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Exploring
the
holy
city
of
Nashik........
At
panchavati.....
Kalaram
Mandir....
The
Kalaram
Temple
is
an
old
Hindu
shrine
dedicated
to
Rama
in
the
Panchavati
area
of
Nashik
city
in
Maharashtra,
India....
The
temple
derives
its
name
from
a
black
statue
of
Lord
Rama.
The
literal
translation
of
kalaram
is
"black
Rama".
The
sanctum
sanctorum
also
houses
the
statues
of
the
goddess
Sita
and
the
god
Lakshmana.....
History....
The
original
temple
of
Lord
Rama
was
very
old,
estimated
to
be
of
the
Rashtrakuta
Period
from
7th
to
11th
centuries.
However,
antiquity
of
the
Rama
idol
threw
light
on
the
fact
that
it
was
more
than
2000
years
old.
The
original
temple
was
destroyed
by
Muslim
rulers
and
it
remained
in
demolished
condition.
However,
during
the
first
Islamic
attack
on
the
Temple,
the
idol
of
Lord
was
thrown
in
the
Godavari
River
by
the
Temple
Brahmins
in
order
to
save
it.
The
new
temple
was
funded
by
Sardar
Rangarao
Odhekar,
and
was
rebuilt
around
1788.
Once,
Odhekar
had
a
dream
that
the
statue
of
Rama
in
black
colour
was
in
the
Godavari
River.He
carried
out
expedition
of
reviving
the
idol
and
miraculously
got
it.
Odhekar
took
the
statue
from
river
and
built
the
temple.
Odhekar's
expedition
is
an
important
part
of
Nashik's
history.
There
is
a
statue
of
Sardar
Odhekar
in
the
temple.
According
to
ancient
epic
of
the
Ramayana,
Lord
Rama
was
sent
in
exile
for
fourteen
years.
After
the
tenth
year
of
exile,
Lord
Rama
along
with
Lakshman
and
Seeta,
lived
for
two
and
half
years
on
the
northern
bank
of
the
Godavari
near
Nasik.
This
place
is
known
as
Panchavati.
Complex
structure....
1)
The
main
entrance
has
a
Lord
Hanuman
deity
which
is
black.
There
is
also
a
very
old
tree
that
has
Lord
Dattatreya's
footprint
impressions
marked
on
a
stone.
Pilgrims
visit
the
Kapaleshwar
Mahadev
temple
near
the
Kalaram
Temple.
2)
Lord
Hanuman's
temple
is
designed
in
such
a
way
that,
Lord
Ram's
idol
can
be
visible
from
Lord
Hanuman's
idol.
3)
Main
temple
of
Ram
has
14
steps,
which
represents
14
years
of
Ram's
exile.
4)
Also,
the
temple
has
84
pillars,
which
represents
cycle
of
84
lakh
species
one
has
to
go
in
order
to
get
Human
birth
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