Lake Side Heritage

Here i am gonna telling you about Ambala, Ramtek And Nagpur lake Side Heritages.

Information-

The hill of Ramtek near Nagpur attracts special attention because it has uninterrupted historical development.

The hill also known as Ramgiri’, ‘Sindhugiri’.It probably connects the central & eastern part of the basin of the gangs with the northern deccan.

This beautiful Ambala lake is surrounded by Ram Giri hill, Motha Parvat and Narayana Tekdi hills and has temples and Ghats defining one of its banks .It is segregated from the main town, because of the natural settings. It has evolved as one of the sacred places worship for the Hindu religion.

Story-

Ambala Lake At the foothills of the Ramtek Temple is an entity surrounded by the reminisces of Lord Rama and that of Narsimha, the slayer of the demon Hiranykashyapu. 

The lake was formed after the fierce fight between Lord Vishnu, in his Narsimha Avatar, a half-man and half-lion incarnation, which kills the demon strategically as he keeps Lord Brahma’s benediction given to Hianyakashyapu intact.

It is believed that after killing the demon, Narsimha threw the cudgel of the demon with such force that it formed a huge crater at the foothills of Ramtek Temple, which is now known as the Ambala Lake. 

Nature of rituals associates with ambala lake-

• To celebrate kartik Purnima
• To celebrate sharad Purnima
• To carry out pinda daan, that is last rites of a family member.
• To undergo a bath in holy water to cure leprosy. Ambala Lake is the most frequently visited place with the samadhi of swami narayan coming second and the least visited place being the laxmi narayan temple.

Architectural Features-

The entire place seems to merge with its natural setting.

Several types of temple designs are on view at Ambala and the resulting diversity in form & detail of temples is unified by consistency in their scale and organization.

Ambala is indeed a rare example of water front development of such exquisite quality.Shri Ram Mandir complex on the Ramgiri hill is linked to the Ambala lake in the valley below with series of steps descending from the hill, this link being both physical and symbolic.

Panchmukhi Temple-

The Kashi Darwaza, Renuka Temple, Bhuteshwar Mandir Laxminarayan Temple, Gangastrotra Temple, several Mahadeo Temples, Chamar Temple, Chhatris, Samadhi and Dagadi Mahal are the significant architectural forms at Ambala.

The humble scale of temples around the small lake surrounded by lush green hills has a lasting impact on pilgrims and visitors.

Design elements -

The city is evolved around the temple as its nucleus.

The festivals and its processional paths around the temple, enacting various mythological rituals led to the evolution of street patterns, and the built form gave the sense of enclosure.

Entrance gates gave security to the places, Ghats, samadhis and the temples.Ghats defines the edge of the Ambala tank there is no boundary between the Ghats, so that it defines the space for public.

ARTICLE BY-

VAISHNAVI MAYEE