Every religion or faith has its place of worship. There is a brief discussion of temple of triloknath.
Thriloknath means lord of the three worlds. This is one of the very rare places in the worLd which is worshiped equally by the two religious that is by Hindus and Buddhist. Unlike most Buddhist monasteries and some Hindu temples this place has only one idol inside the main part of the temple.
This statue is made up of white marble, and is seated in the lotus position. It has size arms, two of which are resting on the knees in the mudra of meditation. Another small statue is incorporated into the head of the wain figure.
There is a belief that when people go to see this idol, it shows a dark gloomy face to those with whom the lord is unhappy while it shows a bright face to those with whom the lord is happy.
Out side the main temple there are two beautifully carved stone pillars on each side of the door. There is always a narrow gap between the walls and the pillars. These pillars are known as pillars are dharma- it is believed that the sinner get stuck when they try to pass through the narrow gap, while the virtuous pass through easily. There is a mythological story about this temple.
The Rana of tundeh had a cow herd who used to grace the
Rana’s cows on the hills of mainurg. There he found seven springs. One day he noticed that seven angels came out of seven springs. As they played, the cow herd watched them from a siding place. And he thought that he should tell the Rana. But somehow he forgot abut it when he reached home. Days went by and he watched them everyday but forgot every evening. One day he tied a stone to the horns of chooru to remind himself of the days incident, but unfortunately he again forgot. In the evening Ranas wife went to milk the cow. The stripped chooru kicked and the stone fell into the milking pot, breaking the marble pot to pieces. The pane was very upset and complaint to the Rana about the foolish act of cowherd.
Rana summoned the boy. The cowherd to Rana the whole story. But Rana did not believe him and ordered him to catch the youngest angel and fetch her him.
The next day, when the angles appeared from the springs, the cowherd jumped from his hiding place and grabbing hold of the youngest angel ran towards the village. The other angels gave chase, begging him to look back just once. But the angel he was kidnapping warned him not to look back or else he would freeze into a statue of stone. The cowherd obeyed the angel, until he reached the village, and no sooner he looked back they both turned to stone.
The Rana and Rani come to see it. They were astonished to see this beautiful angel. Both paid homage to the statues, performing a hundred parikrama around it. The Rana established a temple there and arranged a celebration, the fair of Tunden Pori.
People come on pilgrimage and to attend the fair from far and wide. They lit butter lamps and performed hundreds of parikramas. This fair is celebrated every year. The Rana or Thakur of Triloknat, a strict Hindu acts as the manager of this temple while a Buddhist monk attend s to its daily activities and the needs of pilgrims.
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