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Solapur in a day| Part 2 | Siddeshwar temple

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Solapur in a day| Part 2 | Siddeshwar temple

In our first part of the blog we visited Solapur Municipal Building (click here to read part one) and a little walk of 100 metres and   we were at Siddeshwar Temple.

Siddeshwar temple is in Solapur District and is very sacred to hindus and the members of Lingayat faith. This temple is  surrounded by a lake which is actually full of algae and overgrown grass.


Solapur in a day| Part 2 | Siddeshwar temple
 It is a Gram Daivat which means God of the city.The temple wall at first glance could be easily mistaken as the fort wall. The huge board at the entrance ensures that you don't mistake it so.
Solapur in a day| Part 2 | Siddeshwar temple
Fort or Temple !!
The temple entrance like all the Indian temple is flanked with shops selling prasad, malas and colourful toys.
Solapur in a day| Part 2 | Siddeshwar temple
Festival of colours
 In India when you are entering any temple it offers so much colour and gaiety that one gets the feeling of coming to a huge Village fair.
Solapur in a day| Part 2 | Siddeshwar temple
Explosion of Colours
This temple is quite near the Solapur Railway station and Solapur Central Bus stand and can be easily reached by auto or even by walking, if you are ok with walking around 2 kms.
After depositing our shoes at the shoe counter .We started to move towards the temple.The temple wall was running on our right side and the lake on our left side and nestled in the laps of trees we could see glimpses of outer wall of Bhuikot or Solapur Fort.
Solapur in a day| Part 2 | Siddeshwar temple
Bhuikot at the far end can be seen from Temple
Just before the entrance there were two shivlings and opposite to there was this small Ganpati temple  where I paid my respect before entering the temple complex
Solapur in a day| Part 2 | Siddeshwar temple
Ek Salaam Ganpatiji ke naam
From here on we entered the main gate 
Solapur in a day| Part 2 | Siddeshwar temple
First look of the temple from the main entry gate
 As we entered the temple complex we saw hundreds of people with folded hands were chanting Om namo shivay behind the priest perched in the mandap and doing the yagna. The sound of slokas were resounding making the atmosphere all the more spiritual. 
The best thing I liked about this temple was the size, which is very large and secondly it is very clean. Though there were so many people chanting and yet not for a moment we felt uncomfortable or hassled, infact we too enjoyed the occasion and the ambiance.
Solapur in a day| Part 2 | Siddeshwar temple
People chanting
Here an interesting thing happened, as these people were chanting I told my friend Nikhil to make the video of the same from my phone as he was handling my mobile and meanwhile I was taking pictures of the temple from my camera.
Solapur in a day| Part 2 | Siddeshwar temple
Temple top
Nikhil said "Aashish people will mind we rather not shoot the video" I said chod de mai video le leta hu" and I started to shoot the video. 
(Video Of Chanting shot by me)
Next I moved on to take the pictures of the temple when a local villager tapped me on my shoulder and said something in marathi which I was not able to comprehend but I was worried because Nikhil's words were now echoing in my mind,Hence I politely explained to him that I'm taking pictures so that I can write.
Solapur in a day| Part 2 | Siddeshwar temple
Beautiful Temple top
He asked me Tumhi Photographer aahe ka ?(Are you a photographer), I nodded and then he said "Mahja ek photo kada na" (Take one picture of mine) I was relieved and amused and said "Kaka me mandirachi photo kadto lokanchi nahi"(I take pictures of temples and not people). He smiled and I moved on to the main temple where we have the idol of Shivyogi shiddharameshwar. We paid our respect and came out of the temple. In case if you want to read more on Siddheshwar click here
Solapur in a day| Part 2 | Siddeshwar temple
Shivyogi shiddharameshwar idol
Talking about this temple with one of the locals I was told that January is the best month to visit as lots of ceremony takes place like Kaathiche Lagan which literally means marriage of sticks.then there is a famous Jatra (Religious Fair) happening around this time known as Gadda Yatra for 15 days and also lots of people come here to perform marriages and other important functions.
Solapur in a day| Part 2 | Siddeshwar temple
Solapur in a day| Part 2 | Siddeshwar temple
We moved out of the temple to go to the Bhuikot or Solapur Fort, our next destination.
Next blog me woh Bhi Dekha doonga 😆😆😆
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Solapur in a day| Part 2 | Siddeshwar temple

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Solapur in a Day

  1. 1Solapur in a day | Part 1 | Solapur Municipal Building
  2. 2Solapur in a day| Part 2 | Siddeshwar temple
  3. 3Solapur in a day | Part 3 | Bhuikot aka Solapur Fort
  4. 4Solapur in a day | Part 4 | Naldurg Fort
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Hi, I am Aashish Chawla — The Weekend Wanderer. Weekend wandering is my passion: I love connecting with new places and meeting new people. Through my blogs I will introduce you to lesser-explored places that may be very near you, yet undiscovered. Come, let's wander into the wilderness of nature!

Other than travelling, I love writing poems.

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Weekend Wanderer-Aashish ChawlaRahul first of all thank you so much for visiting my blog. I am impressed by the various good works been done by the devotees. Do sent me link of their site and if possible I may some day attend and love to document the various initiatives taken by the devotees.I shall be looking forward to hear from you.You can mail me on aashishchawla7575@gmail.com. Thank you again.

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