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| Keywords: Tulmul.jpg en The temple of Kheer Bhawani is situated in Ganderbal District in the State of Jammu Kashmir at a distance of 14 miles ~25 kilometres north of Srinagar against the background of natural sight near the village of Tula Mula This temple is located in the middle of a spring around which there is a vast area whose floor has been covered with smooth and beautiful stones In it exist large and old chinar trees beneath which the pilgrims sit or sleep on mats of grass The colour of the spring goes on changing and it is said that whenever an unfortunate event has to happen in Kashmir the colour of its water turns black Maharagya was pleased with the devotion of Ravana and appeared before him and Ravana got an image of the goddess installed in Ceylon present day Sri Lanka But the goddess became displeased with the vicious and licentious life of Ravana and so didn't want to stay in Ceylon Therefore under the command of the goddess Hanuman got the image from Ceylone and installed it at the holy spot of Tula Mulla The mention of Kheer Bhawani is found in Kalhana's Rajtarangini Kalhana writes that the sacred spring of Tula Mula is situated in a marshy ground The name of the spring is Mata Ragini Kund Maharagini is the form of Durga Bhagvati The Brahmins of Kashmir worship this spring and pilgrims from every corner of the country visit to have the darshan of the place In Rajtarangini Tula Mula is considered very sacred and the Brahmins of Tula Mula were very great and powerful The spring of Maharagya was very sacred Thousands of years ago many floods occurred in Kashmir and the sacred spring of Tula Mula also was inundated under its sway and the holy place could nowhere be traced All around was water At last Kashmir's Yogi Krishna Pandit had a dream in which the goddess appeared to him and ordered that she would swim in the form of a snake at the proper place and that he should stick large poles and when the water subsided there the holy spot was discovered This event happened during the Samvat 4041 The mention of this temple is also found in Abu-i-Fazal's book Aini-Akbari in which is written that the area of Tula Mula extended over the area of hundred bighas of land which got sunk in the summer season and formed into a marsh Swami Rama Tirtha and Swami Vivekananda also visited here to have the darshan of the place With the pouring of milk and throwing of sugar candy in the spring by the pilgrims a thick and solid layer was formed at its bottom When it was cleared the ruins of an old temple and shrine slabs engraved with figures were discovered Here many images were also found but nobody rebuilt the temple till the Samvat 1969 when Maharaja Pratap Singly who was a devotee and worshipped this goddess got a marvellous temple of marble made in the midst of the spring which shines like a pearl in a shell Some people are of the opinion that there was a mulberry tree near the holy spot of Kheer Bhawani which in Kashmiri is called Tul Mul But Tul Mul is also derived from the Sanskrit phrase-Tul Muli-that is of great value This means that all other pilgrim centres are of lesser value than this one It is said that after Ravana finished worship of the goddess he offered the kheer rice pudding to the goddess which she accepted and since then it is called Kheer Bhawani 2006-12-03 Own Amit Raina / Amitraina at http //en wikipedia org en wikipedia Amitraina Original upload log page en wikipedia Tulmul jpg 2006-12-03 06 04 Amitraina 1408×1056 472156 bytes <nowiki>Amit Raina</nowiki> 2006-12-03 16 05 Amitraina 1408×1056 458271 bytes <nowiki>Amit Raina</nowiki> Hindu temples in Jammu and Kashmir | ||||
