।। तन्नोशिवप्रचोदया

3. त् ।। ओं महादेवाय अंगुष्ठाभ्यां नमः ।। वि

4. द्महेतर्जनीभ्यां नमः ।। रुद्रमूर्तिमध्यमा

5. भ्यां नमः ।। धीमहिअनामिकाभ्यां नमः

In English

Śrī

19

The Nṛsiṃha Gāyatrī and the mantra of Lord Nṛsiṃha.

(20 ?)

The Śiva Gāyatrī.

Lord Śiva